2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Preseason Poll | Oct. 29, 2015
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS FROM 2014-15 in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in the final 2014-15 poll and first-place votes received:
|
Rank |
School (2014-15 record) |
Points |
2014-15 final rank |
First Place Votes |
|
1 |
Connecticut (38-1) |
800 |
1 |
32 |
|
2 |
South Carolina (34-3) |
757 |
3 |
0 |
|
3 |
Notre Dame (36-3) |
719 |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
Tennessee (30-6) |
689 |
6 |
0 |
|
5 |
Baylor (33-4) |
666 |
5 |
0 |
|
6 |
Maryland (34-3) |
620 |
4 |
0 |
|
7 |
Florida State (32-5) |
542 |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
Louisville (27-7) |
528 |
10 |
0 |
|
9 |
Oregon State (27-5) |
460 |
13 |
0 |
|
10 |
Ohio State (24-11) |
435 |
20 |
0 |
|
11 |
Texas (24-11) |
429 |
22 |
0 |
|
12 |
Duke (23-11) |
388 |
12 |
0 |
|
13 |
Mississippi State (27-7) |
385 |
18 |
0 |
|
14 |
Stanford (26-10) |
382 |
14 |
0 |
|
15 |
Arizona State (29-6) |
377 |
8 |
0 |
|
16 |
Texas A&M (23-10) |
304 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
17 |
Kentucky (24-10) |
303 |
16 |
0 |
|
18 |
Oklahoma (21-12) |
210 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
19 |
South Florida (27-8) |
183 |
24 |
0 |
|
20 |
North Carolina (26-9) |
143 |
9 |
0 |
|
21 |
George Washington (29-4) |
109 |
25 |
0 |
|
22 |
DePaul (27-8) |
106 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
23 |
Iowa (26-8) |
101 |
11 |
0 |
|
24 |
Northwestern (23-9) |
98 |
not ranked |
0 |
|
25 |
Princeton (31-1) |
84 |
15 |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Dayton (28-7), No. 19 Gonzaga (26-8), No. 21 Florida Gulf Coast (31-3), No. 23 Rutgers (23-10).
Others receiving votes: Michigan State (16-15) 79; Dayton (28-7) 76; Florida Gulf Coast (31-3) 68; Gonzaga (26-8) 63; Rutgers (23-10) 44; Syracuse (22-10) 42; Chattanooga (29-4) 41; St. John‘s (23-11) 33; California (24-10) 28; UCLA (19-18) 22; Iowa State (18-13) 17; LSU (17-14) 17; Miami (Fla.) (20-13) 11; Nebraska (21-11) 9; Seton Hall (28-6) 8; Middle Tennessee (24-10) 6; Washington (23-10) 4; West Virginia (23-15) 3; Arkansas-Little Rock (29-5) 2; Villanova (22-14) 2; Virginia (17-14) 2; Albany (24-9) 1; Arkansas State (24-11) 1; Brigham Young (23-10) 1; James Madison (29-4) 1; Wisconsin-Green Bay (28-5) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches a Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2015-16 season: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, Albany; Zenarae Antoine, Texas State; Lynn Bria, Stetson; Joan Bonvicini, Seattle; Dawn Brown, Prairie View A&M; Jamie Craighead, San Jose State; Kristy Curry, Alabama; Denise Dillon, Drexel; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Oties Epps, Evansville; Brittney Ezell, East Tennessee State; Jason Flowers, Cal-State Northridge; Susan Robinson Fruchtl, Providence; Stephanie Gaitley, Fordham; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Joe Haigh, Saint Francis (Pa.); Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse; Ali Jaques, Siena; Jeff Judkins, Brigham Young; Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, North Carolina-Asheville; Kelly Lewis-Jay, Florida Atlantic; Jim Littell, Oklahoma State; Dave Magarity, Army; David Midlick, Austin Peay; Regina Miller, Illinois-Chicago; Mike Neighbors, Washington; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Brady Sallee, Ball State; Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington; Dayna Smith, Cornell; Coquese Washington, Penn State; Amy Williams, South Dakota.