Rankings unchanged before No. 1-No. 2 showdown
As expected, The Game will be played with rankings unchanged.
Connecticut remained No. 1 and South Carolina No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, the poll released around five hours before the two were set to tip off. Each is 22-0.
USC (22-0, 10-0 SEC) beat then-No. 18 Kentucky last week. The Gamecocks host No. 16 Florida on Thursday.
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AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. UConn (32) | 22-0 | 800 | 1 |
2. South Carolina | 22-0 | 765 | 2 |
3. Notre Dame | 23-1 | 739 | 3 |
4. Baylor | 23-1 | 699 | 4 |
5. Maryland | 21-2 | 660 | 5 |
6. Texas | 21-1 | 653 | 6 |
7. Ohio State | 18-4 | 599 | 7 |
8. Oregon State | 20-3 | 580 | 9 |
9. Arizona State | 20-4 | 518 | 8 |
10. Florida State | 19-4 | 515 | 10 |
11. Mississippi State | 21-4 | 485 | 11 |
12. Louisville | 18-6 | 418 | 13 |
13. Stanford | 19-5 | 389 | 15 |
14. UCLA | 17-6 | 366 | 14 |
15. Texas A&M | 16-7 | 354 | 12 |
16. Florida | 19-4 | 305 | 22 |
17. Michigan State | 18-5 | 286 | 17 |
18. Kentucky | 16-6 | 231 | 18 |
19. Miami | 20-4 | 219 | 16 |
20. Oklahoma State | 18-4 | 202 | 25 |
21. Oklahoma | 16-6 | 132 | 20 |
22. South Florida | 16-6 | 115 | 19 |
23. DePaul | 19-7 | 84 | — |
24. West Virginia | 18-6 | 80 | — |
25. Tennessee | 14-9 | 49 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Missouri 35, Colorado State 23, Syracuse 23, BYU 20, Duquesne 12, Washington 12, Georgia 9, UTEP 6, Albany 5, George Washington 3, Minnesota 3, Purdue 3, Arkansas State 1, Green Bay 1, Oregon 1
CLONINGER’S TOP 25
1. Connecticut
2. South Carolina
3. Notre Dame
4. Baylor
5. Texas
6. Maryland
7. Oregon State
8. Ohio State
9. Arizona State
10. Florida State
11. Mississippi State
12. Texas A&M
13. Louisville
14. Stanford
15. UCLA
16. Miami
17. Kentucky
18. Michigan State
19. South Florida
20. Oklahoma
21. Florida
22. DePaul
23. Washington
24. West Virginia
25. Oklahoma State
This story was originally published February 8, 2016 at 2:53 PM with the headline "Rankings unchanged before No. 1-No. 2 showdown."