The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH TUESDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received:
|
Rank |
School (Record) |
Points |
Last week's rank |
First-place votes |
|
1 |
Connecticut (38-0) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
|
2 |
Oregon State (32-5) |
718 |
6 |
0 |
|
3 |
Syracuse (30-8) |
713 |
15 |
0 |
|
4 |
Baylor (36-2) |
680 |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
South Carolina (33-2) |
666 |
2 |
0 |
|
6 |
Notre Dame (33-2) |
662 |
3 |
0 |
|
7 |
Texas (31-5) |
599 |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
Washington (26-11) |
536 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
9 |
Maryland (31-4) |
493 |
5 |
0 |
|
10 |
Ohio State (26-8) |
463 |
9 |
0 |
|
11 |
Stanford (27-8) |
455 |
16 |
0 |
|
12 |
Florida State (25-8) |
441 |
10 |
0 |
|
13 |
UCLA (26-9) |
391 |
12 |
0 |
|
14 |
Louisville (26-7) |
377 |
8 |
0 |
|
15 |
Kentucky (25-8) |
357 |
13 |
0 |
|
16 |
Arizona State (26-7) |
324 |
11 |
0 |
|
17 |
DePaul (27-9) |
298 |
21 |
0 |
|
18 |
Mississippi State (28-8) |
297 |
14 |
0 |
|
19 |
Tennessee (22-14) |
193 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
20 |
Texas A&M (22-10) |
191 |
18 |
0 |
|
21 |
Michigan State (25-9) |
186 |
17 |
0 |
|
22 |
South Florida (24-10) |
180 |
20 |
0 |
|
23 |
Oklahoma (22-11) |
77 |
23 |
0 |
|
24 |
Miami (Fla.) (24-9) |
71 |
19 |
0 |
|
25 |
West Virginia (25-10) |
55 |
25 (Tie) |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Colorado State (31-2), No. 24 Florida (22-9), No. 25 (Tie) St. John’s (23-10).
Others receiving votes: Colorado State (31-2) 42; Duquesne (28-6) 37; Albany (28-5) 25; South Dakota (32-6) 12; South Dakota State (27-7) 12; Florida (22-9) 11; St. John’s (23-10) 10; Western Kentucky (27-7) 6; Auburn (20-13) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (33-6) 5; Wisconsin-Green Bay (28-5) 5; Georgia (21-10) 4; George Washington (26-7) 2; Indiana (21-12) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.