Lauren Betts is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week. The UCLA center averaged 27.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and six blocks to help top-ranked UCLA beat Baylor, Rutgers and Maryland last week.

In this week's Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, released on Monday, there is only one undefeated team remaining while another program is ranked for the first time in 11 years. Here are five takeaways from the poll: UCLA remains on top after historic performance The UCLA Bruins (20-0,

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll. Given their 21-point loss at home to Maryland last week, dropping more than one spot in the AP poll might have been expected.