The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Connecticut (45) 10-0 1,125 1

2. North Carolina 12-0 1,078 2

3. Texas A&M 10-0 1,001 4

4. Texas 10-0 976 5

5. Oklahoma 9-2 946 6

6. Duke 9-1 856 8

7. Baylor 11-1 819 7

8. Tennessee 9-2 776 11

9. Auburn 12-0 732 10

10. Louisville 10-1 729 9

11. Stanford 8-3 707 3

12. Notre Dame 9-1 609 13

13. California 8-2 605 12

14. Maryland 9-2 541 15

15. Rutgers 7-2 538 14

16. Virginia 9-2 415 17

17. Ohio St. 10-2 400 18

18. Florida 11-1 343 20

19. Pittsburgh 9-2 284 16

20. Vanderbilt 10-2 245 19

21. Oklahoma St. 7-2 179 22

22. Kansas St. 10-0 168 23

23. Georgia Tech 10-2 128 25

24. Arizona St. 8-3 118 21

25. S. Dakota St. 12-1 112 —

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 85, TCU 33, New Mexico 26, Marist 16, DePaul 11, Purdue 7, Oregon St. 5, Wake Forest 4, Mississippi St. 2, Old Dominion 2, South Florida 2, San Diego St. 1, Xavier 1.