ELDER CARE Dance Contest Every Tuesday 4:00 p ifaj '0' Street ■ HO (OVER Women's Studies International Colloquium Series Wendy Weiss Associate Professor in Textiles, Clothing, and Design Women, Textiles, and Development Issues j ■ Air, Tranafara, Hotai, Hotal Tax, ■ 5 braaMaata. Partlaa. tha works!! I Nokuthula I Ngwenyama “™ Violist 5®® -- By Mike Kluck Senior Reporter After Nebraska’s 28-point victory over Oklahoma on Sunday, Comhusker said she had hoped 15-1 squad not be lougnesi pan oi the season, which includes two games with 12th-ranked Kansas, a game at _ No. 10 Texas, a game at Colorado— the only team to beat NU this season — and a home contest with 11th ranked Texas Tech. But on Monday when the new AP poll was released Beck was amazed that her wish came true. Despite being just one of six teams in the country with fewer than two losses, the Huskers re ceived 55 points, 53 fewer than No. 25 Illinois. What’s even more amazing is that five teams in the top 25 have more than five losses — including ninth-ranked and defending national champion Ten nessee, which has seven losses. “I’m surprised more than anything that we aren’t ranked,” Beck said. “I’m happy because it’s less pressure for our team and it really doesn’t matter until the end. Right now, we’re just build ing a reputation.” Nebraska’s lack of reputation around the nation has hindered it in receiving top 25 recognition, AP vot ers around the nation said. Mike Organ, who covers the Vanderbilt women’s team for The Ten nessean in Nashville, said it’s hard for new teams to break into the top 25. “I had no idea they were 15-1,” Organ said. “There is no way I could know that.” Organ said he learns a lot about women’s teams around the country by letters and faxes he receives from the schools’ sports information depart ments. mmm mmm m »• . I had no idea they were 15-1. There is no way I could know that” Mike Organ AP poll voter However, if a school doesn’t send out information about their team, it is difficult to learn how good or how poorly they are doing. Organ said he spent 30 minutes before this week’s poll looking for information chi Michi gan State, a team that had beaten then seventh-ranked Vanderbilt by 30 points. lhis week the Spartans, who are leading the Big Ten Conference, broke into the poll at No. 23. It’sjust the third time in school history Michigan State has been ranked. The irony of the situ ation is that two weeks ago Michigan State wasn’t ranked while Big Ibn school Penn State, which was 10th in the conference, was ranked in the top 20. “The only thing that I can say is the poll is something that I have no con trol over,” Michigan State Coach Karen Langeland said. “We’re frus trated a lot of times about it.” Organ said the women’s poll is also hindered because national wire ser vices don’t run women’s conference standings, and scores are often unavail able if the team is not in the top 25. Greg Johnson, who covers Colo rado women’s basketball for the Boul der Daily Camera, is one voter who has been picking Nebraska this season. Johnson — who has put the Huskers at No. 21 or No. 22 the past few weeks —was in Lincoln when Nebraska lost 65-58 to Colorado, the Huskers’ lone loss of the season. He said more resources are mak ing it easier to get information about women’s teams, but by Monday after noon —24 hours after Nebraska’s vic tory over Oklahoma — Johnson still had not heard the final score. AP re quires all voters to submit their top 25 TOP 25? A Despite having a better ' percentage than 19 teams ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 pol, 15-1 Nebraska still has not cracked the ratings. Team Rec. Pts. Prev. applicaticxis by Sunday night. “A lot of people are questioning the integrity of die poll ” Johnson said. “I wish it wasn’t this way, but a lot of teams are receiving votes on name rec ognition.” Dick Rockne, an AP voter for the Seattle Times who also didn’t know Nebraska had a record of 15-1, agreed with Johnson about the polls being based primarily on name recognition. Rockne said he knows the poll isn’t an exact science and that many of the teams in the top 25 are in the poll ev ery year, but he does have a formula for Nebraska to get into the polls. “You have to beat those teams (Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas), then you’ll make the poll,” Rockne said. “Until you beat one of those teams it’s tough to say you belong in the top 25.” Although Nebraska’s ranking in the top 25 may depend on how they fare against the poll’s established teams, Beck and her players said that isn’t their main focus right now. “The rankings will come in time,” Husker senior Tina McClain said. “We might talk about it every race in awhile but it’s not our major focus right now. If we continue winning, though, we’re going to have to get the recognition.” Kansas start best since 19d5-