FGCU women’s basketball up to #21 in AP Poll

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Last week the FGCU women’s basketball team broke into the top-25 in the Associated Press poll for the first time in program history. On Monday the Eagles moved up one spot to number 22. FGCU earned nearly double the points from last week and is the third highest ranked mid-major program behind undefeated Princeton (#14) and Chattanooga (#18).

The Eagles are riding a 20 game winning streak and have an overall record of 25-2.

More importantly FGCU has an official RPI ranking of 16. The computer based poll that factors in strength of schedule is used by the NCAA Tournament Selection committee to help determine seeding.

The Eagles who have already clinched a fifth-straight Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championship play at North Florida on Wednesday night before finishing the regular season with a home game against Jacksonville on Saturday night. They were ranked number 24 by the USA Today Coaches Poll that came out last week. That poll will be published again on Tuesday.

AP Top-25
1 Connecticut (34) 26-1 850
2 South Carolina 25-1 807
3 Baylor 26-1 786
4 Notre Dame 25-2 750
5 Maryland 24-2 699
6 Tennessee 23-3 692
7 Oregon State 25-2 635
8 Louisville 23-3 618
9 Florida State 25-3 574
10 Arizona State 24-4 515
11 Mississippi State 25-4 526
12 Texas A&M 22-6 464
13 Kentucky 19-7 414
14 Princeton 25-0 401
15 North Carolina 22-6 400
16 Duke 19-7 361
17 Iowa 21-6 263
18 Chattanooga 24-3 246
19 Stanford 20-8 217
20 Rutgers 20-7 164
21 FGCU 25-2 143
22 George Washington 24-3 101
23 Syracuse 20-8 86
24 California 21-7 78
25 Northwestern 21-7 72

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