North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Ranked 10th In AP Women's Poll
11/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 6, 2001
NC State, which returns three starters from a team that went 22-11 last season, is ranked 10th in the Associated Press' women's preseason college basketball poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Wolfpack women are among three ACC teams in the poll, with preseason league favorite Duke ranked fifth and Maryland 23rd.
NC State will open its season against Radford on Friday night, November 16 at Reynolds Coliseum. On Monday, Kaayla Chones had 27 points and 17 rebounds as the Pack downed the Perik Jumpers in an exhibition game, 104-63.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2000-01 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking
1. Connecticut (31) 32-3 1,102 1
2. Tennessee (5) 31-3 1,032 3
3. Vanderbilt (6) 24-10 1,023 10
4. Oklahoma (2) 28-6 986 7
5. Duke (1) 30-4 931 5
6. Louisiana Tech 31-5 879 6
7. Texas Tech 25-7 866 13
8. Iowa St. 27-6 789 8
9. Stanford 19-11 706 -
10. N.C. State 22-11 655 19
11. Purdue 31-7 654 9
12. Colorado 22-9 540 20
13. Florida 24-6 518 14
14. Baylor 21-9 451 23
15. Notre Dame 34-2 420 2
16. Georgia 27-6 339 4
17. Michigan 19-12 334 -
18. Old Dominion 21-9 273 -
19. Washington 22-10 263 -
20. George Washington 22-10 197 -
21. Penn St. 19-10 177 21
22. Arizona St. 20-11 153 -
23. Maryland 17-12 137 -
24. Colorado St. 25-7 130 -
25. Utah 28-4 108 17
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 97, Texas 96, LSU 91, St. Mary's, Cal. 89, Rutgers 83, Wisconsin 80, Iowa 61, Clemson 49, Boston College 39, TCU 35, Louisville 32, Drake 30, Xavier 28, Southern Cal 23, Virginia 23, Virginia Tech 18, Oregon 14, UC Santa Barbara 14, Mississippi St. 13, Auburn 9, UNLV 9, Tulane 8, Ohio St. 6, Arizona 4, Indiana 3, Chattanooga 2, Toledo 2, Kent St. 1, Mississippi 1, SW Missouri St. 1, Siena 1.
