NEW YORK — Minnesota dropped five more spots, from 18th to 23rd, in the newest Associated Press women's basketball poll, which was released Monday afternoon.
Two weeks ago, when the Gophers were off to a 12-0 start, they were ranked 12th.
Notre Dame remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll after beating then-No. 2 Louisville last week.
The Big Ten has six teams in the Top 25 for the first time since the first regular-season poll of 2014-15. Maryland leads the way at No. 9 while Michigan State (17), Rutgers (20), Iowa (22), Minnesota (23) and Indiana (25) give the Big Ten the most ranked teams this week.
Minnesota plays Iowa at 6 p.m. tonight at Williams Arena (ESPN2).
The ACC, Pac-12 and SEC each have four teams in the poll. The Big 12 has three while the Big East has a pair. The West Coast Conference and American each have one.
The Fighting Irish received 23 first-place votes from the 30-member national media panel on Monday. Louisville fell to fourth, swapping places with Baylor, which received six first-place votes. UConn moved into a tie with the Lady Bears for the No. 2 slot. The Huskies got the final first-place vote. The Irish beat Louisville by 14 points and then routed Wake Forest by 30.
Oregon rounded out the first five teams in the poll.