Stanford Climbs to No. 2 in Women's AP Top 25 Behind UConn

Stanford has climbed to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll following its impressive run to the Pac-12 Conference championship. The Cardinal won three games in the conference tournament by an average of 31 points, including a 20-point win over then-No. 9 UCLA for the title. Coach Tara VanDerveer’s team received five of the 29 first-place votes from a national media panel. Stanford trails only UConn in the poll. The Huskies got 22 first-place votes. North Carolina State stayed No. 3 after edging Louisville for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. The Wolfpack received the other two first-place votes. Texas A&M and South Carolina rounded out the top five teams in the poll.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. UConn (22)	23-1	716	1
2. Stanford (5)	25-2	678	4
3. NC State (2)	20-2	676	3
4. Texas A&M	23-2	609	2
5. South Carolina	22-4	598	7
6. Baylor	21-2	596	6
7. Louisville	23-3	557	5
7. Maryland	21-2	557	8
9. Indiana	18-4	479	10
10. UCLA	16-5	470	9
11. Arizona	16-5	410	11
12. Georgia	20-6	408	16
13. Michigan	14-4	332	12
14. Tennessee	16-7	325	14
15. Arkansas	19-8	260	13
16. Gonzaga	21-3	249	18
17. West Virginia	19-4	248	20
18. Kentucky	17-8	240	17
19. Rutgers	14-3	224	24
20. South Florida	15-3	196	15
21. Missouri St.	20-2	179	23
22. Ohio St.	13-7	82	22
23. Oregon	13-8	73	19
24. Florida Gulf Coast	23-2	54	-
25. South Dakota St.	21-3	53	21

Others receiving votes: Marquette 52, Stephen F Austin 34, Oregon St. 22, Oklahoma St. 15, Georgia Tech 11, Virginia Tech 10, Iowa 5, DePaul 5, UCF 2.