The one thing I don’t understand about the NCAA women’s college basketball polls is to why the AP Poll is released on Monday and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll on Tuesday.
Just for an example, the Louisville Cardinals came into the game with the No. 1/1 UConn Huskies last night as the No 6. team in the AP Poll and the No. 10 team in the ESPN/USA Today Poll. And now today, the Cardinals drop to No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Today Poll. Maybe they don’t want to get overshadowed by the release of the men’s polls but the smart thing to do would be to release the AP Poll on the same day to give the rankings more continuity. Just my humble opinion though.
The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team remains the undisputed No. 1 team in the land and is showing no signs of dropping from there any time soon. The North Carolina Tar Heels are reeling as they have lost their last 3 games starting with the loss to UConn last Monday and dropped 8 spots in the AP Poll and 7 spots in the ESPN/USA Today Poll. The Auburn Lady Tigers remain the only other undefeated team in women’s basketball at 20-0.
A full look at the polls after the jump.
| AP Top 25 | PVS | ESPN/USA Today Poll | PVS |
| 1. UConn (45) 19-0 1125 | 1 | 1. UConn (31) 20-0 775 | 1 |
| 2. Oklahoma 16-2 1062 | 3 | 2. Oklahoma 16-2 735 | 2 |
| 3. Duke 17-1 1002 | 4 | 3. Baylor 17-1 701 | 4 |
| 4. Baylor 17-1 997 | 5 | 4. Auburn 20-0 687 | 5 |
| 5. Auburn 20-0 959 | 6 | 5. California 16-2 630 | 6 |
| 6. Louisville 19-1 906 | 7 | 6. Duke 17-1 622 | 8 |
| 7. California 16-2 843 | 8 | 7. Texas A&M 15-3 545 | 7 |
| 8. Maryland 16-3 773 | 12 | 8. Stanford 15-4 544 | 11 |
| 9. Stanford 15-4 747 | 11 | 9. Maryland 16-3 503 | 13 |
| 10. North Carolina 17-3 716 | 2 | 10. North Carolina 17-3 492 | 3 |
| 11. Texas A&M 15-3 697 | 9 | 11. Louisville 19-2 487 | 10 |
| 12. Florida 18-2 595 | 15 | 12. Kansas State 17-1 416 | 15 |
| 13. Tennessee 15-4 593 | 10 | 13. Notre Dame 15-3 399 | 9 |
| 14. Kansas State 17-1 490 | 18 | 14. Ohio State 16-3 359 | 17 |
| 15. Ohio State 16-3 466 | 19 | 15. Tennessee 15-4 352 | 12 |
| 16. Texas 14-4 448 | 14 | 16. Florida 18-2 296 | 19 |
| 17. Notre Dame 15-3 443 | 13 | 17. Texas 14-4 250 | 16 |
| 18. Florida State 17-4 347 | 22 | 18. Virginia 16-4 240 | 14 |
| 19. Virginia 15-4 307 | 16 | 19. South Dakota State 19-2 191 | 20 |
| 20. Vanderbilt 15-5 246 | 17 | 20. Florida State 17-4 184 | 23 |
| 21. Pittsburgh 14-4 168 | 25 | 21. Xavier 17-4 177 | 21 |
| 22. Iowa State 15-4 130 | NR | 22. Vanderbilt 15-5 149 | 18 |
| 23. Xavier 17-4 118 | NR | 23. Iowa State 15-4 142 | 22 |
| 24. South Dakota State 19-2 97 | NR | 24. Pittsburgh 14-4 36 | NR |
| 25. DePaul 15-5 86 | NR | 25. DePaul 15-5 31 | NR |
| OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES | OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES | ||
| Rutgers 60, Oklahoma State 52, Marist 46, Georgia Tech 39, New Mexico 23, Middle Tennessee State 12, Boston College 10, Montana 6, Gonzaga 5, Bowling Green 4, Indiana 3, Arizona State 2, San Diego State 1, Virginia Commonwealth 1, | Oklahoma State 28, Georgia Tech 25, Middle Tennessee State 24, Gonzaga 19, Rutgers 13, Bowling Green 9, New Mexico 6, Marist 3, Houston 2, Montana 2, North Carolina A&T 1, | ||
| Dropped From Rankings | Dropped From Rankings | ||
| Marist 20, Rutgers 21, New Mexico 23, Oklahoma State 24. | Rutgers 24, Oklahoma State 25. | ||
