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Virginia Tech moved up two spots to No. 17 in the Associated Press Women's Basketball Top 25 poll released Monday.
The Hokies (16-4, 7-2 ACC) will look to win their third straight game heading into Thursday's home game against Virginia. They beat Georgia Tech last Thursday and beat nationally ranked Syracuse last weekend.
North Carolina State (18-2, 6-2) moved up two spots to fifth place.
Notre Dame (15-4, 5-3) moved up one spot to No. 14 after losing to Syracuse and winning College Con.
ACC favorite Louisville (18-3, 7-1) moved up two spots to No. 16.
Syracuse (17-3, 7-2) moved up one spot to No. 21 after defeating Notre Dame and losing to the Hokies.
North Carolina (15-6, 7-2), which hosts the Hokies on Sunday, dropped four spots to No. 24 after the loss to UVa.
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Florida State (15-7, 6-4) was eliminated from the voting after losing to Duke.
South Carolina (19-0) received all 35 first-place votes and remains the clear No. 1 in the polls after a 76-70 road win over then-No. 1 South Carolina State. They were the best team. 9LSU.
No. 2 Kansas State (20-1) is tied for its highest ranking ever. Kansas State currently has its highest ranking since November 25, 2002. The Wildcats have won 15 straight games, but have been without star center Ayoka Lee for the past few games. She will be sidelined for several more weeks with her ankle injury.
Iowa State (19-2) moves into third place as Caitlin Clark approaches the women's college basketball all-time scoring record. She is in fourth place with 3,389 points and could pass Jackie Stiles (3,393 points) and Kelsey Mitchell (3,402 points) in the Hawkeyes' next game (against Northwestern) on Wednesday. He is 138 points behind Kelsey Plum's record of 3,527 points.
Stanford (19-2) is fourth. Colorado (17-3), which split two games at Oregon State, dropped three spots to sixth place. UCLA (16-3) dropped five spots to No. 7 after losing in overtime to Utah State and losing at home to Washington State.
UConn remains No. 1
The Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll had no changes in the top five as of Monday, with defending national champion UConn still ahead of powerhouse Purdue, winning streak North Carolina, defensive-minded Houston and Tennessee.
The Huskies (18-2) remain the clear No. 1, picking up four more first-place votes and winning eight straight after defeating Xavier 99-56. The Boilermakers (19-2) ranked first with 48 votes out of 63 from the National Media Committee, and the Cougars (18-2) finished in fourth place with 14 votes. received the remaining vote. .
The third-place Tar Heels (17-3) have won 10 straight games.
The University of Wisconsin moved up seven spots to No. 6, and Duke moved up five spots to No. 7.
Alabama and TCU return to the top 25, while Memphis and Colorado State drop out.
