Bulldogs Remain At No. 11 In Associated Press Poll
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After wrapping up a record-setting regular season with a win against rival Ole Miss, Mississippi State remained No. 11 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
State held on to its best ranking since 2002-03 with the 55-47 win against the Rebels. With that win, the Bulldogs wrapped the regular season 25-5 overall and 11-5 in SEC play, both school records for victories.
The Bulldogs completed the season sweep of the Rebels in front of a crowd of 7,326, the largest ever to watch a college women’s basketball game in the state of Mississippi.
Sunday’s win secured the Bulldogs a third-place finish in the SEC, a mark that tied the 2009-10 team for the highest in school history.
That third-place finish earned MSU a double bye into this week’s SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in Little Rock, Ark. The Bulldogs face either Kentucky, Vanderbilt or Alabama Friday, with tip coming 25 minutes following the completion of the 6 p.m. contest.
State received 508 points to stay in the poll for a 15th-straight week, the second-longest run in school history.
The Bulldogs come behind South Carolina, who slipped one spot to No. 3, and Tennessee, who moved up one spot to fifth.
Kentucky, MSU’s possible opponent Friday, moved up to No. 12 while Texas A&M fell six spots to No. 18.
Associated Press Top 25 Poll – March 2, 2015
Rank Team Record Pts. Pvs.
1 Connecticut (35) 28-1 875 1
2 Notre Dame 28-2 832 4
3 South Carolina 27-2 796 2
4 Maryland 27-2 774 5
5 Tennessee 25-4 722 6
6 Baylor 26-3 687 3
7 Florida State 27-3 673 9
8 Oregon State 26-3 622 7
9 Arizona State 26-4 577 10
10 Louisville 24-5 540 8
11 Mississippi State 26-5 508 11
12 Kentucky 21-8 500 13
13 Princeton 27-0 458 14
14 Iowa 23-6 381 17
15 North Carolina 23-7 358 15
16 Duke 20-9 351 16
17 Chattanooga 26-3 290 18
18 Texas A&M 22-8 261 12
19 Stanford 21-9 218 19
20 Florida Gulf Coast 27-2 177 21
21 George Washington 26-3 145 22
22 Syracuse 21-8 115 23
23 Rutgers 21-8 107 20
24 Northwestern 22-7 99 25
25 Seton Hall 26-4 69 NR
Dropped out: No. 24 California.
Others receiving votes: California 64, South Florida 43, Ohio State 24, Green Bay 19, DePaul 17, James Madison 17, Dayton 13, Western Kentucky 10, Oklahoma 9, Iowa State 8, LSU 4, Nebraska 4, Wichita State 4, Quinnipiac 2, Texas 1, Washington 1.