CU Women Climb One Spot To No. 21 In AP Top 25 Poll
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.
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
[includeme src=”http://c1n.tv/boulder/media/bouldersponsors.html” frameborder=”0″ width=”670″ height=”300″]
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.