...and here's a hint: It's not Joanne P. McCallie and Duke.
Former head coach Gail Goestenkors, now at Texas, has already guided the Longhorns to a top-10 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Texas is No. 11 in the AP poll, directly followed by Duke, which tumbled to No. 11 from No. 6 after losing to Hartford in the DePaul Invitational Friday.
Maryland sits at No. 10, while Rutgers, which fell to No. 3 California and No. 5 Stanford, slid to No. 13. (Don't sleep on the Golden Bears, coached by Joanne Boyle, who was offered the Duke job before she turned down her alma mater and McCallie took the post.)
Four ACC teams are in this week's top 25.
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