Nov. 24, 2008

The Baylor Lady Bears moved up four spots to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after posting victories over Stephen F. Austin and Rice this past week.

Baylor, 4-0 on the season, has risen 13 spots since its No. 19 AP preseason ranking. Connecticut, North Carolina, California, Oklahoma and Stanford, a team that the Lady Bears defeated, rank No. 1 - 5, respectively.

Baylor has been ranked in a school-record 94 straight AP polls dating back to week nine of the 2003-04 listing when it broke in at No. 24. Baylor spent 11 weeks ranked in the top 10 last season achieving a high of No. 5 on Feb. 4.

Baylor will play in the Paradise Jam at Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Nov. 27-29. On Thursday, Nov. 27 they will take on the University of Central Florida, face Villanova on Friday, Nov. 28 and finish up with Wisconsin on Saturday, Nov. 29. All games begin at 2:30 p.m. (CST).

Associated Press Poll
Nov. 24, 2008
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 23, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

1. Connecticut (44) - 3-0
2. North Carolina (1) - 5-0
3. California - 3-0
4. Oklahoma - 3-1
5. Stanford - 3-1
6. Baylor - 4-0
7. Louisville - 3-0
8. Texas A&M - 3-0
9. Tennessee - 2-1
10. Maryland - 3-1
11. Texas - 5-0
12. Duke - 3-1
13. Rutgers - 2-2
14. Notre Dame - 3-0
15. Auburn - 4-0
16. Virginia - 2-1
17. Vanderbilt - 4-1
18. Oklahoma St. - 2-1
19. Purdue - 3-0
20. Ohio St. - 3-1
21. Arizona St. - 2-1
22. TCU - 3-0
23. Old Dominion - 3-1
24. Michigan St. - 5-0
25. Iowa St. - 3-0
25. Xavier - 2-2

Others receiving votes: Marist, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Florida St., Hartford, Kansas St., LSU, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, DePaul, Syracuse, Georgia, Coastal Carolina, Michigan, S. Dakota St., Florida, Gonzaga, Utah, Montana.