Women's top 25 basketball polls rank UConn No. 1; BYU gets some nods

Both the Associated Press and USA Today top 25 polls for women's basketball placed the University of Connecticut and its 4-0 record in the top spot.

Voters in both polls unanimously ranked UConn as No. 1.

Duke (3-0), Louisville (4-0), Tennessee (4-0) and Stanford (3-1) round out USA Today the top 5.

The AP Top 25 Poll ranked its 1 through 5 as: UConn, Duke, Louisville, Tennesee and Notre Dame (3-0).

No Utah schools were ranked in the top 25 in either poll but BYU did receive 11 nods from the USA Today voters. —

Womens basketball Top 25 poll

USA Today Women's Top 25 Poll •

The top 25 teams in the USA Today Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, 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 Pvs

1. UConn (32) 4-0 800 1

2. Duke 3-0 760 2

3. Louisville 4-0 708 4

4. Tennessee 4-0 706 3

5. Stanford 3-1 660 5

6. Notre Dame 3-0 659 6

7. Kentucky 4-0 615 8

8. Maryland 2-1 559 7

9. Baylor 3-0 535 9

10. Nebraska 3-0 511 10

11. Texas A&M 3-0 459 12

12. North Carolina 2-1 416 14

13. Oklahoma 3-1 394 13

14. South Carolina 4-0 355 17

15. Penn State 2-1 323 15

16. Iowa State 2-0 269 18

17. California 2-2 238 11

18. LSU 2-1 236 16

19. Michigan State 2-1 230 20

20. Colorado 2-0 213 19

21. Georgia 3-0 155 22

22. Purdue 3-0 146 22

23. Oklahoma State 4-0 139 24

24. Dayton 2-2 72 21

25. Gonzaga 2-1 45 —

Others receiving votes: Iowa 41, DePaul 40, South Florida 31, Vanderbilt 12, BYU 11, Middle Tennessee 11, Saint Mary's 10, Florida State 9, Kansas 9, Georgia Tech 7, Bowling Green 5, Syracuse 3, Marquette 2, Rutgers 2, SMU 2, George Washington 1, UCLA 1.

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AP Women's Top 25 Poll •

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

1. UConn (36) 4-0 900 1

2. Duke 3-0 864 2

3. Tennessee 4-0 796 4

4. Louisville 4-0 780 5

5. Notre Dame 3-0 740 6

6. Stanford 3-1 730 3

7. Kentucky 4-0 699 7

8. Maryland 2-1 630 8

9. Baylor 2-0 616 9

10. Oklahoma 2-1 515 11

11. Nebraska 3-0 472 15

12. North Carolina 2-1 457 12

13. Texas A&M 3-0 445 16

14. Penn St. 2-1 428 13

15. LSU 2-1 331 14

16. Colorado 2-0 316 17

17. California 2-2 298 10

18. Purdue 3-0 278 18

19. South Carolina 4-0 252 21

20. Oklahoma St. 3-0 239 20

21. Michigan St. 2-1 214 19

22. Iowa St. 2-0 171 22

23. Georgia 3-0 157 24

24. Gonzaga 2-1 104 25

25. DePaul 2-0 76 —

Others receiving votes: Iowa 38, Dayton 37, Georgia Tech 26, Marquette 24, George Washington 16, Texas 15, Middle Tennessee 9, Vanderbilt 8, Ohio St. 6, Florida St. 4, UCLA 3, West Virginia 3, James Madison 1, Rutgers 1, Saint Mary's (Cal) 1.