The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 12/14/21 (Week 5)
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 (10-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina State (10-1) | 763 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Stanford (6-2) | 718 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Louisville (8-1) | 697 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Baylor (9-1) | 638 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Connecticut (6-2) | 617 | 2 | 0 | 7 – tie |
| 7 | Indiana (8-2) | 580 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Arizona (9-0) | 574 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tennessee (9-0) | 567 | 9 | 0 | 7 – tie |
| 10 | Maryland (9-3) | 550 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Michigan (10-1) | 492 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Texas (7-1) | 445 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Iowa State (10-1) | 416 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Georgia (8-1) | 331 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Iowa (5-2) | 323 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | South Florida (6-3) | 231 | 19 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Texas A&M (9-2) | 225 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | Notre Dame (9-2) | 174 | 23 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | Kentucky (6-3) | 173 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 20 | North Carolina (9-0) | 148 | 24 | 0 | 25 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech (8-2) | 132 | NR | 0 | 18 |
| 22 | Brigham Young (8-1) | 125 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 23 | Oregon (6-3) | 118 | 22 | 0 | NR |
| 24 | Ohio State (7-2) | 108 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 25 | Duke (8-0) | 107 | NR | 0 | 15 |
Dropped out
No. 20 Oregon State (5-3); No. 25 UCLA (5-3).
AP Poll: Oregon State 23, Colorado 25
Others Receiving Votes
Florida Gulf Coast (9-1) 65; Colorado (9-0) 50; Oklahoma (9-1) 45; Oregon State (5-3) 42; LSU (7-1) 40; Nebraska (10-0) 24; UCLA (5-3) 20; Central Florida (7-1) 12; Gonzaga (8-2) 12; West Virginia (6-2) 10; Washington State (8-1) 7; Missouri State (7-2) 6; Wake Forest (9-1) 5; Arkansas (9-2) 4; Coastal Carolina (8-0) 3; Florida State (6-3) 3.
AP Poll: Oklahoma 63, Colorado 63, Florida Gulf Coast 52, DePaul 30, Nebraska 27, Oregon 13, Washington State 8, Oregon State 3, UCLA 2, West Virginia 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.