The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 11/30/21
Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and first-place votes received. The poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools. The panel is chosen by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The members represent each of the 32 Division I conferences that receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes | AP Rank |
| 1 | South Carolina (8-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut (3-1) | 749 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | North Carolina State (6-1) | 746 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Stanford (5-2) | 661 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Louisville (5-1) | 616 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Indiana (5-1) | 615 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Baylor (6-1) | 584 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Maryland (6-2) | 561 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Michigan (7-0) | 541 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Tennessee (6-0) | 523 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Arizona (7-0) | 507 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Iowa (4-0) | 455 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Iowa State (7-0) | 393 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Texas (4-1) | 342 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Texas A&M (7-0) | 309 | 18 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Oregon (3-2) | 308 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | South Florida (5-2) | 300 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | Kentucky (4-1) | 258 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Georgia (6-0) | 244 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Ohio State (5-0) | 179 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
| 21 | Oregon State (3-2) | 97 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | Florida Gulf Coast (7-0) | 94 | NR | 0 | 22 |
| 23 | Brigham Young (7-0) | 89 | NR | 0 | 21 |
| 24 | UCLA (4-2) | 80 | 15 | 0 | NR |
| 25 | Notre Dame (6-1) | 59 | NR | 0 | 24 |
Dropped out
No. 22 Florida State (4-2); No. 23 West Virginia (4-1); No. 25 Georgia Tech (5-1).
Others Receiving Votes
Georgia Tech (5-1) 52; Gonzaga (6-1) 51; West Virginia (4-1) 42; North Carolina (6-0) 33; Florida State (4-2) 23; Virginia Tech (6-1) 20; Arkansas (6-1) 16; Colorado (7-0) 15; Central Florida (5-1) 9; Missouri State (4-2) 6; Oklahoma (5-1) 6; Wake Forest (7-0) 6; Washington State (4-1) 5; Mississippi (6-1) 4; Coastal Carolina (6-0) 1; Tulane (6-1) 1.
Voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2021-22 season: Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Suzy Barcomb, Seattle; Kim Barnes Arico, Michigan; Fred Batchelor, Maryland-Eastern Shore; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Long Beach State; Jamie Craighhead, San Jose State; Megan Duffy, Marquette; Ronny Fisher, Campbell; Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Robyn Fralick, Bowling Green; Andrea Gorski, Bradley; Carey Green, Liberty; Simon Harris, East Tennessee State; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Monique LeBlanc, Brown; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Jalie Mitchell, North Texas; Mike Neighbors, Arkansas; Raegan Pebley, TCU; DoBee Plaisance, Nicholls State; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Lynne Roberts, Utah; Seton Sobolewski, Idaho State; Lisa Stockton, Tulane; C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers; Angelika Szumilo, Fairleigh Dickinson; Amy Vachon, Maine; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Jaida Williams, Coastal Carolina; Doshia Woods, Denver.