Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women’s team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

UConn women’s basketball remained No. 6 in the Week 13 AP poll, and Sarah Strong swept the Big East’s weekly awards for the third time.

The UConn women's basketball tem pushed its winning streak to nine and remained perfect in the Big East, and could rise in the AP Top 25 poll.

Michigan State, which opened the season unranked, remains alone atop the Big Ten standings with everyone else in the conference saddled with at least two losses. The Spartans are

Ohio State’s women’s basketball team has reached its highest ranking of the season thus far with a four-place jump going into February. The Buckeyes (19-1, 8-1) hopped to No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll after last week’s Big Ten wins over former No.