UNDATED - The top 10 is becoming tough to crack in women's basketball. Connecticut remained a unanimous choice at No. 1 and the teams in the first 11 spots stayed the same for the third straight week Monday in The Associated Press poll.<br>
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Two newcomers broke in further down the list, Rutgers at No. 23 and Arizona at No. 24. Oklahoma dropped out to end a string of 58 straight appearances in the poll.<br>
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Connecticut (22-0) received all 44 first-place votes from a national media panel and had 1,100 points after beating St. John's and Boston College to run its winning streak to 61, the second longest in NCAA basketball history.<br>
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The Huskies replaced Duke as the No. 1 team last week after beating the Blue Devils in Durham, N.C. Duke (21-1) bounced back from its loss to beat Clemson 61-49 and remained second with 1,041 points.<br>
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Tennessee held at No. 3 and was followed by LSU, Kansas State, Stanford, Texas Tech and North Carolina. The only change in that group was Texas Tech alone in seventh after being tied with North Carolina last week.<br>
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No. 9 Purdue and No. 10 Louisiana Tech traded places, and Texas was 11th for the third straight week.<br>
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The top 11 teams went 18-0 last week, with only five of those games decided by fewer than 10 points. LSU defeated two ranked teams, then-No. 16 South Carolina and then-No. 12 Mississippi State.<br>
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Connecticut had a tough game before pulling out an 83-75 victory at Boston College, ranked 23rd at the time.<br>
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No. 12 Penn State and No. 13 Arkansas each moved up one spot, while Georgia jumped three places to 14th. South Carolina climbed one place to 15th and was followed by Mississippi State, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Villanova and Cal Santa Barbara.<br>
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Wisconsin-Green Bay, Ohio State, Rutgers, Arizona and Boston College held the final five places.<br>
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Rutgers joined the poll for the first time this season at No. 23 on Jan. 20, then dropped out the following week after losing in overtime at Virginia Tech. The Scarlet Knights (14-5) have bounced back to win five straight and are in second place in the Big East.<br>
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An overtime loss at Oregon State knocked Arizona (16-6) out of the poll last week after the Wildcats had been ranked for nine straight weeks. They beat then-No. 20 Washington and Washington State last week to get back in.<br>
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Oklahoma (14-8), 24th last week, is unranked for the first time since the week of Jan. 10, 2000. The Sooners, the NCAA runners-up last season, dropped out after losing to Texas A&M and beating Oklahoma State.<br>
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Coach Sherri Coale has turned OU into one of the nation's great success stories but had to replace four starters from last season's 32-4 team. Then the Sooners lost their lone returning starter, Caton Hill, on Nov. 26 with a torn ACL.<br>
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Washington lost at Arizona State, in addition to its 79-66 loss at Arizona, and dropped out after being ranked for two weeks.<br>
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Georgia's jump from 17th to 14th matched the biggest within the poll. The Lady Bulldogs have climbed steadily since rejoining the poll at No. 24 on Jan. 20 after a two-week absence. They've won 10 of their last 11, including a victory over Mississippi State week.<br>
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Cal Santa Barbara and Ohio State also climbed three places.<br>
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The losses to Georgia and LSU sent Mississippi State from 12th to 16th, the biggest drop in the Top 25.<br>
