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Division I Coaches Poll

USA TODAY SPORTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL – 12/31/2024

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.

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Rank

School (record)

Points
Last Week’s RankFirst-Place
Votes
1UCLA (13-0)775131
2South Carolina (12-1)74120
3Notre Dame (11-2)67840
4LSU (15-0)67730
5Southern California (12-1)65950
6Texas (13-1)62160
7Maryland (12-0)57280
8Connecticut (11-2)55970
9Ohio State (13-0)52690
10Oklahoma (12-1)498100
11Kansas State (13-1)461110
12TCU (13-1)431120
13Tennessee (12-0)384130
14Georgia Tech (14-0)355160
15Duke (10-3)344140
16Kentucky (11-1)319150
17North Carolina (13-2)284170
18West Virginia (10-2)229180
19North Carolina State (10-3)181200
20Alabama (13-1)178210
21Michigan State (11-2)161190
22Iowa (11-2)118220
23California (13-1)95240
24Baylor (11-2)87230
25Mississippi (9-3)27NR0

Dropped out: No. 25 Michigan (10-3).


Others receiving votes: Mississippi State (13-1) 25; Utah (10-2) 23; Vanderbilt (13-1) 23; Michigan (10-3) 15; Illinois (11-2) 13; Florida State (11-2) 11; George Mason (11-1) 4; Nebraska (10-3) 1.

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2024-25 season: Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens University; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton Del Rosario, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Cindy Fisher, San Diego; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Brian Holsinger, Montana; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Missy Traversi, Army; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Way Veney, Central Connecticut State; Coquese Washington, Rutgers.