Baylor tops AP preseason top 25 for second year in a row

Baylor tops the Associated Press preseason poll for the second straight year. Baylor received all of the first place votes. Connecticut, Duke, Stanford and Maryland follow. Tennessee debuts at No. 20, their lowest since 1976-77. The Lady Vols were not ranked that year, the first year of the poll originally created by Mel Greenberg.

Preseason AP Women’s Basketball Top 25
1. Baylor (40)
2. Connecticut
3. Duke
4. Stanford
5. Maryland
6. Kentucky
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Louisville
10. Georgia
11. Delaware
12. Oklahoma
13. California
14. St. John’s (N.Y.)
15. Texas A&M
16. Vanderbilt
17. West Virginia
18. Nebraska
19. Ohio State
20. Tennessee
21. Purdue
22. Georgia Tech
23. Oklahoma State
24. Miami
25. DePaul

Poll released October 27, 2012