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Division I Coaches Poll

USA TODAY SPORTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL – 11/26/2024

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
1Connecticut (5-0)749213
2UCLA (5-0)748614
3Notre Dame (5-0)71553
4Texas (4-0)67641
5South Carolina (5-1)66710
6Southern California (4-1)59730
7LSU (7-0)57870
8Oklahoma (6-0)56690
9Ohio State (5-0)502110
10West Virginia (6-0)461120
11Maryland (6-0)452130
12Kansas State (5-1)429100
13Duke (6-1)425140
14North Carolina (6-1)346150
15Iowa State (5-1)33480
16Kentucky (5-0)310160
17North Carolina State (4-2)207180
18Mississippi (4-1)203200
19Illinois (5-0)192230
20Alabama (7-0)186210
21TCU (6-0)173240
22Baylor (5-2)120170
23Louisville (4-2)113220
24Iowa (6-0)90NR0
25Nebraska (5-1)61190

Dropped out: No. 25 Oregon (6-1).


Others receiving votes: Oregon (6-1) 46; Tennessee (4-0) 38; Florida State (5-1) 33; Michigan State (6-0) 11; Georgia Tech (6-0) 9; Penn State (7-0) 9; Middle Tennessee (4-1) 6; Indiana (43) 6; Mississippi State (6-0) 4; Richmond (6-0) 4; Ball State (5-2) 2; Creighton (3-2) 2; Michigan (5-1) 2; Saint Joseph’s (4-1) 2; Stanford (6-1) 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.