THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Not even Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's 1,000th career victory could prevent the Volunteers from dropping to their lowest Top 25 ranking in 23 years.
Tennessee fell three spots to No. 15 in the latest AP women's college basketball poll after losing twice last week - to Oklahoma and UF on Sunday - and beating Georgia for Summitt's milestone victory.
After the team's 66-57 win against Tennessee, UF moved into the top 10 for the first time since Feb. 12, 2001. It was only the Gators' third win in 40 games against the Volunteers, and it was their fourth win over a ranked team this season.
Connecticut remained the unanimous No. 1 choice for an 11th straight week, while Oklahoma was a unanimous No. 2.
Connecticut is 23-0 for the first time since 2002-03. The Huskies face St. John's on Wednesday before hosting No. 19 Pittsburgh on Sunday.
California was third, with Duke and Auburn rounding out the top five. The Blue Devils visit No. 8 North Carolina on Monday night.
Stanford was No. 6, followed by Baylor, North Carolina, UF and Louisville. Stanford plays California on Saturday with the Pacific-10 Conference title likely on the line.
Louisville dropped five places after losing at home to West Virginia on Saturday.
The Cardinals were followed by Maryland, Texas A&M, Texas and Florida State, which reached its highest ranking ever at No. 14.
Tennessee lost at No. 2 Oklahoma last Monday before the win against Georgia on Thursday. UF then stunned the Volunteers on Sunday.
The last time Tennessee was ranked so low was the final ballot of the 1985-86 season.
One of the 45 voters - Jim Massie of the Columbus Dispatch - dropped Tennessee from the Top 25, making this the first time the Lady Vols don't appear on every ballot since the media starting voting in 1994.
Earlier this season, the Volunteers saw their record run of top-10 appearances end at 211.
Buoyed by a rout of then-No. 10 Texas A&M, Iowa State made the biggest jump - five places to No. 16. It's the Cyclones' highest ranking in four years.
They were followed by Virginia, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Kansas State.
Xavier, Notre Dame, South Dakota State, Vanderbilt and DePaul finished out the poll. For the second week in a row, no team fell out of the Top 25.
