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