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The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Mel Greenberg began the Associated Press Women’s Basketball Top 20 poll at the start of the 1976-77 season. What began as a nationwide panel of 34 coaches now numbers 44 and represents all geographical areas of the nation as well as every conference. In 1989-90 the poll increased from 20 to 25 teams. Below is a history and indepth look at Louisiana Tech’s prominence in the poll. In the course of winning three national titles, advancing to eight championship games, earning 13 Final Four appearances and dominating the women’s game, Louisiana Tech has been a household name in women’s basketball ... just ask the AP Voters.
Total Weeks of the AP Poll: 627 weeks Tech in the Top 25: 443 weeks Tech in the Top 5: 279 weeks Tech in the Top 10: 371 weeks Tech Debut in the poll: Feb. 15, 1978 at No. 20 Tech Debut in the Top 10: Jan. 16, 1979 at No. 8 Tech Debut at No. 1: Dec. 25, 1979 Longest Streak in Top 25: 220 weeks (Nov. 24, 1992 to present) Longest streak at No. 1: 36 weeks (Nov. 25, 1980 to March 27, 1982)
Total Weeks Ranked: No. 1: 83 weeks No. 2: 56 weeks No. 3: 47 weeks No. 4: 63 weeks No. 5: 30 weeks No. 6: 28 weeks No. 7: 21 weeks No. 8: 27 weeks No. 9: 6 weeks No. 10: 10 weeks No. 11: 15 weeks No. 12: 12 weeks No. 13: 6 weeks
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14: 10 weeks 15: 3 weeks 16: 3 weeks 17: 5 weeks 18: 2 weeks 19: 2 weeks 20: 5 weeks 21: 2 weeks 22: 1 week 23: 3 weeks 24: 3 weeks 25: 2 weeks
Final Polls (Note: 1986 marked the first year for the USA Today poll). 1978-79 (34-4) Associated Press 1. Old Dominion 2. LATECH 3. Tennessee 4. Texas 5. S F Austin 6. UCLA 7. Rutgers 8. Maryland 9. Cheyney State 10. Wayland Bapt.
1979-80 (40-5) Associated Press 1. Old Dominion 2. Tennessee 3. LATECH 4. South Carolina 5. S F Austin 6. Maryland 7. Texas 8. Rutgers 9. Long Beach St 10. NC State
1980-81 (34-0) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Tennessee 3. Old Dominion 4. Southern Calif 5. Cheyney State 6. Long Beach St 7. UCLA 8. Maryland 9. Rutgers 10. Kansas
1981-82 (35-1) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Cheyney State 3. Maryland 4. Tennessee 5. Texas 6. Southern Calif 7. Old Dominion 8. Rutgers 9. Long Beach St 10. Penn State
1982-83 (31-2) Associated Press 1. Southern Calif. 2. LATECH 3. Texas 4. Old Dominion 5. Cheyney State 6. Long Beach St 7. Maryland 8. Penn State 9. Georgia 10. Tennessee
1983-84 (30-3) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. LATECH 3. Georgia 4. Old Dominion 5. Southern Calif 6. Long Beach St 7. Kansas State 8. LSU 9. Cheyney State 10. Mississippi
1984-85 (29-4) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Northeast La 3. Long Beach St 4. LATECH 5. Old Dominion 6. Mississippi 7. Ohio State 8. Georgia 9. Penn State 10. Auburn
Final Four at Greensboro, N.C. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee UCLA
Final Four at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. LA TECH Old Dominion Tennessee South Carolina
Final Four at Eugene, Ore. LA TECH Tennessee Old Dominion Southern Calif
Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LATECH Cheyney State Maryland Tennessee
Final Four at Norfolk, Va. LATECH Southern Calif Old Dominion Georgia
Final Four at Los Angeles, Calif. LATECH Southern Calif Cheyney State Tennessee
Final Four at Austin, Texas Northeast La Old Dominion Georgia W Kentucky
1985-86 (27-5) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Georgia 3. So. Calif. 4. LATECH 5. W. Kentucky 6. Virginia 7. Auburn 8. Long Beach St. 9. LSU 10. Rutgers
1986-87 (30-3) Associated Press 1. Texas 2. Auburn 3. LATECH 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Georgia 7. Tennessee 8. Mississippi 9. Iowa 10. Ohio State
1987-88 (32-2) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Iowa 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. LATECH 6. Ohio State 7. Long Beach St. 8. Rutgers 9. Maryland 10. Virginia
1988-89 (32-4) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. LATECH 4. Stanford 5. Maryland 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Iowa 9. Colorado 10. Georgia
1989-90 (32-1) Associated Press 1. LATECH 2. Stanford 3. Washington 4. Tennessee 5. Nevada-Las Vegas 6. S. F. Austin 7. Georgia 8. Texas 9. Auburn 10. Iowa
1992-93 (26-6) Associated Press 1. Vanderbilt 2. Tennessee 3. Ohio State 4. Iowa 5. Texas Tech 6. Stanford 7. Auburn 8. Penn State 9. Virginia 10. Colorado
1993-94 (31-4) Associated Press 1. Tennessee 2. Penn State 3. Connecticut 4. North Carolina 5. Colorado 6. LATECH 7. USC 8. Purdue 9. Texas Tech 10. Virginia
USA Today 1. Texas 2. So. Calif. 3. W. Kentucky 4. Georgia 5. Tennessee 6. Mississippi 7. LATECH 8. LSU 9. Auburn 10. Rutgers
USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. LATECH 3. Texas 4. Long Beach St. 5. Rutgers 6. Auburn 7. Iowa 8. Ohio State 9. Georgia
USA Today 1. LATECH 2. Auburn 3. Tennessee 4. Long Beach St. 5. Texas 6. Iowa 7. Virginia 8. Maryland 9. Ohio State 10. Georgia
USA Today 1. Tennessee 2. Auburn 3. Maryland 4. LATECH 5. Stanford 6. Texas 7. Long Beach St. 8. Mississippi 9. Ohio State 10. NC State
USA Today 1. Stanford 2. Auburn 3. Virginia 4. LATECH 5. Tennessee 6. Texas 7. Washington 8. Arkansas 9. S. F. Austin 10. NC State
USA Today 1. Texas Tech 2. Ohio State 3. Iowa 4. Vanderbilt 5. Tennessee 6. Virginia 7. Stanford 8. LATECH 9. Colorado 10. Auburn
USA Today 1. North Carolina 2. LATECH 3. Purdue 4. Alabama 5. Tennessee 6. Penn State 7. Connecticut 8. Stanford 9. So. California 10. Colorado
Final Four at Lexington, Ky. Texas Southern Calif. W. Kentucky Tennessee
Final Four at Austin, Texas LA TECH Texas Long Beach St. Tennessee
Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Long Beach St.
Final Four at Tacoma, Wash. LA TECH Tennessee Auburn Maryland
Final Four at Knoxville, Tenn. LA TECH Stanford Virginia Auburn
Final Four at Atlanta, Ga. Texas Tech Ohio State Iowa Vanderbilt
Final Four at Richmond, Va. LA TECH North Carolina Purdue Alabama
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