2017-18 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll
Feb. 20, 2018
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:
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Rank |
School (record) |
Points |
Last week’s |
First-place |
1. |
Connecticut (26-0) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
2. |
Mississippi State (28-0) |
766 |
2 |
0 |
3. |
Baylor (26-1) |
730 |
3 |
0 |
4. |
Notre Dame (25-2) |
691 |
4 |
0 |
5. |
Louisville (27-2) |
687 |
5 |
0 |
6. |
South Carolina (22-5) |
615 |
8 |
0 |
7. |
Oregon (25-4) |
604 |
10 |
0 |
8. |
Texas (22-5) |
602 |
6 |
0 |
9. |
Missouri (22-5) |
520 |
13 |
0 |
10. |
UCLA (21-6) |
506 |
7 |
0 |
11. |
Oregon State (21-6) |
471 |
14 |
0 |
12. |
Florida State (22-5) |
434 |
12 |
0 |
13. |
Maryland (22-5) |
386 |
9 |
0 |
14. |
Tennessee (21-6) |
357 |
11 |
0 |
15. |
Ohio State (22-6) |
346 |
17 |
0 |
16. |
Duke (21-7) |
294 |
16 |
0 |
17. |
South Florida (22-5) |
269 |
21 |
0 |
18. |
Texas A&M (20-8) |
258 |
18 |
0 |
19. |
Georgia (22-5) |
216 |
19 |
0 |
20. |
Stanford (19-9) |
196 |
20 |
0 |
21. |
Wisconsin-Green Bay (24-3) |
194 |
15 |
0 |
22. |
North Carolina State (21-6) |
127 |
25 |
0 |
23. |
Oklahoma State (18-8) |
62 |
22 |
0 |
24. |
Syracuse (20-7) |
46 |
not ranked |
0 |
25. |
Mercer (25-2) |
33 |
not ranked |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Michigan (20-8), No. 24 DePaul (21-7).
Others receiving votes: Michigan (20-8) 29; Florida Gulf Coast (26-4) 25; DePaul (21-7) 24; Miami (Fla.) (19-8) 22; LSU (18-7) 21; Central Michigan (21-4) 12; Belmont (26-3) 10; West Virginia (19-8) 10; Marquette (19-8) 8; Virginia (16-11) 8; Buffalo (21-4) 7; Purdue (17-11) 6; Houston (20-7) 3; Minnesota (21-6) 2; Alabama (17-10) 1; Dayton (21-4) 1; Quinnipiac (22-5) 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