Baylor WBB Picked Seventh in Preseason Top 25

[Pirtle, Krista]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 19, 2021

WBB Picked Seventh in Preseason Top 25
Bears rank in the AP Top 25 for the 337th-consecutive week
For more information contact: Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610, Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu<mailto:Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – The Baylor women’s basketball team begins the 2021-22 season ranked No. 7 in the nation by the Associated Press, according to its poll released on Tuesday.



The preseason nod marks the 337th-straight week that Baylor has been ranked in the AP Top 25, which is second only to UConn’s streak of 527 weeks. The last time the Bears weren’t ranked in the preseason poll came ahead of the 2003-04 season, marking the 18th-straight year to begin the season ranked. Coincidentally, the 2003-04 Bears were the team to start the streak of 337 weeks on the 11th week of that season.



South Carolina comes in as the top seed, edging Connecticut by nine points. After the Huskies, defending national champion Stanford, Maryland and NC State round out the top five. Louisville comes in sixth.



Baylor is one of four Big 12 schools to be ranked in the preseason poll, along with No. 12 Iowa State, No. 19 West Virginia and No. 25 Texas. Oklahoma State and Oklahoma each received votes.





2021-22 PRESEASON ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25

  1.  South Carolina            705 (14)
  2.  Connecticut                 696 (10)
  3.  Stanford                      682 (5)
  4.  Maryland                     632
  5.  NC State                     589
  6.  Louisville                     575
  7.  Baylor                         522
  8.  Indiana                        521
  9.  Iowa                            513
  10. Oregon                        479
  11. Michigan                     403
  12. Iowa State                   376
  13. Kentucky                     368
  14. Oregon State              273
  15. Tennessee                  244
  16. Florida State               231
  17. Ohio State                   197
  18. Georgia Tech              197
  19. West Virginia               192
  20. UCLA                          175
  21. South Florida              146
  22. Arizona                        135
  23. Texas A&M                 123
  24. Virginia Tech               98
  25. Texas                          79

Others receiving votes: Georgia (65), Michigan State (63), Florida Gulf Coast (43), Missouri State (18), South Dakota (13), LSU (10), Arkansas (10), Washington State (9), Oklahoma State (8), Notre Dame (8), DePaul (6), Belmont (5), Oklahoma (3), South Dakota State (1).



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Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610

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