USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11/30/21

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.