January 31, 2017

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

January 31, 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 (20-0)

800

1

32

2.

Baylor (21-1)

764

2

0

3.

Maryland (21-1)

735

3

0

4.

Mississippi State (21-1)

694

5

0

5.

Florida State (20-2)

655

6

0

6.

South Carolina (18-2)

637

4

0

7.

Louisville (20-4)

573

8

0

8.

Notre Dame (20-3)

563

9

0

9.

Stanford (19-3)

546

10

0

10.

Washington (20-3)

525

7

0

11.

Oregon State (20-2)

494

11

0

12.

UCLA (17-4)

461

12

0

13.

Texas (16-4)

418

13

0

14.

Ohio State (19-5)

391

14

0

15.

Duke (18-4)

339

15

0

16.

Miami (Fla.) (16-5)

311

17

0

17.

DePaul (18-5)

268

19

0

18.

Arizona State (14-7)

163

16

0

19.

North Carolina State (16-6)

161

18

0

20.

South Florida (17-3)

159

23

0

21.

Syracuse (15-7)

155

24

0

22.

Oklahoma (16-6)

150

20

0

23.

West Virginia (16-6)

119

22

0

24.

Wisconsin-Green Bay (19-2)

102

25

0

25.

Tennessee (14-7)

72

not ranked

0

Dropped out: No. 21 Virginia Tech (16-5).

Others receiving votes: Michigan (17-5) 62; Virginia Tech (16-5) 40; Northwestern (16-5) 12; Temple (16-4) 9; Harvard (16-1) 5; Oklahoma State (13-7) 5; California (15-7) 3; Creighton (15-6) 2; Kentucky (15-7) 2; Arkansas-Little Rock (15-6) 1; Kansas State (16-6) 1; Texas A&M (15-6) 1; Tulane (14-7) 1; Wake Forest (13-8) 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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