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Where Notre Dame women’s basketball ranks in Week 12 AP Top 25

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Notre Dame women's basketball players celebrate a made shot. (Photo by Chad Weaver)

For the first time since Week 8, Notre Dame women’s basketball moved up in the Associated Press poll. The Fighting Irish (14-3, 5-2 ACC) are ranked No. 15 in the Week 12 AP Top 25. They were ranked No. 19 last week.

Notre Dame beat Virginia (86-76) and Wake Forest (75-56) on the road in the last week.

The four-spot rise is tied for the second-best jump in the country this week. Ohio State moved up six spots to No. 12 after beating now-No. 5 Iowa, who moved down three spots after the upset loss.

It’s a tough week for head coach Niele Ivey’s team. The Irish are at home against No. 22 Syracuse (16-2, 6-1 ACC) on Thursday and on the road at No. 8 UConn (16-3) on Saturday. Notre Dame lost to the Orange on New Year’s Eve. The Huskies have not lost since Dec. 3 at No. 10 Texas.

The possibilities for next week’s poll for Notre Dame include anything from a top-10 ranking if the Irish earn victories over a pair of ranked foes to barely hanging onto a spot in the poll if they lose both matchups.

Surely, first thing’s first for Ivey and company; they need to find a way to beat the team they just lost to three weeks ago. Then they can approach the quick turnaround and come up with a way to compete against a UConn team that appears to be hitting its stride.

The Huskies’ average margin of victory in three Big East games, which includes wins over then-No. 18 Marquette and then-No. 21 Creighton, is 34.6 points. UConn also has double-digit wins over then-No. 24 North Carolina and then-No. 18 Louisville of the ACC.

Below is a look at the Week 12 Associated Press poll and the current ACC standings.

Week 12 AP Top 25

  1. South Carolina (17-0)
  2. UCLA (15-1)
  3. Colorado (16-2)
  4. Kansas State (18-1)
  5. Iowa (18-2)
  6. Stanford (17-2)
  7. NC State (16-2)
  8. UConn (16-3)
  9. LSU (18-2)
  10. Texas (18-2)
  11. USC (13-3)
  12. Ohio State (15-3)
  13. Baylor (15-2)
  14. Indiana (16-2)
  15. Notre Dame (14-3)
  16. Utah (13-5)
  17. Gonzaga (18-2)
  18. Louisville (16-3)
  19. Virginia Tech (14-4)
  20. North Carolina (14-5)
  21. Creighton (14-3)
  22. Syracuse (16-2)
  23. Florida State (14-6)
  24. West Virginia (16-2)
  25. Oregon State (15-3)

ACC Standings

No. 20 North Carolina (14-5, 6-1)
No. 22 Syracuse (16-2, 6-1)
No. 18 Louisville (16-3, 5-1)
No. 15 Notre Dame (14-3, 5-2)
No. 14 Virginia Tech (14-4, 5-2)
No. 7 NC State (16-2, 4-2)
No. 23 Florida State (14-6, 5-3)
Duke (12-6, 4-3)
Georgia Tech (13-6, 4-3)
Boston College (11-9, 3-4)
Miami (12-5, 2-4)
Clemson (8-11, 1-6)
Virginia (9-9, 1-6)
Pittsburgh (6-13, 0-6)
Wake Forest (4-15, 0-7)

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