Doug Feinberg | The Associated Press | December 16, 2019

Women's college basketball rankings: Louisville up to No. 6 in Top 25; South Dakota in

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NEW YORK — Louisville climbed a spot to No. 6 in the The Associated Press women’s Top 25 rankings, which remained mostly unchanged Monday with most teams on break for exams.

Stanford, UConn, Oregon, Oregon State and South Carolina top the poll. The Cardinal played their first game since moving up to No. 1 a few weeks ago by routing Ohio State on Sunday.

Stanford received 27 first-place votes from the national media panel. UConn, Oregon and Oregon State each got one vote.

RANKINGS: Stanford leads an unchanged Power 10 as teams approach conference play

Only one game this past week involved a pair of ranked teams with Louisville edging 14th-ranked Kentucky. The Cardinals switched places with Baylor in this week’s rankings.

Florida State, N.C. State and UCLA round out the first 10 teams.

The only other change from the previous week was that South Dakota entered the rankings at No. 25. The Coyotes were ranked for two weeks in February, the first time in the poll in school history. Miami fell out of the poll.

See below for the full poll:

Through Games DEC. 15, 2019

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Stanford (27)	9-0	747	1
2	UConn (1)	8-0	685	2
3	Oregon (1)	8-1	679	3
4	Oregon St. (1)	9-0	653	4
5	South Carolina	10-1	633	5
6	Louisville	10-1	599	7
7	Baylor	8-1	598	6
8	Florida St.	10-0	549	8
9	NC State	10-0	497	9
10	UCLA	9-0	459	10
11	Texas A&M	9-1	447	11
12	Indiana	10-1	422	12
13	Maryland	8-2	398	13
14	Kentucky	10-1	361	14
15	Mississippi St.	8-2	333	15
16	DePaul	9-1	314	16
17	Gonzaga	9-1	256	17
18	Arizona	10-0	242	18
19	Michigan St.	7-2	153	19
20	Missouri St.	9-1	151	20
21	Arkansas	10-1	123	21
22	West Virginia	7-1	115	22
23	Tennessee	8-1	100	23
24	Michigan	9-1	77	24
25	South Dakota	12-1	45	NR

OVERRATED?

Nobody has been ranked in the top five more this decade than UConn and coach Geno Auriemma. His team moved up to No. 2 last week, and the Hall of Fame coach said it’s more about his team’s undefeated status than how good the Huskies may be.

“It’s not really true. We’re just there because we haven’t lost yet. Everybody else happened to lose. We ain’t No. 2 in the country,” he told reporters last week.

The Huskies have a difficult month ahead starting with a road game at No. 16 DePaul. UConn will also face No. 6 Baylor, No. 23 Tennessee and No. 3 Oregon over the next few months.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Missouri State at Gonzaga, Friday. Two of the top mid-major programs will tip-off in Washington. Each team has one loss on the season with the 20th-ranked Lady Bears dropping the championship game of the Preseason WNIT at Oregon State. The No. 17 Zags lost in overtime at Stanford.