Stanford takes top spot in coaches poll, UConn falls to No. 4
After beating Associated Press No. 1 Connecticut last night in overtime 88-86, Stanford (2-0) moved up to the top spot in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Cardinal were ranked No. 6 in both the preseason AP and coaches poll. Coaches gave them 14 first places votes this week.
UConn fell from No. 1 to No. 4. Notre Dame moved up a spot to No. 2 taking the place of South Carolina. The Gamecocks nearly lost their opener to USC and landed at the No. 3 spot. Tennessee rounds out the top 5. Former No. 22 Dayton (0-2) , No. 23 UCLA (0-2) and No. 24 LSU (2-1) dropped out of the poll. James Madison, Rutgers and South Florida entered at the bottom three spots.
|
Rank
|
School (record) |
Points
|
Last week’s rank
|
First-place votes
|
|
1
|
Stanford (2-0) |
764
|
6
|
14
|
|
2
|
Notre Dame (1-0) |
748
|
3
|
6
|
|
3
|
South Carolina (1-0) |
739
|
2
|
8
|
|
4
|
Connecticut (1-1) |
736
|
1
|
4
|
|
5
|
Tennessee (2-0) |
675
|
4
|
0
|
|
6
|
Texas A&M (3-0) |
613
|
5
|
0
|
|
7
|
Duke (1-0) |
601
|
7
|
0
|
|
8
|
Maryland (2-0) |
576
|
8
|
0
|
|
9
|
Kentucky (2-0) |
550
|
10
|
0
|
|
10
|
Louisville (2-0) |
506
|
11
|
0
|
|
11
|
North Carolina (2-0) |
468
|
13
|
0
|
|
12
|
Baylor (1-1) |
440
|
9
|
0
|
|
13
|
Texas (1-0) |
403
|
12
|
0
|
|
14
|
California (1-0) |
378
|
14
|
0
|
|
15
|
Nebraska (2-0) |
319
|
16
|
0
|
|
16
|
West Virginia (2-0) |
300
|
17
|
0
|
|
17
|
Michigan State (1-0) |
285
|
15
|
0
|
|
18
|
Iowa (2-0) |
236
|
19
|
0
|
|
19
|
Oklahoma State (2-0) |
219
|
20
|
0
|
|
20
|
DePaul (2-1) |
208
|
18
|
0
|
|
21
|
Oregon State (2-0) |
170
|
21
|
0
|
|
22
|
Syracuse (1-0) |
93
|
25
|
0
|
|
23
|
James Madison (2-0) |
53
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
24
|
Rutgers (1-0) |
44
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
25
|
South Florida (2-0) |
43
|
not ranked
|
0
|
Others receiving votes: Georgia (2-0) 41; Gonzaga (1-0) 38; Purdue (1-0) 24; Vanderbilt (2-0) 24; Florida State (1-0) 16; St. John‘s (1-0) 15; Oklahoma (1-0) 11; Washington State (2-0) 9; North Carolina State (2-0) 8; Western Kentucky (2-0) 8; Dayton (0-2) 6; Albany (2-0) 5; Arizona State (1-0) 5; Penn State (1-1) 5; Brigham Young (0-1) 3; Mississippi State (2-0) 3; Virginia (2-0) 3; Arkansas-Little Rock (1-0) 2; Oregon (1-0) 2; Richmond (2-0) 2; Cal State Northridge (2-0) 1; Ohio State (1-1) 1; Seton Hall (1-1) 1.
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.
