The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team’s records, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
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1. South Carolina (32) | 27-0 | 800 | 1 |
2. Ohio State | 24-3 | 767 | 2 |
3. Texas | 26-3 | 724 | 5 |
4. Virginia Tech | 22-4 | 659 | 8 |
5. Stanford | 24-4 | 651 | 3 |
6. Iowa | 24-4 | 636 | 4 |
7. LSU | 24-4 | 592 | 10 |
8. UCLA | 22-5 | 550 | 12 |
9. Southern California | 21-5 | 549 | 7 |
10. Connecticut | 24-5 | 508 | 13 |
11. North Carolina State | 23-5 | 462 | 6 |
12. Indiana | 22-4 | 431 | 16 |
13. Gonzaga | 28-2 | 408 | 15 |
14. Kansas State | 23-5 | 392 | 9 |
15. Colorado | 20-7 | 385 | 11 |
16. Oregon State | 22-5 | 346 | 14 |
17. Notre Dame | 21-6 | 288 | 18 |
18. Utah | 20-8 | 223 | 19 |
19. Syracuse | 23-5 | 212 | 17 |
20. Creighton | 22-4 | 200 | 21 |
21. Baylor | 21-6 | 174 | 24 |
22. Oklahoma | 20-7 | 132 | 25 |
23. Louisville | 22-7 | 114 | 20 |
24. UNLV | 24-2 | 73 | NR |
25. West Virginia | 22-5 | 56 | 22 |
Dropped Out: No. 23 Princeton (20-4).
Others receiving votes: Princeton (20-4) 22; Fairfield (24-1) 14; Duke (18-9) 14; Saint Joseph’s (25-3) 8; Ball State (23-4) 5; Michigan State (20-7) 2; Kansas (16-11) 1; Richmond (24-5) 1; Tennessee (16-10) 1.