Duke's Jack White (41) reacts following a 3-point basket against Clemson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Duke's Jack White (41) reacts following a 3-point basket against Clemson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Credit: Gerry Broome

New York — Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame are back where they started the season: at No. 1.

The Fighting Irish returned to the top spot in in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll on Monday, barely edging second-ranked Louisville, after former No. 1 UConn lost to then-No. 8 Baylor last week. The new Nos. 1-2 meet this week in South Bend, Indiana.

“It’s a big game on Thursday we need to be ready for,” McGraw said after Sunday’s win over Georgia Tech.

Notre Dame received 12 first place votes from a 30-member national media panel Monday. Louisville was second, garnering 10 first-place ballots. The Cardinals are just seven points behind the Irish in the poll.

UConn, which on Thursday saw its 126-game regular-season winning streak snapped, fell to third in the poll, and Baylor moved up four spots to fourth. The Huskies received three first-place votes and the Lady Bears had five. It’s the first time since the 2014-15 season that four different teams received first-place votes in the same week.

Oregon, Stanford, Mississippi State, N.C. State, Maryland and Oregon State round out the top 10 teams in the poll. The Terrapins dropped five spots after suffering their first loss of the season, falling to Rutgers.

Indiana entered the poll at No. 25. It’s only the fifth week that the Hoosiers have been ranked in school history. Indiana first made the poll in 1993 for a week.

Men: Top Four Unchanged

New York — Duke, Michigan, Tennessee and Virginia remained in the top four spots of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.

The rest of the top 10 became a jumble after three ranked teams lost last week.

The Blue Devils received 37 of 64 first-place votes from a media panel in the AP Top 25 released on Monday. No. 2 Michigan received nine first-place votes, No. 3 Tennessee 13 and No. 4 Virginia five.

No. 5 Gonzaga, Michigan State, Kansas, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech and Nevada rounded out the top 10.

Kansas dropped two spots after losing to Iowa State, which moved into the poll at No. 20. Nevada and No. 13 Florida State each fell four spots after losing.

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