The Women's Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Tuesday, December 17th 2002, 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 Dec. 15, 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. Duke (42);7-0;1,098;1

2. LSU (1);6-0;1,025;2

3. Connecticut (1);7-0;984;3

4. Tennessee;7-1;961;4

5. Stanford;5-0;932;5

6. Purdue;7-0;918;6

7. Kansas St.;9-1;834;7

8. Vanderbilt;6-1;741;9

9. Texas Tech;4-1;708;10

10. Arkansas;7-1;652;13

11. Minnesota;8-0;638;12

12. Notre Dame;5-1;607;8

13. North Carolina;6-1;531;14

14. Mississippi St.;6-1;447;16

15. Oklahoma;8-2;446;15

16. Penn St.;7-2;443;11

17. Louisiana Tech;5-2;388;17

18. South Carolina;6-0;386;18

19. Boston College;6-1;288;21

20. Georgia;5-2;287;20

21. George Washington;4-1;208;24

22. Texas;4-2;180;23

23. Arizona;4-2;122;19

24. BYU;6-2;70;22

25. Wis.-Green Bay;7-2;54;_

Others receiving votes: New Mexico 44, Villanova 38, Washington 31, UC Santa Barbara 30, Arizona St. 24, Colorado 24, Cincinnati 23, DePaul 21, Michigan 21, Massachusetts 20, Virginia Tech 14, Xavier 12, Auburn 10, Illinois 10, Pittsburgh 10, West Virginia 8, Duquesne 5, Ohio St. 4, Richmond 2, Oregon 1.