The Lady Vols stayed at No. 3 in the Associated Press basketball poll announced on Monday.

The top three remained the same with Connecticut at No. 1 and North Carolina at No. 2.

The poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Rank, Team ;Record;Pts;Pvs

1. Connecticut (40);28-1;1,235;1

2. North Carolina (2);27-2;1,172;2

3. Tennessee;27-2;1,120;3

4. Rutgers (8);24-4;1,103;4

5. Maryland;29-2;1,073;5

6. Stanford;27-3;1,010;7

7. LSU;25-4;987;6

8. Baylor;24-4;839;8

9. Notre Dame;23-6;753;14

10. California;24-5;720;9

11. Oklahoma;21-6;709;10

12. Duke;21-8;601;12

13. George Washington;24-5;595;15

14. West Virginia;23-5;589;13

15. Utah;25-3;583;16

16. Old Dominion;25-4;572;11

17. Texas A&M;22-7;539;20

18. UTEP;25-2;367;19

19. Kansas St.;20-8;363;21

20. Oklahoma St.;22-6;270;17

21. Vanderbilt;22-7;247;23

22. Ohio St.;22-7;224;18

23. Georgia;21-8;160;22

24. Marist;28-2;128;25

25. Virginia;22-8;117;—

Others receiving votes: Wyoming 53, Louisville 24, Pittsburgh 18, Arizona St. 15, Hartford 12, Syracuse 9, DePaul 8, Liberty 8, Chattanooga 7, Iowa 7, Gonzaga 3, Michigan St. 3, Boise St. 2, Georgia Tech 2, Evansville 1, Illinois St. 1, Montana 1.

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