Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Now 18th in USA Today/ESPN Poll
January 09, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University women's basketball team has moved up a notch in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Falcons of head coach Curt Miller are ranked 18th in the nation in the latest poll, released Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 9).
BGSU is also ranked 18th in the Associated Press poll, which was announced Monday (Jan. 8). The rankings are the highest for the Falcons -- and for any Mid-American Conference institution -- in history.
This marks the 19th appearance in the USA Today/ESPN poll by a league institution, and Bowling Green has been that team in 16 of the 19 weeks (including 12 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. KSU is tied with BGSU and Miami atop the MAC East, as all three schools sport 2-0 league records.
This week's complete USA Today/ESPN poll follows...
USA Today/ESPN women's basketball poll
Jan. 9, 2007
Rank - School (FPV) Record Points LW 1. Maryland (29) 17-0 773 1 2. North Carolina (1) 18-0 744 2 3. Duke (1) 16-0 712 3 4. Tennessee 14-1 684 4 5. Connecticut 12-1 622 5 6. LSU 15-1 615 6 7. Oklahoma 12-1 587 7 8. Ohio State 13-1 575 8 9. Baylor 15-1 541 9 10. Stanford 12-3 479 12 11. Arizona State 14-2 437 14 12. Vanderbilt 14-2 418 10 13. Purdue 14-3 375 11 14. George Washington 11-2 372 16 15. Georgia 13-3 342 15 16. Louisville 16-1 326 13 17. Marquette 15-1 274 20 18. BOWLING GREEN 12-2 255 19 19. Texas A&M 10-3 191 17 20. Michigan State 12-3 185 18 21. Middle Tennessee 12-3 138 25 22. California 11-4 94 21 23. Pittsburgh 12-2 52 22 24. DePaul 11-4 45 24 25. TCU 12-4 42 NR
Dropped out: No. 23 Arkansas.
Others receiving votes: South Florida 39; Texas 27; Montana 22; Nebraska 21; Delaware, Missouri 11; Arkansas 10; Florida State, Kansas State, Mississippi, Washington 7; New Mexico 6; Iowa State, James Madison 5; Oklahoma State 4; Rutgers, UW-Green Bay 3; Arkansas State, Indiana 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 1/9/07 Bowling Green 18
(NOTE: Northern Illinois has made multiple appearances in both polls, but none came while the school was a member of the MAC)
