Vanderbilt women's basketball ranked No. 23 in the AP poll released Monday morning and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll released Tuesday after defeating Alabama, 66-64, in Tuscaloosa on Sunday.

Michigan State ascended to its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll this season on Monday with a move up one spot to No. 7 after another perfect week in Big Ten play. The Spartans went 2-0 on the week with wins over Illinois and Rutgers to improve to 8-0 in conference play.

Stat to know: In Sunday's win over Maryland, Lauren Betts scored 33 points on 14-of-15 shooting, becoming the first UCLA player with at least 30 points and a 90% field goal percentage in the past 25 years and the first player at any school to do that against an AP top-10 opponent in the past 25 years.

The Lady Vols dropped one spot in the Associated Press poll after losing on the road to Texas. Tennessee is 15-4 in Kim Caldwell's first season.

Vanderbilt is back in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 for the first time since 2014, ranked No. 23 this week.

Vanderbilt entered the Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday at No. 23, its first ranking in more than a decade, while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10.