AP Top 25 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. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Monday, February 17th 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. 16, 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);24-0;1,100;1

2. Duke;23-1;1,044;2

3. Tennessee;22-3;1,002;3

4. LSU;22-1;981;4

5. Kansas St.;23-2;915;5

6. North Carolina;23-2;878;8

7. Louisiana Tech;21-2;784;10

8. Texas Tech;20-3;762;7

9. Stanford;20-3;743;6

10. Texas;17-5;722;11

11. Purdue;20-4;664;9

12. Penn St.;21-6;541;12

13. Georgia;17-6;473;14

14. Mississippi St.;18-6;464;16

15. Arkansas;19-6;426;13

16. Minnesota;19-4;415;17

17. South Carolina;18-6;414;15

18. Vanderbilt;17-7;391;18

19. UC Santa Barbara;18-4;348;20

20. Villanova;18-4;347;19

21. Wis.-Green Bay;20-3;213;21

22. Rutgers;16-5;199;23

23. Washington;19-5;130;_

24. Boston College;16-6;118;25

25. Arizona;17-7;39;24

Others receiving votes: Ohio St. 34, Colorado 31, Utah 25, DePaul 24, George Washington 14, Oklahoma 14, Charlotte 7, Cincinnati 7, Austin Peay 6, Baylor 6, Auburn 5, Liberty 3, Michigan St. 3, Virginia Tech 3, Indiana St. 2, Tulane 2, Xavier 1.