2016-17 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll
March 13, 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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Last week’s |
First-place |
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1. |
Connecticut (32-0) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
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2. |
Notre Dame (30-3) |
763 |
2 |
0 |
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3. |
Maryland (30-2) |
736 |
3 |
0 |
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4. |
South Carolina (27-4) |
696 |
4 |
0 |
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5. |
Baylor (30-3) |
671 |
5 |
0 |
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6. |
Stanford (28-5) |
632 |
6 |
0 |
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7. |
Mississippi State (29-4) |
601 |
7 |
0 |
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8. |
Oregon State (29-4) |
587 |
8 |
0 |
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9. |
Duke (27-5) |
530 |
9 |
0 |
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10. |
Ohio State (26-6) |
486 |
10 |
0 |
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11. |
Washington (27-5) |
472 |
11 |
0 |
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12. |
Louisville (27-7) |
454 |
12 |
0 |
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13. |
Florida State (25-6) |
415 |
13 |
0 |
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14. |
UCLA (23-8) |
376 |
14 |
0 |
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15. |
Texas (23-8) |
358 |
15 |
0 |
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16. |
Miami (Fla.) (23-8) |
314 |
16 |
0 |
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17. |
North Carolina State (22-8) |
273 |
18 |
0 |
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18. |
Drake (28-4) |
220 |
19 |
0 |
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19. |
DePaul (26-7) |
209 |
17 |
0 |
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20. |
Oklahoma (22-9) |
148 |
20 |
0 |
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21. |
West Virginia (23-10) |
144 |
22 (Tie) |
0 |
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22. |
Syracuse (21-10) |
142 |
21 |
0 |
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23. |
Temple (24-7) |
101 |
22 (Tie) |
0 |
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24. |
Kentucky (21-10) |
73 |
24 |
0 |
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25. |
Marquette (25-7) |
57 |
not ranked |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 25 South Florida (24-8).
Others receiving votes: South Florida (24-8) 54; Creighton (23-7) 19; Missouri (21-10) 16; Tennessee (19-11) 10; Arizona State (19-12) 9; Kansas State (22-10) 9; Michigan (22-9) 7; Virginia (19-12) 5; Elon (27-6) 4; Indiana (20-10) 4; Arkansas-Little Rock (24-8) 2; Gonzaga (26-6) 1; Oregon (20-13) 1; Stetson (26-6).
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. The board for the 2016-17 season: Zenarae Antoine, Texas State; Mary Burke, Bryant; Cara Consuegra, Charlotte; Jamie Craighead, San Jose State; Kristy Curry, Alabama; Bradley Davis, Pacific; Denise Dillon, Drexel; Brittney Ezell, East Tennessee State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Jason Flowers, Cal State Northridge; Darrick Gibbs, North Florida; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Kellie Harper, Missouri State; DeUnna Hendrix, High Point; Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse; Ali Jaques, Siena; Carolyn Kieger, Marquette; Jim Littell, Oklahoma State; Greg McCall, Cal State Bakersfield; David Midlick, Austin Peay; Regina Miller, Illinois-Chicago; Mike Neighbors, Washington; Brenda Nichols, Sam Houston State; Courtney Pruitt, Alcorn State; Aaron Roussell, Bucknell; Brady Sallee, Ball State; Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington; Michael Shafer, Richmond; Dayna Smith, Cornell; Phil Stern, Maryland-Baltimore County; Maren Walseth, North Dakota State; Coquese Washington, Penn State.