UConn Steady At #3 In Weekly AP Poll

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Geno Auriemma, Kelly Faris, UConn Women’s Basketball (Bob Stowell/UConn)

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By The Associated Press
Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a ninth straight week while Toledo enters the Top 25 for the first time since 2001.

The Lady Bears cruised to wins over Oklahoma and West Virginia and will try for their 40th straight Big 12 regular-season victory Monday night against Kansas State.

No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Connecticut also play Monday night for the Big East regular-season crown. The Irish already have clinched a share of the title by beating the Huskies by a point in January.

Stanford and California are fourth and fifth. Duke fell one spot to sixth. Kentucky, Penn State, Tennessee and Maryland round out the first 10.

Toledo has won 14 straight and is No. 25. LSU also jumped in at No. 22. Iowa State and Purdue dropped out.
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Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a ninth straight week while Toledo enters the Top 25 for the first time since 2001.

The Lady Bears cruised to wins over Oklahoma and West Virginia and will try for their 40th straight Big 12 regular-season victory Monday night against Kansas State.

No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Connecticut also play Monday night for the Big East regular-season crown. The Irish already have clinched a share of the title by beating the Huskies by a point in January.

Stanford and California are fourth and fifth. Duke fell one spot to sixth. Kentucky, Penn State, Tennessee and Maryland round out the first 10.

By The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:<
^                        Record   Pts Prv
1. Baylor (40)           28-1 1,000   1
2. Notre Dame            27-1    957   2
   3. UConn                 27-2    916   3
4. Stanford              28-2    881   4
5. California            27-2    840   6
6. Duke                  27-2    797   5
7. Kentucky              25-4    742 10
8. Penn St.              24-4    709   7
9. Tennessee             23-6    673   8
10. Maryland              23-6    622   9
11. Dayton                26-1    565 12
12. Georgia               24-5    499 11
13. Louisville            23-6    490 16
14. UCLA                  23 6    484 17
15. North Carolina        26-5    436 15
16. Delaware              26-3    380 18
17. South Carolina        23-6    376 14
18. Colorado              24-5    354 19
19. Texas A&M             21-9    305 13
20. Green Bay             24-2    223 21
21. Nebraska              22-7    213 20
22. LSU                  19-10    122   _
23. Florida St.           21-8     93 24
24. Syracuse              22-6     70 22
25. Toledo                26-2     64   _
Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 60, Purdue 38, Gonzaga 19, San Diego St. 13, Oklahoma St. 11, Texas Tech 11, Michigan St. 10, Vanderbilt 8, Chattanooga 3, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Charlotte 2, DePaul 2, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Miami 2, West Virginia 2.
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