BOULDER – Following a Southern California split, the University of Colorado moved up one spot to No. 21 in the Associated Press Women’s Basketball Top 25 poll, released Monday.

 

Colorado, 16-5 overall and 5-5 in the Pac-12 Conference, received 162 points, down from 205 last week. All five of Colorado’s losses have been to ranked teams, including two each to Stanford and California ranked No. 7 or better at the time. Stanford and California remained at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively, while UCLA moved up one spot to No. 17.

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The Buffaloes do have one top 10 win on their resume, a 70-66 win over then-No. 8 Louisville on Dec. 14. The Cardinals are currently ranked No. 11.

 

The Buffaloes have resided in the AP poll for the last eight weeks, reaching as high as No. 20 twice – Dec. 31 and Jan. 21. CU’s eight-week run in the AP poll is its longest since appearing in all 19 polls of the 2003-04 season.

 

The Buffaloes have a long history of rankings in the AP poll, dating back to the 1980-81 season. This week’s ranking marks the 166th time Colorado has appeared in the AP poll, trailing only Stanford, USC and UCLA among Pac-12 schools.

 

The USA Today Sports Coaches poll is scheduled to be released on Tuesday.  Colorado was No. 23 in last week’s coaches’ poll.

 

Colorado returns home for the first time in three weeks as the Buffaloes will host the Oregon schools. Colorado will face Oregon State on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. and host Oregon on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 1:30 p.m. The Oregon State game will be televised by the Pac-12 Mountain Network while the Oregon game will be streamed live on Pac-12.com.

 

2012-13 Associated Press

Top 25 Poll – Feb. 4

 

Rk      Team                            Rec           Pts         Last

1         Baylor (37)               20-1          997               1

2         Notre Dame              20-1          955               2

3         Connecticut (3)       20-1          928               3

4         Stanford                    20-2          862               4

5         Duke                            20-1          845               5

6         California                 19-2          807               6

7         Maryland                   18-3          753             10

8         Penn State                 17-3          642               7

9         Georgia                       19-3          632             13

10       Kentucky                   19-3          630               8

11       Louisville                  19-4          553             12

12       Tennessee                 17-5          512               9

13       Purdue                       18-3          502             14

14       Texas A&M                17-5          497             16

15       South Carolina         19-3          480             15

16       North Carolina        20-3          458             11

17       UCLA                           17-4          409             18

18       Dayton                        19-1          397             17

19       Florida State            18-4          223             20

20       Delaware                   18-3          205             25

21       COLORADO               16-5          162             22

22       Oklahoma State       15-5          128             19

23       Oklahoma                  16-5          127             21

24       Syracuse                    18-3             80            NR

25       Iowa State                 15-5             71             23

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