Associated Press Poll

The Top Twenty Five teams in The Associated Press’ preseason women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1995-96 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season’s final ranking:

1. Stanford (35) 29-3 1,040 3 2. Alabama (7) 24-8 995 10 3. Georgia 28-5 952 5 4. Tennessee 32-4 887 4 5. Connecticut 34-4 886 2 6. Iowa 27-4 861 7 7. Old Dominion 29-3 773 6 8. W. Kentucky 19-13 677 - 9. Vanderbilt 23-8 642 12 10. Virginia 26-7 619 11 11. Texas Tech 27-5 515 9 12. Kansas 22-10 487 20 13. N. Carolina St. 20-10 474 23 14. Louisiana Tech 31-2 453 1 15. Penn St. 27-7 385 8 16. Duke 26-7 380 13 17. Colorado 26-9 323 17 18. Arkansas 21-13 279 - 19. Texas 21-9 240 - 20. Notre Dame 23-8 233 21 21. Florida 21-9 227 16 22. Wisconsin 21-8 180 18 23. North Carolina 13-14 159 - 24. Stephen F.Austin 27-4 154 - 25. Auburn 23-9 134 19

Others receiving votes: Clemson 133, San Francisco 101, George Washington 74, LSU 71, Oregon 53, Mississippi 41, DePaul 32, Memphis 29, UCLA 27, Southern Cal 26, Colorado St. 21, Michigan St. 13, Montana 11, Illinois 10, Northwestern 10, Southern Miss. 10, Texas A&M 8, Tulane 5, Nebraska 4, Toledo 4, Indiana 2, Maryland 2, SW Missouri St. 2, Washington 2, Iowa St. 1, Maine 1, Ohio St. 1, Seton Hall 1.

Pre-season All-America team

The 1996-97 Associated Press preseason women’s All-America basketball team with school, height, class and last season’s statistics; vote total by a national media panel in parentheses:

Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee, 6-2, sophomore, 16.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.1 apg (39)

Kate Starbird, Stanford, 6-2, senior, 20.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, 84.7 ft pct (39)

Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 6-7, senior, 18.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 105 blocks, 63 fg pct (37)

Shalonda Enis, Alabama, 6-1, senior, 23.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 2.1 steals (32)

La’Keshia Frett, Georgia, 6-3, senior, 14.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 52.1 fg pct, 84.1 ft pct (17)

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Keisha Anderson, Wisconsin; Cindy Blodgett, Maine; Tamecka Dixon, Kansas; Katryna Gaither, Notre Dame; Tiffany Gooden, Iowa; Marion Jones, North Carolina; Beth Morgan, Notre Dame; Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion; Angie Potthoff, Penn State; Nykesha Sales, Connecticut; Christy Smith, Arkansas; Tora Suber, Virginia; Tina Thompson, Southern Cal; Jamila Wideman, Stanford; Kim Williams, DePaul; Dana Wynne, Seton Hall.