Preseason polls for women’s basketball

It is that time of year again when the annual NCAA basketball season preview guides, focusing mostly on men’s teams, hit the newsstands. The Sporting News and Athlon Sports also publish preseason polls for women’s basketball.

The Sporting News gives its top five spots to Notre Dame, Baylor, Connecticut, Tennessee and Stanford while Athlon drops Notre Dame to the No. 7 position and its top five include Baylor, Tennessee, Connecticut, Louisville and Miami (Fla.).

Full polls

Sporting News
1. Notre Dame
2. Baylor
3. UConn
4. Tennessee
5. Stanford
6. Duke
7. Texas A&M
8. Georgetown
9. Louisville
10. Miami
11. Maryland
12. Penn State
13. Purdue
14. Florida State
15. Georgia
16. Oklahoma
17. North Carolina
18. Kentucky
19. St. John’s
20. Texas
21. USC
22. UCLA
23. Michigan State
24. LSU
25. Texas Tech

 

Athlon
1.  Baylor
2.  Tennessee
3.  Connecticut
4.   Louisville
5.   Miami (Fla.)
6.  Stanford
7.  Notre Dame
8.  Duke
9.  Texas A&M
10. DePaul
11. Georgetown
12. Rutgers
13. Maryland
14. Georgia
15.  North Carolina
16. Penn State
17. UCLA
18. LSU
19.  Florida State
20. Oklahoma
21.  Ohio State
22. St. John’s
23. Kentucky
24. Oral Roberts
25. Gonzaga