Gamecocks Hold Tight at No. 1 in AP Top 25 Women's Poll

South Carolina has retained its firm grip on the top spot in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 26 of 30 first-place votes in the latest poll after routing Mississippi and beating then-No. 22 Tennessee. Baylor received three first-place votes to remain second. Oregon, UConn and Louisville rounded out the first five teams in the poll. The top seven teams were unchanged from last week. Mississippi State inched up from No. 9 to No. 8.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (26)	21-1	746	1
2. Baylor (3)	19-1	718	2
3. Oregon	19-2	673	3
4. UConn	19-1	662	4
5. Louisville (1)	21-1	641	5
6. Stanford	20-2	605	6
7. NC State	21-1	563	7
8. Mississippi St.	19-3	533	9
9. Oregon St.	18-4	505	10
10. UCLA	19-2	462	8
11. Gonzaga	22-1	437	12
12. Arizona	18-3	413	16
13. Maryland	17-4	371	17
14. DePaul	20-3	360	11
15. Kentucky	17-4	302	13
16. Texas A&M	18-4	291	15
17. Florida St.	18-4	272	14
18. Indiana	17-5	194	20
19. Arizona St.	16-6	182	19
20. Iowa	18-4	172	18
21. Northwestern	19-3	171	23
22. South Dakota	21-2	143	21
23. Tennessee	17-5	90	22
24. Missouri St.	18-3	77	24
25. Arkansas	18-4	68	25