USA TODAY SPORTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL – 1/14/2025
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.
Rank | School (record) | Points | Last Week’s Rank | First-Place Votes |
| 1 | UCLA (16-0) | 750 | 1 | 30 |
| 2 | South Carolina (16-1) | 717 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (14-2) | 679 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU (19-0) | 654 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (16-1) | 643 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Connecticut (15-2) | 565 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Texas (16-2) | 557 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Ohio State (16-0) | 535 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Maryland (15-1) | 533 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Kansas State (17-1) | 488 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | TCU (17-1) | 465 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky (15-1) | 386 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | Oklahoma (14-3) | 376 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | North Carolina (15-3) | 349 | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Tennessee (14-2) | 320 | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Duke (13-4) | 297 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Georgia Tech (15-2) | 237 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | California (16-2) | 212 | 25 | 0 |
| 19 | Alabama (16-2) | 188 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | West Virginia (13-3) | 186 | 17 | 0 |
| 21 | North Carolina State (12-4) | 165 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | Michigan State (13-3) | 108 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 | Utah (13-3) | 92 | 22 | 0 |
| 24 | Baylor (14-3) | 68 | NR | 0 |
| 25 | Minnesota (16-1) | 49 | NR | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Iowa (12-5); No. 24 Florida State (13-4).
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State (14-2) 23; Nebraska (13-4) 20; South Dakota State (14-3) 20; Creighton (14-3) 18; Florida State (13-4) 17; Mississippi State (15-3) 10; Iowa (12-5) 8; Mississippi (11-5) 8; Louisville (12-5) 3; Florida Gulf Coast (13-3) 2; Michigan (11-5) 2.
Note: One ballot is missing. Aqua Franklin of Lamar could not be reached before the voting deadline.
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.