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 Feb. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Monday, February 24th 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 Feb. 23, 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) 26-0 1,100 1

2. Duke 25-1 1,050 2

3. Tennessee 24-3 1,017 3

4. LSU 23-2 956 4

5. Kansas St. 25-2 928 5

6. Louisiana Tech 23-2 814 7

7. Texas Tech 22-3 812 8

8. North Carolina 23-3 795 6

9. Stanford 22-3 773 9

10. Texas 19-5 749 10

11. Purdue 21-5 562 11

12. Mississippi St. 20-6 551 14

13. Minnesota 21-4 540 16

14. Georgia 18-7 478 13

15. Penn St. 22-7 473 12

16. South Carolina 19-6 432 17

17. Vanderbilt 18-7 369 18

18. Villanova 20-4 358 20

19. UC Santa Barbara 19-4 352 19

20. Rutgers 18-5 258 22

21. Arkansas 19-8 219 15

22. Wis.-Green Bay 22-3 215 21

23. Boston College 18-6 149 24

24. Arizona 18-7 79 25

25. Washington 20-6 62 23

Others receiving votes: Ohio St. 43, Utah 40, Mississippi 25, Cincinnati 23, Colorado 23, DePaul 15, George Washington 15, Austin Peay 7, Liberty 6, Charlotte 3, N.C.-Wilmington 3, Auburn 2, Oklahoma 2, Indiana St. 1, Notre Dame 1.