When the NCAA women’s basketball polls were posted here last week, the UConn Huskies were No. 1 in the AP Poll while the Stanford Cardinal were the No. 1 team in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
As stated before, this is because the AP Poll comes out on Monday and the Coaches Poll on Tuesday. I know it makes no sense to me either.
This week’s polls were released and we find the South Carolina Gamecocks as the top team in the AP Poll while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are No. 1 in the Coaches Poll.
The Gamecocks are followed by Notre Dame, UConn, the Tennessee Volunteers and Stanford in the AP Poll. In the Coaches Poll, Notre Dame is followed by South Carolina, UConn, Stanford and Tennessee.
There are no other teams from the American Athletic Conference ranked this week. The South Florida Bulls are among the others receiving votes in both polls while the Tulane Green Wave are among the others receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RANK | TEAM | REC | POINTS |
| 1 | South Carolina (21) | 3-0 | 852 | 1 | Notre Dame (14) | 5-0 | 772 |
| 2 | Notre Dame (12) | 4-0 | 838 | 2 | South Carolina (14) | 3-0 | 769 |
| 3 | Connecticut (1) | 2-1 | 768 | 3 | Connecticut (2) | 2-1 | 729 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 3-0 | 751 | 4 | Stanford | 3-1 | 697 |
| 5 | Stanford | 2-1 | 720 | 5 | Tennessee | 4-0 | 671 |
| 6 | Texas (1) | 3-0 | 713 | 6 | Texas A&M | 5-0 | 596 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 4-0 | 687 | 7 | Duke | 3-0 | 589 |
| 8 | Duke | 3-0 | 604 | 8 | Maryland | 5-0 | 581 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 4-0 | 574 | 9 | Texas (2) | 3-0 | 579 |
| 10 | Maryland | 4-0 | 563 | 10 | Kentucky | 4-0 | 524 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 4-0 | 531 | 11 | Louisville | 4-0 | 474 |
| 12 | Louisville | 4-0 | 494 | 12 | North Carolina | 4-0 | 473 |
| 13 | Baylor | 1-1 | 445 | 13 | Baylor | 1-1 | 399 |
| 14 | California | 4-0 | 407 | 14 | California | 4-0 | 364 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 4-0 | 381 | 15 | Nebraska | 4-0 | 352 |
| 16 | Michigan St | 2-1 | 342 | 16 | Iowa | 4-0 | 268 |
| 17 | Iowa | 4-0 | 291 | 17 | Michigan State | 2-1 | 247 |
| 18 | Depaul | 4-1 | 260 | 18 | DePaul | 4-1 | 241 |
| 19 | Oregon St | 3-0 | 250 | 19 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | 197 |
| 20 | Oklahoma St | 3-1 | 162 | 20 | Oregon State | 3-0 | 161 |
| 21 | Rutgers | 3-0 | 160 | 21 | West Virginia | 2-1 | 126 |
| 22 | Syracuse | 3-0 | 105 | 22 | Syracuse | 3-0 | 102 |
| 22 | Georgia | 4-0 | 105 | 23 | James Madison | 4-0 | 101 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 2-1 | 105 | 24 | Rutgers | 3-0 | 84 |
| 25 | Mississippi St | 4-0 | 77 | 25 | Georgia | 4-0 | 69 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Gonzaga 24, Purdue 24 | South Florida 25 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Gonzaga 54, Oklahoma 24, Vanderbilt 15, NC State 15, Minnesota 14, James Madison 12, Purdue 10, Florida St 9, Arkansas 8, Arizona St 8, St. John’s 6, Western Kentucky 4, UCLA 4, Green Bay 3, South Florida 1, Iowa State 1, Washington St 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1 | Mississippi State 53; Oklahoma 34; Vanderbilt 27; Gonzaga 20; Virginia 15; St. John?s 14; Florida State 13; Richmond 9; Oregon 8; Wisconsin-Green Bay 7; South Florida 7; Western Kentucky 6; North Carolina State 6; Albany 5; Dayton 3; Purdue 3; Arizona State 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 1; Seton Hall 1; Tulane 1. | ||||||
