Kentucky back in AP women’s basketball poll at No. 22
Kentucky’s women’s basketball team returned to the top 25 at No. 22 in the Associated Press poll.
The Cats (19-8) posted wins against Arkanasas (69-62 on Thursday) and Florida (67-48 on Sunday) this past week.
Meanwhile, Connecticut survived one of the toughest tests of its winning streak to remain No. 1. The Huskies narrowly edged Tulane on Saturday, five days after beating No. 6 South Carolina for their 100th consecutive victory. Next up for UConn on Wednesday is Temple, which earned its first ranking since March 13, 2006, entering the poll Monday at No. 23.
Maryland, Mississippi State, Baylor and Notre Dame follow UConn.
It was a rough week for the top 25 as a dozen ranked teams suffered at least one loss.
Temple entered the poll for the first time in 11 years after getting its first true road victory over a ranked opponent in a decade when the Owls beat then-No. 22 South Florida on Sunday.
The Bulls, Texas A&M and Kansas State all fell out of the poll while the Cats entered at No. 22 and Missouri at 24.
The Associated Press Women’s top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, 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 (33) | 26-0 | 825 | 1 |
2. Maryland | 26-1 | 788 | 2 |
3. Mississippi State | 27-1 | 755 | 3 |
4. Baylor | 25-2 | 731 | 4 |
5. Notre Dame | 25-3 | 682 | 7 |
6. Texas | 21-5 | 608 | 8 |
7. South Carolina | 22-4 | 602 | 6 |
8. Florida State | 24-4 | 583 | 4 |
8. Stanford | 24-4 | 583 | 10 |
10. Oregon State | 25-3 | 528 | 11 |
11. Washington | 25-4 | 494 | 9 |
12. Ohio State | 23-5 | 469 | 12 |
13. Duke | 24-4 | 467 | 13 |
14. Louisville | 23-6 | 414 | 14 |
15. UCLA | 20-7 | 350 | 18 |
16. Oklahoma | 21-6 | 340 | 19 |
17. Miami | 19-7 | 274 | 16 |
18. N.C. State | 20-7 | 232 | 15 |
19. DePaul | 22-6 | 208 | 17 |
20. Syracuse | 18-9 | 162 | 21 |
21. Drake | 22-4 | 123 | 25 |
22. Kentucky | 19-8 | 110 | — |
23. Temple | 21-5 | 99 | — |
24. Missouri | 19-9 | 62 | — |
25. Michigan | 21-7 | 53 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Kansas State 45, Texas A&M 45, Creighton 32, South Florida 27, Tennessee 9, Belmont 7, Green Bay 4, West Virginia 4, Arizona State 3, Colorado State 2, Tulane 2, LSU 1, Marquette 1, Wright State 1.
This story was originally published February 20, 2017 at 1:47 PM with the headline "Kentucky back in AP women’s basketball poll at No. 22."