Women's Basketball: UConn Unanimous No. 1 in Preseason AP Poll

Is this news? Probably not.

The UConn women's basketball team is No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll, which was released Tuesday morning.

This is no surprise to anyone. The Huskies are coming off a 38-1 season and a third straight—10th overall—national championship. Four straight national championships has never happened before, and 11 championships would match UCLA's men's program for the most all time on either side.

As Doug Feinberg pointed out Tuesday morning, the Huskies' dominance is on another level.

This is 185th week that @UConnWBB is No. 1 in the poll. All since 1995. @LadyVol_Hoops is second with 112.

— Doug Feinberg (@DougFeinberg) November 3, 2015

For comparison: the @UCLA Bruins are tops in men's poll with 134 weeks at No.1 and that's over span of 51 years.

— Doug Feinberg (@DougFeinberg) November 3, 2015

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Kiah Stokes are now in the WNBA, but the Huskies return a loaded squad, led by Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck, who could probably win the national championship three-on-five. They won't have to, because they have Canadian star Kia Nurse, Gabby Williams, No. 1 freshman Katie Lou Samuelson and an incredible supporting cast behind that. UConn also welcomes Georgetown transfer Natalie Butler, who is finally eligible to play.

USF joins UConn in the poll out of the American Athletic Conference, with the Bulls checking in at No. 20. UConn will play USF twice this season (Jan. 10 and Feb. 29), and the Huskies will play six other ranked opponents: No. 6 Ohio State (Nov. 16), Chattanooga (Nov. 30), No. 3 Notre Dame (Dec. 5), No. 7 Florida State (Dec. 11), No. 9 Maryland (Dec. 28) and No. 2 South Carolina (Feb. 8).

Here are the full rankings:

2015-16 AP Preseason Poll

RANK	TEAM (FIRST)	POINTS
1	UConn Huskies (32)	800
2	South Carolina Gamecocks	758
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	714
4	Tennessee Lady Vols	711
5	Baylor Lady Bears	672
6	Ohio State Buckeys	570
7	Florida State Seminoles	551
8	Louisville Cardinals	541
9	Maryland Terrapins	536
10	Oregon State Beavers	518
11	Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs	465
12	Texas Longhorns	459
13	Texas A&M Aggies	397
14	Duke Blue Devils	392
15	Arizona State Sun Devils	347
16	Stanford Cardinal	338
17	Oklahoma Sooners	264
18	Kentucky Wildcats	241
19	Northwestern Wildcats	209
20	USF Bulls	202
21	George Washington Colonials	171
22	North Carolina Tar Heels	94
23	Syracuse Orange	74
24	Michigan State Spartans	61
25	Chattanooga Lady Mocs	60
Others Receiving Votes: Princeton 58, DePaul 45, Florida Gulf Coast 37, Rutgers 34, Iowa 17, California 14, Dayton 13, Arkansas 8, Western Kentucky 6, Vanderbilt 5, West Virginia 4, UCLA 4, Iowa State 4, Missouri 3, Gonzaga 2, Miami (FL) 1