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Aggie Women Climb to No. 5 National Ranking
COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS – The defending national champion Texas A&M women’s
basketball team is off to a 4-0 start this season and climbed to a No.
5 national ranking in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll released
Monday.
The undefeated Aggies achieved their highest
ranking in the AP Poll since the team was ranked fifth for three
straight weeks in February 2011. A&M has now been ranked in the AP
Poll for 67 consecutive weeks and 48 all-time in the top 10.
Baylor
received 39 of the 40 first place ballots and remains ranked No. 1,
followed by Connecticut, Stanford and Notre Dame. The Irish fell two
spots after losing to Baylor, 94-81, on Sunday.
Texas A&M garnered the other first place ballot at No. 5.
Tennessee
fell three places to sixth after losing in overtime at Virginia and was
followed by Duke, Maryland, Miami and Georgia to round out the top 10.
The
Aggies travel to Freeport, Bahamas, this week for two games as part of
the 2011 Junkanoo Jam. The team tips off the tournament against Temple
at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25 and will face either Iowa or St. John’s on
Saturday, Nov. 26.
AP Top 25 (as of Nov. 21)
1
Baylor (39)
4-0
999
2
Connecticut
2-0
927
3
Stanford
3-0
903
4
Notre Dame
3-1
888
5
Texas A&M (1)
4-0
861
6
Tennessee
2-1
765
7
Duke
3-0
757
8
Maryland
4-0
727
9
Miami (FL)
2-1
642
10
Georgia
4-0
616
11
Louisville
3-1
610
12
Oklahoma
2-0
507
13
Rutgers
3-0
466
14
Kentucky
4-0
452
15
Purdue
3-0
446
16
North Carolina
3-0
390
17
Penn State
3-1
324
18
Ohio State
2-0
212
19
Texas Tech
2-0
201
20
LSU
2-1
171
21
Georgetown
2-2
166
22
Virginia
4-0
153
23
DePaul
4-1
151
24
Texas
2-1
113
25
UCLA
2-1
106
Others
receiving votes: Green Bay 92, Delaware 79, Gonzaga 67, Georgia Tech
59, Iowa State 29, Florida State 20, Kansas State 19, Nebraska 13, San
Diego State 13, Tulane 11, Vanderbilt 10, Princeton 9, USC 9, UNLV 8,
California 4, Michigan 2, Michigan State 2, Arkansas 1
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