Texas A&M up to 16; Baylor still No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll

By: Associated Press

Posted: Mon 12:10 PM, Jan 21, 2013

Baylor remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a third straight week after two easy victories.

The Lady Bears cruised to wins over Kansas State and West Virginia and have 28 straight Big 12 regular-season victories. Baylor had 35 first-place ballots.

The Lady Bears will face No. 24 Iowa State and 20th-ranked Oklahoma this week.

Notre Dame, UConn, Duke and Kentucky round out the first five. The Blue Devils, the last unbeaten team in Division I basketball, visit the Huskies on Monday night.

The Wildcats are followed by Stanford, California, Penn State, Tennessee and Maryland. None of the Top 10 teams changed as they went 18-0, winning by an average of 22.5 points.

Michigan State entered the poll at No. 25 while Kansas fell out.

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Baylor (35) 16-1 992
2 Notre Dame 16-1 947
3 Connecticut (2) 16-1 914
4 Duke (3) 16-0 907
5 Kentucky 18-1 819
6 Stanford 16-2 799
7 California 15-2 756
8 Penn State 14-2 722
9 Tennessee 15-3 678
10 Maryland 15-3 634
11 North Carolina 18-1 614
12 Oklahoma State 14-2 442
13 Louisville 15-4 413
14 Georgia 16-3 405
15 Purdue 15-3 387
16 Texas A&M 14-5 371
17 Dayton 15-1 343
18 South Carolina 16-3 341
19 UCLA 13-4 315
20 Colorado 15-2 279
20 Oklahoma 15-3 279
22 Florida State 15-3 227
23 Michigan 15-2 142
24 Iowa State 13-3 125
25 Michigan State 16-2 60

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 25, Villanova 16, Kansas 14, UTEP 8, Delaware 7, Arkansas 5, Iowa 4, Texas Tech 3, Vanderbilt 3, Nebraska 2, Miami (FL) 1, Green Bay 1

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