AP women's basketball poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Monday, March 10th 2003, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 9, 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 Pv

1. Connecticut (44) 30-0 1,100 1

2. Duke 30-1 1,052 2

3. LSU 27-3 1,001 6

4. Tennessee 28-4 934 3

5. Texas 22-5 928 5

6. Louisiana Tech 26-2 843 6

7. Kansas St. 27-3 832 4

8. Texas Tech 24-4 824 8

9. Stanford 25-4 728 9

10. Purdue 25-5 679 12

11. North Carolina 27-4 668 11

12. Mississippi St. 23-7 665 10

13. Vanderbilt 21-9 483 15

14. Penn St. 24-8 424 14

15. Minnesota 23-5 422 13

16. South Carolina 22-7 407 16

17. UC Santa Barbara 23-4 386 19

18. Villanova 23-5 369 20

19. Georgia 19-9 284 17

20. Wis.-Green Bay 27-3 260 21

21. Arizona 22-7 252 22

22. Ohio St. 21-8 181 _

23. Rutgers 20-7 139 18

24. Arkansas 21-10 126 23

25. Boston College 20-8 63 24

Others receiving votes: George Washington 55, Utah 38, Colorado 32, Washington 24, TCU 21, DePaul 18, Virginia Tech 16, Austin Peay 13, Cincinnati 12, Liberty 9, Chattanooga 5, New Mexico 3, Maine 1, Manhattan 1, Oklahoma 1, St. Francis, Pa. 1.