The Irish are again No. 3 in ESPN's women's college basketball Power Rankings this week and are a No. 1 seed in Bracketology. The ACC has had a representative in the women's Final Four in eight of the past 10 NCAA tournaments -- a stretch that (not coincidentally) began the year Notre Dame joined the league.

Texas A&M was this week's biggest riser in the SEC women's basketball power rankings after a stunning upset over Ole Miss.

The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team is on the move again in this week's USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll following wins over the Florida Gators and Missouri Tigers to open conference play. Alabama (15-1 overall) rose one spot to No.

Notre Dame and Georgia Tech will try to carry over momentum from nonconference blowout wins when they return to Atlantic Coast Conference competition on Tuesday in Atlanta. Notre Dame (7-5,

J.J. Starling scored 21 points to guide Syracuse to a 62-55 home victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday. Chris Bell added 13 points for the Orange (7-8, 1-3 ACC), who posted their first win against a power-conference opponent this season.

Georgia Tech has won three straight games and two of them have been ACC conference wins by double digits and they will look to extend that tonight on the road v