Jackrabbit women knocking on the door of the AP Top 25
In the December 15, 2008 AP Women's Basketball poll, the Jackrabbits just miss being ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time in program history:
Others receiving votes: S. Dakota St. 73, Wisconsin 63, Old Dominion 37, Xavier 27, Marist 14, New Mexico 11, DePaul 10, Purdue 7, South Florida 6, Florida St. 3, Wake Forest 3, Oregon St. 2, Michigan 1, Mississippi St. 1.
| Women's Top 25 | ||||
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | LAST |
| 1 | Connecticut (45) | 7-0 | 1125 | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 10-0 | 1076 | 2 |
| 3 | Stanford | 7-1 | 1016 | 3 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 9-0 | 963 | 4 |
| 5 | Texas | 9-0 | 928 | 6 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 8-2 | 918 | 5 |
| 7 | Baylor | 9-1 | 797 | 10 |
| 8 | Duke | 6-1 | 732 | 11 |
| 9 | Louisville | 9-1 | 724 | 12 |
| 10 | Auburn | 10-0 | 701 | 13 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 7-2 | 687 | 7 |
| 12 | California | 8-2 | 621 | 9 |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 8-1 | 598 | 8 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 6-2 | 559 | 14 |
| 15 | Maryland | 8-2 | 537 | 15 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 479 | 16 |
| 17 | Virginia | 7-2 | 401 | 17 |
| 18 | Ohio St. | 7-2 | 370 | 18 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 8-2 | 211 | 20 |
| 20 | Florida | 10-1 | 194 | 23 |
| 21 | Arizona St. | 7-2 | 182 | 22 |
| 22 | Oklahoma St. | 4-2 | 164 | 24 |
| 23 | Kansas St. | 9-0 | 154 | 25 |
| 24 | TCU | 8-3 | 120 | 19 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | 8-2 | 110 | NR |
First-place votes in parentheses.
The Jackrabbits are widely expected to be rated in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll, which should be out by Tuesday afternoon.