Dec. 22, 2015

2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll

Dec. 22, 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 (9-0) 800 1 32
2 South Carolina (11-0) 764 2 0
3 Notre Dame (10-1) 726 3 0
4 Baylor (13-0) 704 4 0
5 Maryland (11-0) 677 5 0
6 Texas (10-0) 628 6 0
7 Kentucky (10-0) 604 8 0
8 Mississippi State (11-1) 535 9 0
9 Oregon State (9-1) 517 7 0
10 Ohio State (8-3) 507 12 0
11 Stanford (8-2) 460 14 0
12 Duke (9-3) 396 11 0
13 Florida State (9-3) 391 10 0
14 Texas A&M (8-3) 337 18 0
15 Northwestern (10-1) 322 13 0
16 Tennessee (8-3) 313 16 0
17 South Florida (7-2) 267 19 0
18 California (8-2) 236 20 0
19 Oklahoma (9-2) 206 17 0
20 Miami (Fla.) (11-1) 180 21 0
21 Arizona State (8-3) 179 23 0
22 Michigan State (9-2) 143 22 0
23 DePaul (8-5) 116 15 0
24 Seton Hall (10-1) 82 25 0
25 Iowa (9-2) 62 24 0

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: UCLA (7-3) 51; Missouri (12-0) 41; Georgia (10-1) 40; Florida (11-1) 33; Oregon (10-0) 20; Syracuse (7-3) 13; Virginia Tech (11-1) 12; Nebraska (9-2) 8; St. John’s (8-2) 8; Princeton (9-3) 7; Southern California (11-0) 7; Duquesne (11-1) 3; Dayton (7-3) 2; Army (9-1) 1; Brigham Young (8-3) 1; Tulane (9-3) 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.

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