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Aggie Women Break Into The AP Top 25 Poll at No. 15

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Nov. 16, 2009

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M women's basketball team broke into The Associated Press Top 25 Poll with a No. 15 national ranking on Monday.

It marked one of the biggest leaps by any Division I women's basketball program over the past decade in the AP Poll. The Aggies (1-0), who received votes in the preseason AP Poll released on Oct. 30, defeated then-No. 6 Duke, 95-77, in their season opener on Sunday at Reed Arena. It was the program's first-ever home victory over a top-10 ranked non-conference opponent in school history.

Historically, Duke previously moved up 11 spots in January of 1998 and Rutgers had a two-week stretch when it went from No. 24 to No. 14 to No. 4 in recent years. A&M was ranked No. 16 in the preseason USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 Poll released on Nov. 4.

The Aggies will host Rice (0-1) on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. (CT) at Reed Arena, prior to traveling to SEC country to take on Auburn on Sunday, Nov. 22 in Auburn, Ala. A&M will start off the season with tough competition from the get-go with the likes of Duke, Auburn and Cal, all top 15 programs a year ago, in their first six games of the season.

2009-10 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL (as of Nov. 16)
1. Connecticut (40)
2. Stanford
3. Ohio State
4. North Carolina
5. Notre Dame
6. Tennessee
7. LSU
8. Baylor
9. Xavier
10. Texas
11. Duke
12. Virginia
13. Florida State
14. Arizona State
15. Texas A&M
16. Georgia
17T. California
17T. DePaul
19. Kansas
20. Oklahoma
21. Michigan State
22. Vanderbilt
23. Louisville
24. Middle Tennessee State
25. Mississippi State

 

 

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