The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 12/07/21 (Week 4)
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 (9-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut (5-1) | 752 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | North Carolina State (8-1) | 748 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Stanford (5-2) | 688 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Louisville (7-1) | 669 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Baylor (8-1) | 611 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Maryland (8-2) | 574 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Indiana (6-2) | 572 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Tennessee (8-0) | 549 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Arizona (7-0) | 541 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Michigan (8-1) | 484 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Texas (6-1) | 451 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Iowa (5-1) | 383 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Kentucky (6-1) | 348 | 18 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | Texas A&M (8-1) | 329 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Iowa State (8-1) | 316 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 | Georgia (7-1) | 219 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Brigham Young (8-0) | 219 | 23 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | South Florida (5-3) | 158 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 20 | Oregon State (4-2) | 144 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
| 21 | Ohio State (6-1) | 131 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 22 | Oregon (4-3) | 122 | 16 | 0 | NR |
| 23 | Notre Dame (7-2) | 100 | 25 | 0 | 22 |
| 24 | North Carolina (8-0) | 88 | NR | 0 | NR |
| 25 | UCLA (5-2) | 66 | 24 | 0 | NR |
Dropped out
No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast (7-1).
AP Poll: Oregon 18, Florida Gulf Coast 22, Florida State 25
Others Receiving Votes
Florida Gulf Coast (7-1) 59; Gonzaga (7-1) 54; Duke (8-0) 50; Georgia Tech (6-2) 39; Colorado (8-0) 32; Central Florida (6-1) 20; Florida State (6-2) 18; Oklahoma (7-1) 14; Virginia Tech (7-2) 13; Washington State (6-1) 9; Kansas State (7-2) 6; Nebraska (9-0) 6; West Virginia (4-2) 6; LSU (6-1) 5; Long Beach State (7-0) 3; Coastal Carolina (7-0) 2; Missouri State (6-2) 1; Princeton (6-2) 1.
AP Poll: Florida Gulf Coast 51, Oregon 48, Florida State 40, North Carolina 32, Georgia Tech 29, UCLA 26, Gonzaga 15, Virginia Tech 11, Nebraska 11, West Virginia 7, Oklahoma 6, DePaul 4, Washington State 4, Missouri 3
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.