By The Associated Press
Connecticut took over No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll after routing Stanford over the weekend.
Coach Geno Auriemma’s team had 37 first-place votes Monday, while second-ranked Baylor got the other three. The Huskies last held the top spot at the end of the 2010-11 season.
Duke moved up to third while Stanford, which held the top place for six weeks after beating Baylor, fell to fourth. Notre Dame was fifth. The Huskies, who beat Stanford 61-35 on Saturday to end the Cardinal’s 82-game home winning streak, will host the Irish on Saturday.
Notre Dame is followed by Kentucky, California, Maryland, Penn State and Georgia. The Lady Bulldogs dropped four places after losing their first game of the season to Illinois.
Dayton dropped seven spots to No. 22 after losing its first game to Bowling Green.
Nebraska entered the poll at No. 25 as Texas fell out.
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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 Dec. 30, 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. UConn (37) 11-0 997 2
2. Baylor (3) 10-1 948 3
3. Duke 11-0 904 4
4. Stanford 11-1 899 1
5. Notre Dame 10-1 841 5
6. Kentucky 11-1 799 7
7. California 10-1 724 8
8. Maryland 9-2 703 9
9. Penn St. 10-2 664 10
10. Georgia 12-1 600 6
11. Louisville 11-2 563 12
12. Tennessee 9-3 557 13
13. Oklahoma St. 10-0 504 14
14. Purdue 11-2 444 11
15. North Carolina 13-1 403 16
16. UCLA 8-2 350 17
17. Oklahoma 10-2 312 18
18. South Carolina 12-1 309 19
19. Florida St. 11-1 259 21
20. Colorado 11-0 224 23
21. Kansas 9-2 183 22
22. Dayton 12-1 177 15
23. Arkansas 11-1 165 25
24. Texas A&M 9-4 135 24
25. Nebraska 10-3 81 _
Others receiving votes: Miami 52, Iowa St. 50, Ohio St. 36, Vanderbilt 23, West Virginia 22,
Syracuse 15, Michigan 13, Michigan St. 12, Iowa 10, Duquesne 9, UTEP 8, Texas 4, Villanova 1.
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