Dec. 2, 2008
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M women's basketball team (6-0) continues to move up in the national polls earning a school-record No. 4 national ranking in the latest USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 Poll released on Tuesday.
It marked the Aggies' highest-ever national ranking in school history eclipsing their previous program-best of No. 5 in last week's Coaches Poll. A&M has now appeared in the top 5 of the Coaches Poll in back-to-back weeks.
Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair has now led two schools to a No. 4 national ranking. Blair previously led Stephen F. Austin, a team the Aggies ironically will face on the road tonight, to a No. 4 ranking in the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll during the 1991-92 season. Blair will be inducted into the SFA Ladyjack Hall of Fame at halftime of A&M's game in Nacogdoches, Texas.
USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES TOP 25 POLL
1. Connecticut (5-0)
2. North Carolina (8-0)
3. California (6-0)
4. Texas A&M (6-0)
5. Stanford (6-1)
6T. Texas (7-0)
6T. Oklahoma (4-2)
8. Notre Dame (5-0)
9. Tennessee (5-1)
10. Baylor (6-1)
11. Maryland (6-1)
12. Rutgers (3-2)
13. Auburn (7-0)
14. Duke (4-1)
15. Louisville (5-1)
16. Vanderbilt (6-1)
17. Oklahoma State (3-1)
18. Ohio State (6-1)
19. Virginia (5-2)
20. Purdue (5-1)
21. Xavier (5-2)
22. Iowa State (5-1)
23. Kansas State (6-0)
24. Michigan State (6-1)
25. Arizona State (3-2)