The USA TODAY Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY 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 | South Carolina (5-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | UCLA (6-0) | 761 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Stanford (7-0) | 737 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa (7-1) | 669 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | LSU (7-1) | 604 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Utah (5-1) | 582 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Colorado (6-1) | 563 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Southern California (5-0) | 561 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech (5-1) | 555 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State (7-0) | 539 | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas (7-0) | 499 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Connecticut (4-2) | 459 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Ohio State (5-1) | 432 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Notre Dame (5-1) | 367 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Florida State (5-1) | 353 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | Baylor (5-0) | 338 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | Indiana (5-1) | 286 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | Kansas State (6-1) | 234 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Louisville (6-1) | 193 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Mississippi (6-1) | 181 | 23 | 0 |
| 21 | Mississippi State (8-0) | 131 | NR | 0 |
| 22 | Tennessee (4-2) | 128 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 | Marquette (6-0) | 77 | NR | 0 |
| 24 | North Carolina (5-2) | 64 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | Creighton (5-1) | 38 | NR | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Oklahoma (5-2); No. 24 Maryland (4-3); No. 25 Washington State (7-1).
Others receiving votes: Princeton (4-2) 36; Washington State (7-1) 34; Oklahoma (5-2) 33; Michigan (5-1) 28; Maryland (4-3) 25; Arizona (6-1) 19; Duke (4-2) 19; Miami (Fla.) (5-0) 18; UNLV (6-0) 12; Florida Gulf Coast (5-2) 8; Green Bay (4-2) 6; Gonzaga (6-2) 5; Syracuse (5-1) 4; Alabama (7-1) 1; Middle Tennessee (5-2) 1.