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Irish in top spot

Notre Dame leapfrogs UConn to take No. 1 ranking in women’s coaches poll,

- ARIKE OGUNBOWALE BY GREG M. COOPER, USA TODAY SPORTS

College women’s basketball; times p. m. Eastern

1. Notre Dame ( 2- 0) Points: 765 ( 13 first- place votes). Previous ranking: 2. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay and Sunday vs. Washington/ Missouri ( CBSSN, 3). 2. Connecticu­t ( 1- 0) Points: 758 ( 13). Previous ranking: 1. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. No. 4 Baylor and Sunday at LSU ( ESPN, 5: 30). 3. South Carolina ( 1- 0) Points: 748 ( 4). Previous ranking: 3. Upcoming games: Sunday vs. Hampton and Monday vs. Maine. 4. Baylor ( 2- 0) Points: 712 ( 2). Previous ranking: 4. Upcoming games: Thursday at No. 2 Connecticu­t and Sunday vs. Miss. Valley State. 5. Maryland ( 1- 0) Points: 646. Previous ranking: 5. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Maryland- Eastern Shore, Friday vs. Mount St. Mary’s and Sunday at Niagara. 6. Louisville ( 2- 0) Points: 630. Previous ranking: 8. Upcoming games: Wednesday at Middle Tennessee, Saturday vs. Bowling Green, Sunday vs. Lafayette and Monday vs. Chattanoog­a. 7. Stanford ( 2- 0) Points: 584. Previous ranking: 10. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Gonzaga ( Pac- 12, 10) and Sunday vs. Cal State Northridge. 8. Ohio State ( 1- 1) Points: 548. Previous ranking: 6 ( tie). Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Cleveland State and Saturday vs. LIU- Brooklyn. 9. Mississipp­i State ( 2- 0) Points: 521. Previous ranking: 11. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Tulane and Sunday vs. No. 10 Texas ( SEC, 6). 10. Texas ( 0- 1) Points: 507. Previous ranking: 6 ( tie). Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Houston Baptist and Sunday at No. 9 Mississipp­i State ( SEC, 6). 11. UCLA ( 1- 1) Points: 463. Previous ranking: 9. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Southern and Sunday vs. Cal Poly. 12. Florida State ( 1- 1) Points: 462. Previous ranking: 12. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Jacksonvil­le and Sunday vs. James Madison. 13. Tennessee ( 3- 0) Points: 394. Previous ranking: 14. Tuesday’s result: Beat East Tennessee State 83- 58. Upcoming game: Sunday vs. Penn State ( BTN, 5). 14. Syracuse ( 2- 0) Points: 382. Previous ranking: 13. Upcoming games: Friday at Stony Brook and Monday at Drexel. 15. Washington ( 2- 0) Points: 343. Previous ranking: 15. Upcoming game: Thursday vs. Missouri. 16. Arizona State ( 2- 0) Points: 326. Previous ranking: 16. Upcoming game: Saturday at Marquette. 17. Oklahoma ( 1- 0) Points: 273. Previous ranking: 18. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Arkansas- Little Rock and Saturday at Brigham Young. 18. Oregon State ( 2- 0) Points: 241. Previous ranking: 17. Upcoming game: Friday vs. Portland. 19. Kentucky ( 2- 0) Points: 233. Previous ranking: 19. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. New Hampshire and Saturday at Colorado. 20. DePaul ( 2- 0) Points: 155. Previous ranking: 21. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Northweste­rn. 21. Michigan State ( 3- 0) Points: 126. Previous ranking: 22. Tuesday’s result: Beat Southern 70- 55. Upcoming game: Friday at Western Michigan. 22. Miami ( Fla.) ( 1- 1) Points: 107. Previous ranking: 20. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Charlotte and Sunday at St. John’s. 23. Florida ( 2- 0) Points: 97. Previous ranking: 24. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Temple in Ocala, Fla. 24. Texas A& M ( 1- 0) Points: 82. Previous ranking: 23. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Texas Tech and Sunday vs. Stephen F. Austin. 25. West Virginia ( 2- 0) Points: 62. Previous ranking: 25. Tuesday’s result: Beat Howard 95- 49. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. Coppin State.

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