Associated press: Michigan women's basketball team moves up to No. 23 in AP rankings; MSU enters at No. 25

By Pete Cunningham Sports Director

Posted on Mon, Jan 21, 2013 : 1:24 p.m.

The Michigan women's basketball team is ranked No. 25 in the latest Associated Press poll.

Joseph Tobianski | AnnArbor.com file photo

The University of Michigan women's basketball enjoyed being ranked for the first time in more than a decade last week. The Wolverines are on the rise again, climbing to No. 23 in this week's poll after winning its only game last week, a 67-53 win over Northwestern on the road.

This week's poll has the Wolverines ranked No. 23, up two spots from where they were last week. The Wolverines moved ahead of No. 24 Iowa State and Kansas (previously ranked No. 23) fell out of the rankings. Michigan State moved into the rankings at No. 25. There are now four Big Ten teams in the top 25 with Penn State staying at No. 8 and Purdue falling from No. 12 to No. 15.

Baylor remains No. 1 for a third straight week after two easy victories.

Michigan has yet to beat a ranked opponent this season, but will have the opportunity on Monday when it hosts Penn State at the Crisler Center (6:30 p.m. Big Ten Network).

Associated Press women's college basketball poll, Jan. 21

Ranking (first place votes) Record Pts Previous ranking
1. Baylor (35) 16-1 992 1
2. Notre Dame 16-1 947 2
3. UConn (2) 16-1 914 3
4. Duke (3) 16-0 907 4
5. Kentucky 17-1 819 5
6. Stanford 16-2 799 6
7. California 15-2 756 7
8. Penn St. 14-2 722 8
9. Tennessee 15-3 678 9
10. Maryland 14-3 634 10
11. North Carolina 18-1 614 11
12. Oklahoma St. 13-2 442 17
13. Louisville 15-4 413 15
14. Georgia 16-3 405 13
15. Purdue 15-3 387 12
16. Texas A&M 14-5 371 20
17. Dayton 15-1 343 18
18. South Carolina 16-3 341 19
19. UCLA 13-4 315 14
20. Colorado 15-2 279 21
20. Oklahoma 15-3 279 16
22. Florida St. 15-3 227 22
23. Michigan 15-2 142 25
24. Iowa St. 13-3 125 24
25. Michigan St. 16-2 60 —

Others receiving votes: Syracuse 25, Villanova 16, Kansas 14, UTEP 8, Delaware 7, Arkansas 5, Iowa 4, Texas Tech 3, Vanderbilt 3, Nebraska 2, Green Bay 1, Miami 1.