AP Poll – Jan. 4, 2016 – Stanford enters top 10, Duke drops six spots, no changes in top three

• There were no changes in the top three. UConn remains the unanimous No. 1, followed by South Carolina and Notre Dame.
• Texas moved up one spot to No. 4, Ohio State secured the No. 5 spot after moving up four places. The Buckeyes defeated Maryland on Jan. 2. The Terrapins fell two spots to No. 8 after the loss.
• Baylor fell two places. The Bears lost a road game to Oklahoma State on Dec. 30.
• Stanford entered the top 10 at No. 9. The Cardinal won two games last week, beating two teams that got the best of them last season, Chattanooga and Pac-12 foe Arizona.
• Kentucky dropped three spots to No. 10 after suffering a loss at the hands of Auburn on Jan. 3.
• 15 UCLA rose 6 spots in the poll after opening its Pac-12 slate by defeating two previously undefeated teams: Oregon and USC.
• Duke dropped six spots to No. 18 after suffering an 86-50 rout delivered by Syracuse on Jan. 3.
• Seton Hall re-entered the poll at No. 25.
• Miami fell out of the top 25 after a loss at Virginia on Jan. 3.
• TCU received votes in poll for the first time since the 2011-12 season and the first time since joining the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2012-13 season.

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Rank	School	Record	Votes	Prev
1	Connecticut Huskies	11-0	800 (32)	1
2	South Carolina Gamecocks	13-0	765	2
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	13-1	735	3
4	Texas Longhorns	13-0	705	5
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	10-3	630	9
6	Baylor Bears	14-1	627	4
7	Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs	14-1	616	8
8	Maryland Terrapins	12-2	580	6
9	Stanford Cardinal	11-2	521	11
10	Kentucky Wildcats	11-1	502	7
11	Oregon State Beavers	10-2	495	10
12	Tennessee Lady Volunteers	9-3	460	13
13	Texas A&M Aggies	11-3	416	16
14	Arizona State Sun Devils	10-3	356	17
15	UCLA Bruins	10-3	243	21
16	Northwestern Wildcats	12-2	235	14
17	Oklahoma Sooners	10-3	229	18
18	Duke Blue Devils	11-4	215	12
19	Florida State Seminoles	10-4	202	15
20	Missouri Tigers	13-0	198	23
21	California Golden Bears	9-3	183	19
22	South Florida Bulls	8-3	168	20
23	Michigan State Spartans	10-3	109	24
24	DePaul Blue Demons	10-5	94	25
25	Seton Hall Pirates	13-1	78	NR

Others receiving votes:  Syracuse 52, Virginia Tech 45, Miami (FL) 43, Iowa 20, Oklahoma State 14, Georgia 12, Oregon 11, USC 9, TCU 5, UTEP 4, Louisville 4, South Dakota State 4, Florida 3, Iowa State 3, Rutgers 2, Green Bay 2, Purdue 2, Duquesne 2, Washington 1