Notes on the USA Today Coaches Poll for January 28, 2014: No dropouts, Gonzaga on the rise
Connecticut maintains its season-long place atop the USA Today Coaches poll for the week of January 28, 2014. No schools dropped out of the poll. Big movers in the poll in a positive direction include Gonzaga, elevated to the No. 17 spot, a change in five places. Purdue moved to No. 16 up four places. Three teams moved three places up the rankings including Arizona State to No. 20, South Carolina to No. 8 and Baylor to No. 7. Nebraska experienced the biggest fall with a drop of five places to No. 23. Kentucky fell four spots to No. 12. Iowa State also fell four places, to No. 21. Teams that dropped three places include Maryland to No. 9, Cal to No. 19 and West Virginia to No. 24.
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | FIRST PLACE VOTES | PREVIOUS RANK | CHANGE |
| 1 | Connecticut Huskies | 21-0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 19-0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Duke Blue Devils | 20-1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Stanford Cardinal | 19-1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Louisville Cardinals | 20-1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 17-3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Baylor Bears | 16-3 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 18-2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 9 | Maryland Terrapins | 16-3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | Tennessee Lady Vols | 16-4 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 11 | Oklahoma State Cowgirls | 17-2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 12 | Kentucky Wildcats | 16-4 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | Penn State Lions | 15-4 | 0 | 13 | |
| 14 | LSU Tigers | 16-4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M Aggies | 16-5 | 0 | 15 | |
| 16 | Purdue Boilermakers | 15-5 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 17 | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 18-3 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 18 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 16-4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 19 | California Golden Bears | 14-5 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 20 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 17-3 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 21 | Iowa State Cyclones | 15-4 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 22 | NC State Wolfpack | 18-3 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 23 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 13-5 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| 24 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 17-3 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| 25 | Florida State Seminoles | 15-5 | 0 | 25 |
Others Receiving Votes: Middle Tennessee 40; Wichita State 22; San Diego 22; Oklahoma 17; Syracuse 13; Marist 10; DePaul 8; Dayton 7; Michigan State 6; Texas 4; Georgia 2; Brigham Young 2; Colorado 1. List of Voters: The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches a Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2013-14 season: Joan Bonvicini, Seattle University; Joanne Boyle, Virginia; Lynn Bria, Stetson; June Daugherty, Washington State; Kathy Delany-Smith, Harvard; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Tonya Edwards, Alcorn State; Oties Epps, Evansville; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Stephanie Gaitley, Fordham; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Joe Haigh, St. Francis (Pa.); Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Jeff Judkins, Brigham Young; Krista Kilburn-Steveskey, Hofstra; Andy Landers, Georgia; Kellie Lewis-Jay, Florida Atlantic; Kevin McMillan, Tennessee-Martin; Dave Magarity, Army; Suzy Merchant, Michigan State; Faith Mimnaugh, Cal Poly; Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, North Carolina-Asheville; John Olenowski, Manhattan; Kathy Olivier, UNLV; Kate Peterson Abiad, Cleveland State; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Susan Robinson-Fruchtl, Providence; David Six, Hampton; Charlotte Smith, Elon; Jaime White, Northern Colorado; Amy Williams, South Dakota.
