The 18-2 FGCU women’s basketball team is now receiving votes in the AP Top-25. The Eagles earned three votes to rank 35th among the nation’s top teams in the poll released on Monday. FGCU has won 13-straight games which is the seventh best current streak in the country. The Eagles are ranked 20th out of 349 programs in the computer based RPI ranking system. FGCU has quality wins against George Washington, Quinnipiac, Wichita State, Arkansas State, Cal-State Northridge and Harvard in nonconference action before defeating rival Stetson in the first week of conference play. Those wins give the Eagle a record of 6-1 against the RPI’s top-100 teams, with the only loss coming in double overtime to Ohio State. FGCU is 5-0 in Atlantic Sun Conference play heading into Thursday nights game at LIpscomb. AP Top-25 1 South Carolina 18-0 867 2 Connecticut 18-1 848 3 Baylor 18-1 799 4 Notre Dame 19-2 770 5 Maryland 17-2 699 6 Tennessee 17-3 684 7 Oregon State 18-1 672 8 Louisville 18-2 653 9 Florida State 19-2 525 10 Kentucky 16-4 513 11 Arizona State 18-2 494 12 Stanford 15-5 416 12 Texas A&M 16-4 416 14 Texas 16-4 390 15 Nebraska 15-3 383 16 North Carolina 17-4 376 17 Duke 14-6 327 18 Mississippi State 20-2 321 19 Princeton 17-0 255 20 Iowa 15-3 240 21 Georgia 17-4 183 22 Rutgers 14-5 118 23 Syracuse 15-5 114 24 Oklahoma 13-5 73 25 Chattanooga 17-3 60 Others receiving votes: George Washington 32, Minnesota 31, Green Bay 27, Seton Hall 26, Washington 15, South Florida 12, Western Kentucky 12, Iowa State 9, LSU 8, FGCU 3, Middle Tennessee 3, DePaul 1