PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Connecticut Huskies maintained their hold on all first-place votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN women's basketball polls. No. 1 UConn is joined in the top-10 by Notre Dame, which came in at No. 6 and 5, respectively. 

Connecticut (1-0) hoisted its seventh NCAA Championship banner and then knocked off Northeastern 105-35 at Gampel Pavilion to open the season on Nov. 14. Senior Tina Charles led all players with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Charles, who was 11-of-17 from the field in the game, led six Huskies in double-figures. She was joined by junior Maya Moore, who added 18 points and 10 rebounds. UConn opened the game on a 28-0 run in the first 5:34 of the contest.

Notre Dame (1-0) started the 2009-10 campaign with a 102-57 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 15. The Irish had a school-record eight players score in double figures, eclipsing the old standard of seven double-digit scorers that was first set on Feb. 6, 1997 vs. Syracuse (90-73 win at the Joyce Center) and matched on Jan. 19, 2008, in a 104-86 win at Georgetown. Junior forward Becca Bruszewski led the way with game-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds in front of a crowd of 9,080.

No. 17/RV DePaul (2-0) earned a pair of wins during the first weekend of play beating Central Michigan 86-76 on Nov. 13, and topping North Dakota State 77-65 on Nov. 15. Sophomore forward Keisha Hampton scored a team-leading and career-high 23 points against CMU while senior guard Deirdre Naughton scored a game-high 20 points against North Dakota State. Naughton also surpassed 1,000 points for her career at DePaul and is in her third season in Lincoln Park after transferring from Wake Forest. She has tallied 1,438 career points and has registered double-digits in 79 of her 93 career games. The Winnetka, Ill. native becomes just the 23rd player in DePaul's history to reach the century mark.

No. 23/19 Louisville (1-0) began the year with a hard-fought, 65-63 road win at Dayton on Nov. 15. The national runner-up withstood a hostile crowd of 1,197 and were led offensively by senior forward Monique Reid who had a game-highs of 18 points and 14 rebounds off the bench.

Despite not playing a game yet, Pittsburgh moved up to No. 25 in the USA Today/ESPN poll and also received votes from the Associated Press.

Rutgers and St. John's also received votes from the Associated Press. Along with the Scarlet Knights, Syracuse, Georgetown, South Florida and West Virginia received votes in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

Associated Press Poll
Rank School (first place votes) Points
1. Connecticut (40)  1000
2. Stanford   957
3. Ohio State   889
4. North Carolina   855
5. Notre Dame   844
6. Tennessee 806
7. LSU   707
8. Baylor    650
9. Xavier   584
10. Texas   575
11. Duke   536
12. Virginia   461
13. Florida State   438
14. Arizona State   409
15. Texas A&M  406
16. Georgia   400
17. California    340
17. DePaul   340
19. Kansas   281
20. Oklahoma   277
21. Michigan State   227
22. Vanderbilt  181
23. Louisville   156
24. Middle Tennessee 149
25. Mississippi State   113

Others Receiving Votes: Maryland 97; Georgia Tech 76; San Diego State 67; Pittsburgh 33; South Dakota State 31; Oklahoma State 23; Rutgers 22; Marist 15; Dayton 14; Purdue 14; Wisconsin-Green Bay 7; Nebraska 6; Texas Christian 5; Minnesota 3; St. John's 3; Louisiana Tech 2; Delaware 1.

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank School (first place votes) Points
1. Connecticut (31)  775
2. Stanford   742
3. Ohio State   695
4. North Carolina   647
5. Tennessee   595
6. Notre Dame 578
7. Arizona State   511
8. Texas A&M    494
9. Baylor   487
10. Florida State   435
11. California   413
12. Duke   394
13. Texas    381
14. Xavier   373
15. LSU  326
16. Oklahoma   298
17. Virginia    284
18. Vanderbilt   221
19. Louisville   210
20. Maryland   189
21. Michigan State   171
22. Georgia  151
23. Purdue   119
24. Iowa State   101
25. Pittsburgh   95

Others Receiving Votes: DePaul 88; Middle Tennessee  85; Kansas  54; San Diego State  29; Auburn  26; Mississippi State  25; South Dakota State  17; TCU  12; Rutgers  8; Syracuse  6; Kansas State  5; Gonzaga  4; Oklahoma State  4; Temple  4; Dayton  3; Florida  3; Georgetown  3; Richmond  2; Southern Methodist  2; Vermont  2; Western Kentucky  2; East Carolina  1; Hartford  1; Houston  1; Michigan  1; South Florida  1; West Virginia  1.