Dec. 29, 2015

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

Dec. 29, 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 (10-0) 800 1 32
2 South Carolina (12-0) 768 2 0
3 Notre Dame (11-1) 720 3 0
4 Baylor (13-0) 708 4 0
5 Maryland (11-1) 659 5 0
6 Texas (11-0) 654 6 0
7 Kentucky (11-0) 607 7 0
8 Mississippi State (12-1) 550 8 0
9 Ohio State (8-3) 517 10 0
10 Oregon State (9-2) 506 9 0
11 Stanford (10-2) 475 11 0
12 Duke (9-3) 411 12 0
T13 Florida State (10-3) 369 13 0
T13 Texas A&M (9-3) 369 14 0
15 Northwestern (11-1) 352 15 0
16 Tennessee (8-3) 290 16 0
17 South Florida (7-2) 282 17 0
18 California (8-2) 237 18 0
19 Oklahoma (9-2) 209 19 0
20 Miami (Fla.) (12-1) 165 20 0
21 Arizona State (9-3) 164 21 0
22 Michigan State (9-2) 129 22 0
23 Seton Hall (10-1) 83 24 0
24 DePaul (8-5) 79 23 0
25 Iowa (10-2) 54 25 0

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: UCLA (8-3) 44; Georgia (12-1) 42; Missouri (12-0) 41; Florida (11-1) 24; Oregon (11-0) 18; Syracuse (7-3) 15; Virginia Tech (11-1) 14; Princeton (9-3) 9; Nebraska (9-2) 8; St. John’s (9-2) 8; Southern California (12-0) 7; Auburn (10-2) 4; Duquesne (11-1) 3; Boston College (10-1) 2; Dayton (7-3) 2; Army (9-1) 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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