February 7, 2017

2016-17 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll

February 7, 2017

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
rank

First-place
votes

1.

Connecticut (22-0)

775

1

31

2.

Maryland (23-1)

739

3

0

3.

Mississippi State (23-1)

695

4

0

4.

Florida State (22-2)

660

5

0

5.

Baylor (23-2)

652

2

0

6.

South Carolina (20-2)

640

6

0

7.

Notre Dame (22-3)

588

8

0

8.

Washington (22-3)

533

10

0

9.

Oregon State (22-2)

527

11

0

10.

Texas (19-4)

503

13

0

11.

Stanford (20-4)

428

9

0

12.

UCLA (18-5)

425

12

0

13.

Ohio State (21-5)

405

14

0

14.

Louisville (20-6)

400

7

0

15.

Duke (20-4)

375

15

0

16.

DePaul (20-5)

280

17

0

17. (Tie)

Miami (Fla.) (17-6)

262

16

0

17. (Tie)

North Carolina State (17-6)

262

19

0

19.

Syracuse (17-7)

190

21

0

20.

Oklahoma (18-6)

167

22

0

21.

Arizona State (15-8)

163

18

0

22.

Michigan (19-5)

120

not ranked

0

23.

South Florida (18-4)

98

20

0

24.

California (17-7)

52

not ranked

0

25.

Tennessee (15-8)

36

25

0

Dropped out: No. 23 West Virginia (16-7), No. 24 Wisconsin-Green Bay (19-4).

Others receiving votes: West Virginia (16-7) 22; Texas A&M (17-6) 19; Temple (17-5) 14; Northwestern (17-6) 12; Creighton (17-6) 10; Wisconsin-Green Bay (19-4) 10; Drake (18-4) 5; Kansas State (17-7) 4; Arkansas-Little Rock (17-6) 3; Tulane (15-8) 1.

Note: One ballot is missing. Jim Littell of Oklahoma State could not be reached by the voting deadline.

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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