Virginia teams to challenge Top 25 early, often

Hot off the wires, here's your Associated Press women's basketball poll. As expected, no Virginia teams cracked the list. But just so we can create a local angle, next to each team in parenthesis will be the state teams they're scheduled to play this season. Note that Virginia is scheduled to play nine of these teams and has 11 total matchups against preseason Top 25 squads. No wonder the Cavs were picked to finish 10th in the ACC.

1. UConn
2. Baylor (Liberty)
3. Stanford
4. Tennessee (Old Dominion, Virginia)
5. Xavier (Richmond)
6. Duke (James Madison, Virginia, Virginia Tech (2 meetings)
7. Ohio State (Virginia)
8. Texas A&M (Liberty)
9. Kentucky
10. Oklahoma
11. West Virginia (Virginia)
12. Notre Dame
13. Georgetown (Richmond)
14. St. John's (Liberty)
15. North Carolina (Virginia, Virginia Tech)
16. UCLA
17. Texas
18. Florida State (Virginia (2), Virginia Tech)
19. Georgia
20. Iowa State (Virginia)
21. Maryland (Virginia (2), Liberty is in Maryland's tournament)
22. Iowa (Virginia Tech, James Madison)
23. TCU (Virginia)
24. Vanderbilt (in Virginia Tech tournament)
25. Michigan State (Richmond)