2017-18 WBCA
USA TODAY Sports NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll
Nov. 21, 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 (3-0) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
2. |
South Carolina (4-0) |
758 |
2 |
0 |
3. |
Mississippi State (3-0) |
678 |
4 |
0 |
4. (Tie) |
Texas (3-0) |
668 |
6 |
0 |
4. (Tie) |
UCLA (3-0) |
668 |
7 |
0 |
6. |
Notre Dame (3-0) |
665 |
5 |
0 |
7. |
Louisville (5-0) |
652 |
10 |
0 |
8. |
Ohio State (4-1) |
561 |
8 |
0 |
9. |
Baylor (3-1) |
560 |
3 |
0 |
10. |
Oregon (3-1) |
464 |
11 |
0 |
11. |
Florida State (4-0) |
440 |
14 |
0 |
12. |
Stanford (2-2) |
412 |
9 |
0 |
13. |
West Virginia (3-0) |
405 |
15 |
0 |
14. |
Tennessee (3-0) |
358 |
18 |
0 |
15. |
Maryland (2-2) |
355 |
13 |
0 |
16. |
South Florida (4-0) |
280 |
22 |
0 |
17. |
Duke (2-1) |
261 |
12 |
0 |
18. |
Oregon State (2-1) |
252 |
17 |
0 |
19. |
Missouri (3-1) |
142 |
16 |
0 |
20. |
Marquette (1-1) |
115 |
19 |
0 |
21. |
DePaul (3-1) |
100 |
20 |
0 |
22. |
Michigan (2-1) |
90 |
23 |
0 |
23. (Tie) |
North Carolina State (5-0) |
81 |
not ranked |
0 |
23. (Tie) |
California (2-1) |
81 |
25 (Tie) |
0 |
25. |
Texas A&M (2-1) |
78 |
not ranked |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Oklahoma (2-1), No. 24 Miami (Fla.) (2-1), No. 25 (Tie) Washington (1-2).
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (2-1) 76; Kentucky (4-0) 75; Arizona State (4-0) 61; Villanova (3-0) 31; Syracuse (3-0) 28; Michigan State (3-0) 26; Virginia Tech (4-0) 26; Northern Colorado (4-0) 25; Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-0) 22; Dayton (4-0) 21; Georgia Tech (4-0) 21; Miami (Fla.) (2-1) 18; Florida Gulf Coast (5-0) 16; Iowa (4-0) 9; Middle Tennessee (3-0) 5; Texas-Arlington (4-0) 5; Kansas State (4-0) 3; Elon (3-0) 2; Indiana (3-1) 2; Rutgers (4-0) 2; Washington (1-2) 2.
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.