2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Feb. 23, 2016
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 (26-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | South Carolina (26-1) | 756 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (26-1) | 748 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor (28-1) | 704 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Ohio State (23-4) | 664 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Maryland (25-3) | 625 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Oregon State (24-3) | 594 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Texas (24-2) | 588 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Arizona State (24-4) | 541 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Louisville (22-6) | 503 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas A&M (20-7) | 461 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Florida State (21-6) | 433 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Stanford (22-6) | 390 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | Kentucky (19-6) | 374 | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | UCLA (20-7) | 335 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Mississippi State (22-6) | 319 | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | Miami (Fla.) (22-5) | 291 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Syracuse (22-6) | 275 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | DePaul (23-7) | 229 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | South Florida (19-7) | 184 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | Michigan State (20-7) | 159 | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | Brigham Young (23-4) | 84 | not ranked | 0 |
| 23 | Oklahoma (18-9) | 71 | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | Missouri (21-6) | 55 | not ranked | 0 |
| 25 | Colorado State (24-1) | 36 | not ranked | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Duquesne (24-3), No. 24 Oklahoma State (19-7), No. 25 Florida (20-7).
Others receiving votes: Duquesne (24-3) 27; Oklahoma State (19-7) 24; UTEP (23-2) 24; Florida (20-7) 21; Wisconsin-Green Bay (23-3) 20; Seton Hall (20-7) 11; St. John’s (19-8) 11; West Virginia (20-8) 11; Auburn (18-9) 7; Florida Gulf Coast (25-4) 7; Georgia (20-7) 6; Albany (22-4) 5; North Carolina State (18-9) 3; Western Kentucky (20-5) 3; Arkansas State (22-3) 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.