The NCAA women’s basketball rankings are out and the South Carolina Gamecocks remain on top of the AP Poll while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish reign supreme in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
South Carolina is followed by Notre Dame, the UConn Huskies, Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies in the AP Poll. In the Coaches Poll, Notre Dame is followed by South Carolina, UConn, Texas and Texas A&M.
There is no one from the American Athletic Conference joining UConn in the top 25 of either poll. The South Florida Bulls are the only team from the conference among the others receiving votes in both polls.
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Coaches Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | South Carolina (20) | 5-0 | 854 | 1 | Notre Dame (19) | 7-0 | 780 |
| 2 | Notre Dame (13) | 7-0 | 845 | 2 | South Carolina (10) | 6-0 | 771 |
| 3 | Connecticut (1) | 5-1 | 788 | 3 | Connecticut (1) | 5-1 | 739 |
| 4 | Texas (1) | 5-0 | 771 | 4 | Texas (2) | 5-0 | 689 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 7-0 | 751 | 5 | Texas A&M | 7-0 | 683 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 7-0 | 688 | 6 | North Carolina | 7-0 | 598 |
| 7 | Louisville | 7-0 | 613 | 7 | Louisville | 7-0 | 587 |
| 8 | Stanford | 5-2 | 605 | 8 | Duke | 5-1 | 574 |
| 9 | Duke | 5-1 | 580 | 9 | Stanford | 5-2 | 570 |
| 10 | California | 6-0 | 513 | 10 | Maryland | 6-1 | 458 |
| 11 | Baylor | 4-1 | 505 | 11 | Baylor | 4-1 | 457 |
| 12 | Nebraska | 6-0 | 470 | 12 | California | 6-0 | 436 |
| 13 | Kentucky | 6-1 | 462 | 13 | Kentucky | 6-1 | 421 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 4-2 | 455 | 14 | Tennessee | 4-2 | 407 |
| 15 | Maryland | 6-1 | 421 | 15 | Nebraska | 6-0 | 399 |
| 16 | Michigan St | 4-1 | 367 | 16 | Michigan St | 4-1 | 281 |
| 17 | Oregon St | 5-0 | 303 | 17 | Oklahoma St | 5-1 | 242 |
| 18 | Rutgers | 6-0 | 224 | 18 | Oregon St | 5-0 | 220 |
| 19 | Georgia | 7-0 | 187 | 19 | Iowa | 6-1 | 164 |
| 20 | Oklahoma St | 5-1 | 184 | 20 | Rutgers | 6-0 | 155 |
| 21 | Syracuse | 4-1 | 165 | 21 | West Virginia | 4-1 | 147 |
| 22 | Iowa | 6-1 | 156 | 22 | Syracuse | 5-1 | 139 |
| 23 | Mississippi St | 6-0 | 151 | 23 | Georgia | 7-0 | 136 |
| 24 | West Virginia | 4-1 | 107 | 24 | Depaul | 4-2 | 90 |
| 25 | Depaul | 4-2 | 70 | 25 | Mississippi St | 6-0 | 85 |
| 25 | Arkansas | 6-0 | 70 | – | |||
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| none | James Madison 23 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| South Florida 17, Green Bay 16, Arizona St 9, Northwestern 6, Princeton 5, Washington St 5, James Madison 3, Florida St 2, St. John’s 2, Minnesota 2, Western Kentucky 1, Washington 1, Chattanooga 1 | James Madison 71, South Florida 18, Arkansas 16, St. John’s 16, Florida St 12, Green Bay 8, Western Kentucky 7, Seton Hall 5, Northwestern 5, Vanderbilt 4, Dayton 3, Arizona St 3, George Washington 1, Washington 1, Albany 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1 | ||||||
