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It has been 15 years since Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame were No. 1 in the poll.The Irish hold the preseason top spot in The Associated Press womens basketball poll Tuesday, receiving 14 first-place votes from a 33-member national media panel. Notre Dame last held the No. 1 ranking on March 5, 2001. McGraw returns most of the core from a team that went 33-2 last season.She was happy for the compliment, but said she found the ranking a little high considering her team was coming off one of its most disappointing seasons in a few years.Id rather we earned it, McGraw said. Were coming off the worst season weve had in six years; it seems odd that were preseason No. 1.McGraw has had very good teams over the last 15 seasons that never reached the top spot. There always seemed to be someone just a little bit better.Other teams have had good teams too. Connecticut has had some pretty good teams in there, McGraw said. There was a year when yeah maybe, Stanford beat Connecticut, but then South Carolina went to No. 1.Baylor was a close second, four points behind the Irish. The Lady Bears garnered 12 first place votes.UConn, which has won 75 consecutive games and four straight national championships, was third. South Carolina and Louisville round out the top five teams.Maryland, Ohio State, Texas, UCLA and Mississippi State are next.Tennessee, which saw its run of 565 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 end last season, is back in at No. 13. The Lady Vols have been in every one of the preseason polls except for the first one. They are one of four teams to not be ranked in the final poll, who are in the Top 25 now.National runner-up Syracuse was 14th while Final Four participants Washington and Oregon State were 17th and 25th.The SEC leads the way with six teams in the top 25. The Pac-12 and ACC each have five. UConn and 21st-ranked DePaul are the only two schools from non-Power 5 conferences to be ranked.The first regular-season poll will be Nov. 14 with two big games that night. Baylor hosts UCLA while UConn visits Florida State.Here are a few other poll tidbits:ITS BEEN A WHILE: Missouri is ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1984. The Tigers reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade and return star Sophia Cunningham. Unfortunately they already lost second-leading scorer and top rebounder Jordan Frericks and reserve Bri Porter for the season with knee injuries.MISSING TRIANGLE: Duke is not ranked in the preseason for the first time since 1994-95. The Blue Devils arent the only member of Tobacco Road absent from the poll. North Carolina and NC State both are unranked, marking only the second time in the 41-year history of the poll that none of the three are in the preseason rankings. It also happened in 1986.HIGH HOOSIER HOPES: Indiana is ranked for only the third time in the programs history. The No. 23 Hoosiers matched a school record with 21 victories in 2015-16 and won the teams first NCAA tournament game. Indiana is led by junior Tyra Buss, who averaged 18.8 points last season. Packers Super Bowl Jerseys . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. Marquez Valdes-Scantling Super Bowl Jersey . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. http://www.packersonlineteamstore.com/reggie-white-youth-jersey.html . Hey!" The lower tier of the School End of Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road was packed solid with a very festive-sounding Chelsea choral section in this particular part of South Africa Road London, W12. Dexter Williams Super Bowl Jersey . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. Geronimo Allison Super Bowl Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson left the Syracuse game with a bruised right shoulder after getting tackled in the second quarter.Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said at halftime the injury didnt appear serious, calling it a shoulder stinger. The team announced Watson would not start the second half, but was available to play if needed.That seemed unlikely with Clemson up 30-0 on the Orange at halftime.Watson was injured after he picked up 13 yards on a run and was brought down by Davion Ellison and Rodney Williams. Watson threw an incomplete pass on the next play before coming out of the game.dddddddddddd His shoulder was looked at by a trainer for a few moments before he was walked into the locker room.Earlier, Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey left the game after he was hit hard by Clemson linebacker Dorian ODaniel. Dungey returned to the sidelines in shorts, a t-shirt and baseball cap.Watson completed 13 of 16 passes for 169 yards and two TDs. He also ran for a 1-yard touchdown. ' ' '