March 7, 2017

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

March 7, 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 (32-0)

800

1

32

2.

Notre Dame (30-3)

761

3

0

3.

Maryland (30-2)

733

4

0

4.

South Carolina (27-4)

695

5

0

5.

Baylor (30-3)

670

2

0

6.

Stanford (28-5)

628

9

0

7.

Mississippi State (29-4)

601

7

0

8.

Oregon State (29-4)

573

6

0

9.

Duke (27-5)

516

11

0

10.

Ohio State (26-6)

492

8

0

11.

Washington (27-5)

475

10

0

12.

Louisville (27-7)

458

13

0

13.

Florida State (25-6)

416

12

0

14.

UCLA (23-8)

368

15

0

15.

Texas (23-8)

361

14

0

16.

Miami (Fla.) (23-8)

316

16

0

17.

DePaul (26-6)

309

17

0

18.

North Carolina State (22-8)

248

18

0

19.

Drake (25-4)

170

22

0

20.

Oklahoma (22-9)

152

19

0

21.

Syracuse (21-10)

151

20

0

22. (Tie)

Temple (24-7)

99

21

0

22. (Tie)

West Virginia (23-10)

99

not ranked

0

24.

Kentucky (21-10)

78

24

0

25.

South Florida (24-8)

46

not ranked

0

Dropped out: No. 23 Creighton (23-7), No. 25 Arizona State (19-12).

Others receiving votes: Marquette (24-7) 40; Creighton (23-7) 37; Arizona State (19-12) 26; Missouri (21-10) 26; Kansas State (22-10) 12; Indiana (20-10) 10; Arkansas-Little Rock (23-7) 9; Tennessee (19-11) 9; Michigan (22-9) 6; Virginia (19-12) 4; Elon (24-6) 2; Stetson (25-5) 2; Gonzaga (25-6) 1; Jacksonville (23-7) 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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