Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women’s team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

UConn women’s basketball remained No. 6 in the Week 13 AP poll, and Sarah Strong swept the Big East’s weekly awards for the third time.

UCLA and South Carolina remain atop the women's poll, while Texas is back in top five and Vanderbilt is ranked for first time in 11 years.