(Guru's update note: Fixing total number of poll weeks to 563 in first reference)
By Mel Greenberg
As a way of welcoming South Dakota State to the neighborhood as well as providing the type of trivia that often become part of pre-game notes by our friendly sports information directors, here is some items from the Guru's database vault of 33 years of voting in the Associated Press women's poll.
First, as for those Jackrabbits who are full-fledged Division I rookies, South Dakota State became the 146th team to be ranked, although some of the group are no longer eligible in terms of classification to be ranked.
Aaron Johnston, who heads the Jackrabbits, is the 233rd coach to be listed including a few who are along for the ride as a resulted as having been listed as a co-head coach when their ranking occurred.
The ranking also brought South Daokota into the fold as the 46th state to have a team appear.
The misisng four: brrr -- Alaska, which has a failed vice presidential candidate but no team in the Division I group, North Dakota, Maine and New Hampshire.
In terms of conferences, the debut also made the Summitf League earn a first-ever ranking under its current name. As the Mid-Con, back in 1993, Northern Illinois, now in the Mid-American Conference earned a ranking.
Five current conferences have yet to be represented either by a member ranked with a previous group or by any current member.
The group of absentees include the Ivy League, Big South, MEAC, Northeast, and Patriot League.
And for the parityadvocates among you here are some traditionally longtime teams over the decades who are missing in action or have made only sporadic appearances in recent years and are missing in action:
Georgia
Penn State
North Carolina State
LSU (talk about plunge)
Piurdue (had appeared recently)
Old Dominion (same for them)
Texas Tech
Southern Cal
UCLA
Iowa
Louisiana Tech
Iowa
And now, in tribute to Connecticut's move to reclaim most No. 1s in the history of 563 weeks, including twice when ties occurred (Louisiana Tech-Tennessee, Texas-Old Dominion), here's the entire group:
Connecticut 113
Tennessee 1 12
Louisiana Tech 83
Texas 47
Duke 34
Old Dominion 34
Virginia 24
Southern Cal 16
LSU 15
Maryland 14
Auburn 11
Stanford 9
Wayland Baptist 9
Iowa 8
Penn St. 6
Vanderbilt 6
Delta St. 5
Georgia 5
North Caro. 5
Notre Dame 5
Purdue 4
And here are the total group as the last entry until the Christmas post:
Tennessee 549
La. Tecdh 447
Georgia 431
Texas 414
Stanford 348
Penn St. 344
N.C, State 325
Rutgers 324
LSU 320
Conn. 317
Maryland 308
Auburn 307
Purdue 304
Vanderbilt 302
Virginia 302
North Car.. 296
Old Dom. 294
Duke 276
Tex. Tech 265
Miss. 226
Long Bch 222
Ohio St. 222
Sothn Cal 200
S.F, Austn 198
Iowa 196
Kansas 176
W. Ky. 176
Notre Dam 166
Oklahoma 164
Colorado 158
Kan St. 147
Clemson 145
UCLA 137
Wash 136
Baylor 135
Alabama 133
South Car 130
Florida 120
UNLV 115
Geo. Was. 110
Arkansas 102
Cheyney 102
DePaul 100
Ariz St. 95
Iowa St. 95
Kentucky 95
Minnesota 93
Mich St. 88
Bost Coll 85
Wisconsin 85
Oregon 84
Tex A&M 73
Northwest 67
Arizona 65
Illinois 63
Missouri 61
Okla St. 57
St. Jos 57
UCSB 54
California 53
Mo. St. 53
Utah 52
Nebraska 47
Hawaii 46
Miss St. 46
Va. Tech 45
Delta St. 44
Villanova 44
Memphis 43
Way Bapt 43
Sn Dgo S. 40
JMU 39
Colo St. 36
Oregon St. 36
Tenn Tech 36
Mntclr St. 34
Tulane 34
Fla. Intl. 33
Houston 31
La.-Mon 31
TCU 29
Louisville 28
Miami 28
West Va 28
Sou Miss. 27
Valdos St. 27
New Mex 26
Queens 26
Temple 26
Providence 25
Wis.-GB 24
Montana 23
Seton Hall 21
Xavier 21
Bow Grn 20
Sou Conn. 20
BYU 18
Immac 18
Marquette 18
Detroit 17
No. Ill. 17
Pittsburgh 17
Sou Ill. 17
Florida St. 15
Mercer 14
Michigan 13
San Fran 13
Vermont 13
Wyoming 13
CS Fullton 11
Drake 11
Boise St. 10
Cincinnati 10
Mid Tenn. 10
Miss Coll. 10
La Salle 9
St. John's 9
Ga. Tech 8
Illinois St. 8
Lamar 7
N Mex St. 6
UTEP 6
Wm Penn 6
CP Pom 5
East Car 5
St. Peter's 5
Syracuse 5
Wake For 5
Jacksn St. 4
Marist 4
Tenn-Chtt 4
Toledo 4
Cent Mo. 3
Creighton 3
Indiana St. 3
Sant Clara 3
SE La. 3
Gonzaga 2
Idaho 2
Ark St. 1
Fordham 1
Georgetn 1
Ga. St. 1
Indiana 1
Oral Rbts 1
S Dak St. 1
-- Mel
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