2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Dec. 15, 2015
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s 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 | Connecticut (8-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | South Carolina (9-0) | 763 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (9-1) | 725 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor (10-0) | 704 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Maryland (10-0) | 676 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas (8-0) | 643 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Oregon State (7-0) | 600 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Kentucky (9-0) | 560 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Mississippi State (7-1) | 479 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Florida State (7-2) | 475 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Duke (8-2) | 456 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Ohio State (6-3) | 434 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Northwestern (9-0) | 412 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Stanford (6-2) | 393 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | DePaul (7-3) | 324 | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | Tennessee (7-2) | 320 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | Oklahoma (9-1) | 276 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Texas A&M (7-3) | 243 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | South Florida (6-2) | 214 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | California (7-2) | 165 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Miami (Fla.) (10-0) | 138 | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | Michigan State (7-2) | 101 | 23 | 0 |
| 23 | Arizona State (6-3) | 92 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | Iowa (8-2) | 79 | 19 | 0 |
| 25 | Seton Hall (9-1) | 60 | not ranked | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Syracuse (6-3).
Others receiving votes: Princeton (9-1) 51; UCLA (5-2) 50; Missouri (10-0) 28; Georgia (9-1) 27; St. John’s (8-1) 21; Florida (9-1) 20; Oregon (8-0) 14; Syracuse (6-3) 13; Nebraska (7-2) 8; George Washington (7-3) 6; Oklahoma State (8-0) 6; Virginia Tech (9-1) 6; Southern California (9-0) 5; Washington (7-2) 4; Dayton (6-3) 3; Army (8-1) 2; Brigham Young (8-3) 2; Albany (7-2) 1; Auburn (6-2) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.