2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
March 1, 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 (29-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | South Carolina (28-1) | 756 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (28-1) | 746 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor (30-1) | 706 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Maryland (27-3) | 668 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Louisville (24-6) | 590 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Texas (26-3) | 575 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Oregon State (25-4) | 557 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ohio State (23-6) | 530 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Florida State (23-6) | 490 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Arizona State (25-5) | 484 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Stanford (24-6) | 467 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Kentucky (21-6) | 437 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | UCLA (22-7) | 379 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Texas A&M (21-8) | 375 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Mississippi State (24-6) | 326 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Syracuse (23-6) | 286 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | DePaul (24-7) | 255 | 19 | 0 |
| 19 | Michigan State (22-7) | 223 | 21 | 0 |
| 20 | South Florida (21-8) | 191 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | Miami (Fla.) (22-7) | 176 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | Oklahoma (19-9) | 107 | 23 | 0 |
| 23 | Colorado State (26-1) | 72 | 25 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida (22-7) | 45 | not ranked | 0 |
| 25 | UTEP (25-2) | 38 | not ranked | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Brigham Young, No. 24 Missouri.
Others receiving votes: West Virginia (22-8) 31; Brigham Young (24-5) 30; Wisconsin-Green Bay (25-3) 16; Seton Hall (22-7) 8; Oklahoma State (21-8) 6; Florida Gulf Coast (26-4) 4; North Carolina State (19-10) 4; Villanova (19-10) 4; Albany (24-4) 3; Duquesne (25-4) 3; Missouri (21-8) 3; Western Kentucky (22-5) 3; St. John’s (20-9) 2; Arkansas State (24-3) 1; Indiana (20-10) 1; James Madison (22-5) 1; Minnesota (19-10) 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.