The Huskies are No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s Top 25 for a 42nd straight time over a two-year span after receiving all 40 first-place votes from the AP’s media panel.

Louisiana Tech is the only team to pull off the feat, from 1980-82. In all only six teams have run through the poll from start to finish at No. 1 - including three times by UConn.

The Huskies have won 70 consecutive games entering Monday’s Big East tournament semifinal against No. 6 Notre Dame. Another win and they will break their own NCAA record winning streak set from 2001-03.

Stanford, Nebraska, Tennessee and Xavier round out the top 5 for the third straight week.

Duke moved up two places to seventh after winning its first ACC conference tournament since 2004 on Sunday. Ohio State climbed to eighth after winning the Big Ten tournament. The Buckeyes were followed by West Virginia and Florida State. Both teams dropped two spots.

Texas A&M jumped four spots to 11th and was followed by Oklahoma and Georgetown. The Hoyas were followed by three more Big 12 teams - Iowa State, Texas and Baylor.

St. John’s was 17th, followed by Gonzaga, Kentucky and Oklahoma State. Hartford, LSU, UCLA, Georgia and Michigan State rounded out the Top 25.

UCLA entered the poll for the first time since 2006. The Bruins were in the Top 25 for the first three polls that season before falling out.

Virginia was the only team to drop out.