Dec. 3, 2001

WACO - The Baylor Lady Bears continue to climb their way up both major polls. In rankings that came out today, they broke into the top 10 in the Associated Press (AP) Poll, checking in at No. 9, and are No. 13 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll.

Baylor, currently 7-0 on the season, started off the season ranked No. 14 in AP and had moved up to No. 12 last week. In the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll the Lady Bears started the year at No. 16and had moved up to No. 14 last week.

These are the highest rankings ever for the Lady Bear basketball program.
2001-2002 Poll Rankings:
Nov. 6 - #14 AP/#16 Coaches'
Nov. 12 - #13 AP/#16 Coaches'
Nov. 19 - #13 AP/#16 Coaches'
Nov. 26 - #12 AP/#14 Coaches'
Dec. 3 - #9 AP/#13 Coaches'

Associated Press Top 25
(record-points-last week)
1. Connecticut (7-0 - 1,121 - 1st)
2. Tennessee (5-0 - 1,082 - 2nd)
3. Oklahoma (7-0 - 1,025 - 3rd)
4. Vanderbilt (9-1 - 994 - 4th)
t5. Iowa State (4-0 - 918 - 5th)
t5. Stanford (8-0 - 918 - 7th)
7. Purdue (5-1 - 810 - 10th)
8. Louisiana Tech (2-2 - 726 - 6th)
9. Baylor (7-0 - 692 - 12th)
10. North Carolina State (6-1, 690 8th)
11. Duke (5-2 - 683 - 14th)
12. Colorado State (5-0 - 625 - 15th)
13. Georgia (5-0 - 575 - 13th)
14. Texas Tech (3-2 - 540 - 9th)
15. Colorado (6-2 - 499 - 11th)
16. Michigan (5-1 - 463 - 16th)
17. Texas (4-0 - 416 - 21st)
18. North Carolina (7-1 - 340 - 24th)
19. Wisconsin (5-1 - 331 - 20th)
20. Florida (4-3 - 201 - 19th)
21. LSU (3-2 - 165 - 18th)
22. Penn State (4-2 - 106 - NR)
23. South Carolina (6-1 - 97 - 25th)
24. Drake (3-1 - 84 -NR)
25. Old Dominion (2-3 - 73 - 17th)

USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Top 25
1. Connecticut
2. Tennessee
3. Vanderbilt
4. Oklahoma
5. Stanford
6. Iowa State
7. Louisiana Tech
8. Purdue
9. Duke
10. North Carolina State
11. Georgia
12. Texas Tech
13. Baylor
14. Colorado
15. Colorado State
16. Michigan
17. Texas
18. Florida
19. LSU
20. North Carolina
21. Penn State
22. Wisconsin
23. Old Dominion
24. George Washington
25. Tulane