January 24, 2017

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

January 24, 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 (18-0)

800

1

32

2.

Baylor (19-1)

762

2

0

3.

Maryland (19-1)

722

3

0

4.

South Carolina (17-1)

713

5

0

5.

Mississippi State (20-1)

671

4

0

6.

Florida State (19-2)

637

6

0

7.

Washington (19-2)

605

7

0

8.

Louisville (18-4)

557

8

0

9.

Notre Dame (18-3)

546

9

0

10.

Stanford (17-3)

500

10

0

11.

Oregon State (18-2)

474

12

0

12.

UCLA (15-4)

469

11

0

13.

Texas (14-4)

401

14 (Tie)

0

14.

Ohio State (17-5)

396

13

0

15.

Duke (17-3)

355

16 (Tie)

0

16.

Arizona State (14-5)

277

19

0

17.

Miami (Fla.) (14-5)

238

14 (Tie)

0

18.

North Carolina State (15-5)

233

21

0

19.

DePaul (16-5)

177

18

0

20.

Oklahoma (15-5)

165

20

0

21.

Virginia Tech (16-3)

162

16 (Tie)

0

22.

West Virginia (15-5)

125

23

0

23.

South Florida (15-3)

121

22

0

24.

Syracuse (14-7)

93

24

0

25.

Wisconsin-Green Bay (17-2)

86

25

0

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Michigan (16-5) 27; California (15-5) 22; Northwestern (15-4) 18; Temple (15-3) 17; Tennessee (12-7) 10; Kansas State (15-5) 8; Texas A&M (15-5) 6; Creighton (14-5) 4; Marquette (16-4) 2; Tulane (12-7) 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.

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