The UTEP women's basketball team is ranked 30th in the latest Associated Press' women's college basketball poll. The Miners received 24 votes.

Four different Miners reached double figures in scoring to help UTEP down Houston, 71-51, and secure at least a share of the 2012 Conference USA crown in the process in front of a very partisan Miner crowd at Hofheinz Pavilion Sunday afternoon. The Miners (24-2, 13-0 C-USA), coupled with UAB falling to Marshall, also wrapped up the No. 1 seed at the upcoming C-USA Tournament (March 7-10).

UTEP will be back in action with a chance to claim the C-USA outright championship when it plays host to SMU at 7:05 p.m. MST on Thursday. There will be free admission to the contest, as part of the celebration surrounding National Girls & Women In Sports Day.

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) 27-0 1,000 1 2. Stanford 24-1 945 3 3. Notre Dame 25-2 919 4 4. UConn 24-3 885 2 5. Miami 24-3 845 6 6. Maryland 23-4 781 8 7. Duke 22-4 756 5 8. Ohio St. 23-3 709 9 9. Delaware 24-1 655 10 10. Tennessee 20-7 582 13 11. Penn St. 21-5 574 12 12. Green Bay 23-1 562 11 13. Kentucky 21-5 540 7 14. Texas A&M 19-6 486 14 15. Georgetown 21-6 459 15 16. Louisville 19-7 321 19 17. Georgia Tech 20-7 285 20 18. Georgia 20-7 266 18 19. St. Bonaventure 25-2 245 22 20. St. John's 18-8 208 - 21. DePaul 20-7 191 24 22. Purdue 19-8 176 17 23. Nebraska 20-6 147 16 24. Rutgers 18-8 82 21 25. Gonzaga 24-4 75 - Others receiving votes: West Virginia 65, South Carolina 54, Arkansas 29, Princeton 28, UTEP 24, Fresno St. 23, Vanderbilt 16, BYU 15, California 14, Middle Tennessee 13, North Carolina 10, Oklahoma 9, Florida Gulf Coast 6.