2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Jan. 12, 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 (14-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | South Carolina (15-0) | 768 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (15-1) | 732 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas (15-0) | 708 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Ohio State (12-3) | 655 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Mississippi State (16-1) | 625 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Baylor (16-1) | 618 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Maryland (14-2) | 587 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Kentucky (13-1) | 528 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Oregon State (12-3) | 481 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Texas A&M (12-4) | 454 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Stanford (13-3) | 436 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Arizona State (13-3) | 419 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Florida State (12-4) | 370 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Tennessee (11-4) | 322 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | South Florida (10-4) | 278 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | Oklahoma (12-3) | 263 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan State (12-3) | 259 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Duke (12-5) | 175 | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Miami (Fla.) (15-2) | 150 | not ranked | 0 |
| 21 | Florida (14-2) | 112 | not ranked | 0 |
| 22 | Louisville (12-5) | 96 | not ranked | 0 |
| 23 | UCLA (11-4) | 93 | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | Northwestern (12-4) | 81 | 17 | 0 |
| T25 | Duquesne (15-1) | 65 | not ranked | 0 |
| T25 | DePaul (12-6) | 65 | 24 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Seton Hall (13-3), No. 23 Iowa (12-4), No. 25 Syracuse (12-4).
Others receiving votes: St. John’s (13-3) 53; Syracuse (12-4) 49; Seton Hall (13-3) 48; Iowa (12-4) 29; Missouri (14-2) 28; Oklahoma State (12-3) 10; California (10-5) 9; Southern California (14-2) 7; North Carolina (12-6) 6; Wisconsin-Green Bay (13-2) 5; North Carolina State (12-5) 4; Georgia (12-4) 3; Virginia (12-5) 3; Virginia Tech (13-3) 3; George Washington (13-3) 2; South Dakota State (13-3) 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.