2017-18 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll
Jan. 9, 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 (13-0) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
2. |
Notre Dame (15-1) |
748 |
2 |
0 |
3. |
Mississippi State (17-0) |
731 |
3 |
0 |
4. |
Louisville (18-0) |
721 |
4 |
0 |
5. |
Baylor (14-1) |
658 |
6 |
0 |
6. |
Tennessee (15-0) |
626 |
7 |
0 |
7. |
Texas (13-1) |
601 |
8 |
0 |
8. |
South Carolina (13-2) |
564 |
5 |
0 |
9. |
Oregon (15-2) |
559 |
9 |
0 |
10. |
Ohio State (15-2) |
522 |
10 |
0 |
11. |
Maryland (15-2) |
473 |
13 |
0 |
12. |
Florida State (14-2) |
399 |
12 |
0 |
13. |
Missouri (14-2) |
382 |
15 |
0 |
14. |
UCLA (11-4) |
368 |
14 |
0 |
15. |
West Virginia (14-2) |
363 |
11 |
0 |
16. |
Texas A&M (13-4) |
282 |
19 |
0 |
17. |
Iowa (15-2) |
265 |
17 |
0 |
18. |
Duke (12-4) |
260 |
18 |
0 |
19. |
Rutgers (16-2) |
164 |
25 |
0 |
20. |
Michigan (13-4) |
154 |
20 |
0 |
21. |
Oregon State (11-4) |
148 |
16 |
0 |
22. |
Oklahoma State (12-3) |
143 |
23 |
0 |
23. |
Arizona State (13-3) |
123 |
not ranked |
0 |
24. |
Wisconsin-Green Bay (12-2) |
102 |
24 |
0 |
25. |
South Florida (12-4) |
79 |
22 |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Villanova (12-2).
Others receiving votes: Syracuse (14-3) 62; Villanova (12-2) 40; Virginia (11-6) 13; Georgia Tech (12-5) 10; California (11-4) 8; Marquette (10-5) 8; DePaul (11-5) 7; Florida Gulf Coast (15-3) 4; Miami (Fla.) (11-5) 4; Georgia (14-2) 3; Ball State (13-1) 2; Stanford (9-7) 2; Southern California (11-4) 1; Virginia Tech (12-4) 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.