Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Ranked No. 18 in Associated Press Poll
January 08, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 8, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team has jumped up six spots in the latest Associated Press Top-25 poll, released Monday afternoon (Jan. 8). The Falcons are now ranked 18th in the nation, the highest ranking for a Mid-American Conference team in league history.
The Falcons were ranked 19th -- the previous high for BG and a MAC team -- in the AP poll on March 16, 1993, and BGSU is currently ranked 19th in the USA Today/ESPN Top-25 Coaches poll, with the new edition of the USA Today/ESPN poll due out on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 9).
The Falcons are ranked in the AP poll for the fourth consecutive week. BGSU broke into the poll with a ranking of 25th, and stayed at that spot for a total of two weeks before moving up a notch to 24th in last week's (Jan. 1) poll.
BGSU had 129 points in last week's AP poll, but received a total of 300 in this week's listing.
Monday's appearance in the AP poll marks the 16th week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in that top-25, and BG has been that team in 12 of the 16 weeks (six during head coach Curt Miller's tenure).
Similarly, last Tuesday's appearance in the USA Today ESPN poll marks the 18th week in MAC history that a league institution has been listed in the USA Today poll. BG has been that team in 15 of the 18 weeks, including 11 weeks under Miller.
The Falcons are 12-2 on the season, and BGSU is 2-0 in MAC play after wins over Akron and Buffalo to open the conference campaign. BG will host Kent State Wednesday evening (Jan. 10) at Anderson Arena, in a rematch of the last two MAC Tournament championship games. Tipoff for Wednesday's game is 7:00 p.m.
This week's complete AP poll follows...
Associated Press top-25 women's basketball poll
Jan. 8, 2007
Rank - School (FPV) Record Points LW 1. Maryland (47) 17-0 1,247 1 2. North Carolina (1) 17-0 1,198 2 3. Duke (2) 16-0 1,149 3 4. Tennessee 14-1 1,102 4 5. L-S-U 15-1 1,008 6 6. Ohio State 13-1 968 7 7. Connecticut 12-1 948 5 8. Oklahoma 12-1 935 8 9. Baylor 15-1 882 9 10. Stanford 11-3 778 12 11. Arizona State 14-2 708 13 12. George Washington 11-2 621 16 13. Purdue 14-3 604 10 14. Vanderbilt 14-2 600 11 15. Georgia 13-3 558 15 16. Marquette 15-1 514 18 17. Louisville 16-1 485 13 18. BOWLING GREEN 12-2 300 24 19. Texas A&M 10-3 284 17 20. Michigan State 12-3 255 19 21. Middle Tennessee 12-3 200 NR 22. California 11-4 161 21 23. Texas 11-4 119 NR 24. DePaul 11-4 85 23 25. Arkansas 15-3 75 20
Dropped out: No. 22 Pittsburgh, No. 25 New Mexico.
Others receiving votes: Kansas State, Pittsburgh 60; Washington 54; Nebraska 47; New Mexico 38; South Florida 32; Missouri, Rutgers 22; Montana 21; Delaware 19; Hofstra 16; Ole Miss 15; T-C-U, UW-Green Bay 12; Kentucky 9; Iowa State 6; Indiana 5; Florida State 4; James Madison, U-T-E-P 3; Arkansas State, Army 2; Davidson, Wyoming 1.
THE MAC AND THE POLLS: A COMPLETE HISTORY
(The entire list of appearances by a Mid-American Conference school)
MAC Schools' Weekly Associated Press Top-25 appearances
Date School Rank 2/23/93 Bowling Green 25 3/2/93 Bowling Green 22 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 19 2/8/94 Toledo 23 2/15/94 Toledo 25 3/8/94 Bowling Green 25 3/15/94 Bowling Green 24 3/8/99 Toledo 25 11/19/01 Toledo 24 3/6/06 Bowling Green 24 3/13/06 Bowling Green 23 12/18/06 Bowling Green 25 12/25/06 Bowling Green 25 1/1/07 Bowling Green 24 1/8/07 Bowling Green 18
MAC Schools' Weekly USA Today Top-25 appearances
Date School Rank 2/18/86 Ohio 25 2/25/86 Ohio 24 3/1/93 Bowling Green 20 3/9/93 Bowling Green 22 3/16/93 Bowling Green 20 3/15/94 Bowling Green 24 2/15/99 Toledo 25 2/14/06 Bowling Green 25 2/21/06 Bowling Green 25 2/28/06 Bowling Green 24 3/7/06 Bowling Green 22 3/13/06 Bowling Green 21 11/28/06 Bowling Green 24 12/5/06 Bowling Green T-22 12/12/06 Bowling Green 21 12/19/06 Bowling Green 21 12/26/06 Bowling Green 21 1/2/07 Bowling Green 19
(NOTE: Northern Illinois has made multiple appearances in both polls, but none came while the school was a member of the MAC)
