March 12, 2018

2017-18 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll

March 12, 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
rank

First-place
votes

1.

Connecticut (32-0)

800

1

32

2.

Baylor (31-1)

757

2

0

3.

Louisville (32-2)

734

3

0

4.

Mississippi State (32-1)

700

4

0

5.

Oregon (30-4)

664

5

0

6.

Notre Dame (29-3)

646

6

0

7.

South Carolina (26-6)

617

7

0

8.

Texas (26-6)

571

8

0

9.

UCLA (24-7)

526

9

0

10.

Ohio State (27-6)

496

10

0

11.

Florida State (25-6)

483

11

0

12.

Oregon State (23-7)

428

12

0

13.

Tennessee (24-7)

407

13

0

14.

Texas A&M (24-9)

335

15

0

15.

Missouri (24-7)

332

14

0

16.

Maryland (25-7)

290

16

0

17.

Georgia (25-6)

280

17

0

18.

Duke (22-8)

253

18

0

19.

Stanford (22-10)

237

20

0

20.

South Florida (26-7)

224

19

0

21.

Wisconsin-Green Bay (29-3)

184

21

0

22.

North Carolina State (24-8)

134

22

0

23.

DePaul (26-7)

82

24

0

24.

Mercer (30-2)

81

23

0

25.

Belmont (31-3)

33

25

0

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast (30-4) 25; Central Michigan (28-4) 13; Miami (Fla.) (21-10) 12; Syracuse (22-8) 10; LSU (19-9) 9; Michigan (22-9) 9; Virginia (18-13) 7; Marquette (23-9) 5; Oklahoma State (20-10) 5; Arkansas-Little Rock (23-9) 3; Buffalo (27-5) 2; Minnesota (23-8) 2; Virginia Tech (18-13) 2; Central Florida (21-10) 1; Quinnipiac (27-5) 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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