New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - Connecticut will start the women's basketball season as the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll. The Huskies received 44 of a possible 45 first-place votes and a total of 1,124 points from a nationwide media panel to earn the top spot in the preseason for the sixth time in school history. Stanford, which beat UConn in last spring's Final Four, is second after earning one first-place vote and 1,018 points. The Cardinal lost to Tennessee in last year's national championship game. Maryland, Oklahoma, Rutgers, North Carolina, Tennessee, Duke, California and Louisville round out the top 10. The second 10 consists of Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Texas, Oklahoma State, Virginia, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Ohio State, Baylor and Auburn. Florida State, Xavier, Purdue, LSU and Old Dominion are the last five teams ranked. |
