Because of the way the NCAA women’s college basketball polls work, the AP Poll comes out on Monday and the USA Today Coaches Poll comes out on Tuesday. Don’t ask me why this is.
For that reason, the UConn Huskies are the No. 1 team in the AP Poll (Monday). But in the USA Today Coaches Poll (Tuesday), the Stanford Cardinal jump from No. 6 to No. 1 after beating UConn on Monday night.
In the AP Poll, UConn is followed by the South Carolina Gamecocks, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Tennessee Volunteers and Texas A&M Aggies. In the Coaches Poll, Stanford is followed by Notre Dame, South Carolina, UConn and Tennessee.
There are no other teams ranked from the American Athletic Conference. However, the South Florida Bulls are among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Connecticut (35) | 1-0 | 875 | 1 | Stanford (14) | 2-0 | 764 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 1-0 | 827 | 2 | Notre Dame (6) | 1-0 | 748 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1-0 | 804 | 3 | South Carolina (8) | 1-0 | 739 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 1-0 | 756 | 4 | Connecticut (4) | 1-1 | 736 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 697 | 5 | Tennessee | 2-0 | 675 |
| 6 | Stanford | 1-0 | 667 | 6 | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 613 |
| 7 | Duke | 1-0 | 614 | 7 | Duke | 1-0 | 601 |
| 8 | Baylor | 1-0 | 580 | 8 | Maryland | 2-0 | 576 |
| 9 | Maryland | 2-0 | 561 | 9 | Kentucky | 2-0 | 550 |
| 10 | Texas | 1-0 | 545 | 10 | Louisville | 2-0 | 506 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 513 | 11 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 468 |
| 12 | Louisville | 2-0 | 504 | 12 | Baylor | 1-1 | 440 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 1-0 | 497 | 13 | Texas | 1-0 | 403 |
| 14 | California | 1-0 | 427 | 14 | California | 1-0 | 378 |
| 15 | Michigan St | 1-0 | 408 | 15 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 319 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 355 | 16 | West Virginia | 2-0 | 300 |
| 17 | West Virginia | 1-0 | 331 | 17 | Michigan St | 1-0 | 285 |
| 18 | Depaul | 2-1 | 253 | 18 | Iowa | 2-0 | 235 |
| 18 | Iowa | 2-0 | 253 | 19 | Oklahoma St | 2-0 | 219 |
| 20 | Oregon St | 2-0 | 215 | 20 | Depaul | 2-1 | 208 |
| 21 | Oklahoma St | 2-0 | 187 | 21 | Oregon St | 2-0 | 170 |
| 22 | Rutgers | 1-0 | 106 | 22 | Syracuse | 1-0 | 93 |
| 23 | Syracuse | 1-0 | 100 | 23 | James Madison | 2-0 | 53 |
| 24 | Georgia | 2-0 | 42 | 24 | Rutgers | 1-0 | 44 |
| 24 | Purdue | 1-0 | 42 | 25 | South Florida | 2-0 | 43 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 1-0 | 42 | – | |||
| Dropped out of rankings: | Dropped out of rankings: | ||||||
| Dayton 22, UCLA 23 | Dayton 22, UCLA 23, LSU 24 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Oklahoma 24, James Madison 15, NC State 14, Minnesota 12, South Florida 12, Arkansas 11, Florida St 11, Mississippi St 11, Vanderbilt 10, Washington St 10, St. John’s 8, UCLA 8, Albany 5, Green Bay 5, Oregon 4, Western Kentucky 4, Arizona St 4, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, Kansas 1, Georgia Tech 1, Iowa State 1, Northwestern 1 | Georgia 41, Gonzaga 38, Purdue 24, Vanderbilt 24, Florida St 16, St. John’s 15, Oklahoma 11, Washington St 9, Western Kentucky 8, NC State 8, Dayton 6, Albany 5, Penn State 5, Arizona St 5, Virginia 3, Mississippi St 3, BYU 3, Richmond 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, Oregon 2, Seton Hall 1, CS Northridge 1, Ohio State 1 | ||||||
