Michigan women crack top 10 in Associated Press college basketball poll

The Michigan women's basketball team is in the top 10.

The Wolverines are No. 9 in this week's Associated Press Top 25, moving up four spots. Michigan (11-1) made its move on the strength of Sunday's 74-68 overtime victory over then-No. 5 Baylor in Connecticut. It is the Wolverines' first victory over a top-five program in their history.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet we beat a top-five team,” Wolverines coach Kim Barnes Arico said after the overtime victory at the Women’s Hall of Fame Showcase. “It’s a great signature win.”

Meanwhile, UConn’s record 16-year run in the top 10 is over.

The Huskies fell four spots to No. 11 in the poll Monday after losing to Louisville a day earlier. UConn had been ranked among the first 10 teams in the poll for 313 straight weeks dating back to March 7, 2005, when the team was also 11th. That’s 101 more weeks than the next-longest streak ever, held by Tennessee.

No. 10 Baylor now has the longest active streak, with 136 consecutive top-10 appearances.

South Carolina remained the unanimous top choice, receiving all 29 first-place votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks will face No. 2 Stanford on Tuesday in the second 1-vs-2 showdown this season. The Cardinal moved up one spot after winning at Tennessee on Saturday. It’s the 600th appearance in the AP Top 25 for Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, who is 18 behind all-time leader Pat Summitt.

Louisville, Arizona and North Carolina State follow Stanford to round out the top five. The Wolfpack fell three places after losing in overtime to Georgia.

Maryland moved up three spots to sixth. The Terrapins were followed by Tennessee, Indiana and Michigan. The Wolverines knocked off Baylor in overtime on Sunday and now are in the top 10 for the first time ever.

Associated Press Top 25 women

1. South Carolina (29first-place votes), 11-0, 725 (last week: 1)

2. Stanford, 8-2, 678 (3)

3. Louisville, 10-1, 643 (6)

4. Arizona, 10-0, 642 (4)

5. NC State, 11-2, 616 (2)

6. Maryland, 9-3, 517 (9)

7. Tennessee, 9-1, 504 (7)

8. Indiana, 9-2, 500 (10)

9. Michigan, 11-1, 498 (13)

10. Baylor, 9-2, 487 (5)

11. UConn, 6-3, 457 (7)

12. Texas, 8-1, 435 (11)

13. Georgia, 10-1, 381 (17)

13. Iowa State, 11-1, 381 (12)

15. Iowa, 6-2, 273 (14)

16. Duke, 9-1, 270 (15)

17. Georgia Tech, 9-2, 225 (18)

18. South Florida, 8-3, 219 (16)

19. BYU, 9-1, 152 (20)

20. Notre Dame, 10-2, 137 (21)

21. LSU, 9-1, 130 (22)

22. Kentucky, 7-3, 127 (19)

23. Texas A&M, 9-2, 82 (23)

24. Ohio State, 8-2, 68 (24)

25. North Carolina, 10-0, 66 (25)

Others receiving votes: Colorado 52, Oklahoma 45, DePaul 43, Florida Gulf Coast 42, Nebraska 30.