Falling Phoenix

Green Bay fell out of the poll after losing to Northern Kentucky (3-10) this week. It was the first time ever that the Norse had beaten the Phoenix.

WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 POLL

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

1. UConn (32) 2. Notre Dame 3. Louisville 4. South Carolina 5. Mississippi St. 6. Baylor 7. Tennessee 8. Texas 9. Oregon 10. Ohio St. 11. Florida St. 12. West Virginia 13. Maryland 14. UCLA 15. Missouri 16. Oregon St. 17. Duke 18. Iowa 19. Texas A&M 20. Oklahoma St. 21. Villanova 22. Michigan 23. California 24. Stanford 25. Arizona St.

Record 11-0 13-1 16-0 12-1 15-0 12-1 13-0 11-1 13-2 13-2 13-1 13-1 13-2 10-3 13-1 11-2 11-3 14-1 11-4 11-2 11-1 12-3 10-3

8-6 11-3

Pts 800 750 736 680 677 634 619 600 515 485 455 453 420 371 362 323 291 228 172 161 126 105 94 85 67

Prv 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13

9 15 11 16 17 14 23 22 24 18 21 20 — —

Others receiving votes: South Florida 65, Rutgers 47, Green Bay 46, Miami 14, New Mexico 7, Syracuse 3, Georgia Tech 3, NC State 2, Brown 1, Virginia Tech 1, DePaul 1, Navy 1.