2022-23 USA TODAY Sports/WBCA
NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll
Oct. 26, 2022
The USA TODAY Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, final ranking in last year's final poll, and first-place votes received:
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Rank |
School (record) |
Points |
Last year’s |
First-place |
1 |
South Carolina (35-2) |
798 |
1 |
30 |
2 |
Stanford (32-4) |
762 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
Texas (29-7) |
703 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
Tennessee (25-9) |
655 |
15 |
0 |
5 |
Louisville (29-5) |
642 |
4 |
0 |
6T |
Connecticut (30-6) |
614 |
2 |
0 |
6T |
Iowa (24-8) |
614 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
North Carolina State (32-4) |
530 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
Iowa State (28-7) |
521 |
8 |
1 |
10 |
Notre Dame (24-9) |
492 |
17 |
0 |
11 |
Indiana (24-9) |
457 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
North Carolina (25-7) |
428 |
16 |
0 |
13 |
Virginia Tech (23-10) |
398 |
25 |
0 |
14 |
LSU (26-6) |
360 |
12 |
0 |
15 |
Ohio State (25-7) |
341 |
13 |
0 |
16 |
Oklahoma (25-9) |
318 |
21 |
0 |
17 |
Baylor (28-7) |
309 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
Maryland (23-9) |
303 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
Arizona (21-8) |
233 |
18 |
0 |
20 |
Oregon (20-12) |
181 |
NR |
0 |
21 |
Creighton (23-10) |
153 |
23 |
0 |
22 |
Nebraska (24-9) |
100 |
NR |
0 |
23 |
Michigan (25-7) |
88 |
7 |
0 |
24 |
South Dakota State (29-9) |
85 |
NR |
0 |
25 |
Princeton (25-5) |
66 |
NR |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 19 Brigham Young (26-4); No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast (30-3); No. 22 Central Florida (26-4); No. 24 South Dakota (29-6).
Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast (30-3) 28; Texas A&M (14-15) 23; Utah (21-12) 20; Brigham Young (26-4) 19; UCLA (18-13) 18; South Dakota (29-6) 16; Oregon State (17-14) 14; Kansas (21-10) 13; Kentucky (19-12) 13; Central Florida (26-4) 10; Yale (16-11) 10; Belmont (23-8) 9; Villanova (24-9) 9; South Florida (24-9) 8; Arkansas (18-14) 7; Southern California (12-16) 5; Houston (18-16) 4; San Diego State (15-16) 4; Georgia (21-10) 3; Mississippi (23-9) 3; North Dakota State (11-18) 3; DePaul (22-11) 2; Gonzaga (27-7) 2; Miami (Fla.) (21-13) 2; San Jose State (5-25) 2; Massachusetts (22-7) 1; SMU (14-15) 1.