USA Today coaches poll for Jan. 20, 2015: South Carolina still on top, GWU and Seton Hall Enter
- Newcomers: No. 24 George Washington (16-2), No. 25 Seton Hall (17-2)
- Dropped out: No. 20 Oklahoma State (12-5), No. 25 South Florida (14-4).
- Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State (12-5) 32; Western Kentucky (16-2) 26; James Madison (15-2) 23; South Florida (14-4) 23; West Virginia (11-6) 16; Washington (14-4) 14; DePaul (13-6) 13; Oklahoma (12-5) 13; Northwestern (13-4) 12; Miami (Fla.) (14-4) 11; St. John‘s (14-4) 10; LSU (10-8) 7; Iowa State (12-4) 6; Minnesota (16-2) 6; Gonzaga (14-4) 1; Tulane (14-3) 1; Wisconsin-Green Bay (13-3) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s records through Monday in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) |
PointsÂ
|
Last week’s rank
|
First-place votes
|
| 1 | South Carolina (18-0) |
793
|
1
|
25
|
| 2 | Connecticut (16-1) |
775
|
2
|
7
|
| 3 | Baylor (17-1) |
732
|
3
|
0
|
| 4 | Louisville (17-1) |
690
|
4
|
0
|
| 5 | Notre Dame (17-2) |
673
|
7
|
0
|
| 6 | Maryland (15-2) |
623
|
8
|
0
|
| 7 | Tennessee (15-3) |
583
|
6
|
0
|
| 8 | Oregon State (16-1) |
570
|
9
|
0
|
| 9 | Texas (14-3) |
524
|
5
|
0
|
| 10 | Texas A&M (16-3) |
499
|
12
|
0
|
| 11 | North Carolina (16-3) |
486
|
10
|
0
|
| 12 | Arizona State (17-1) |
414
|
17
|
0
|
| 13 | Duke (13-5) |
394
|
14
|
0
|
| 14 | Kentucky (15-4) |
376
|
11
|
0
|
| 15 | Nebraska (14-3) |
371
|
15
|
0
|
| 16 | Stanford (13-5) |
319
|
13
|
0
|
| 17 | Florida State (17-2) |
299
|
19
|
0
|
| 18 | Iowa (14-3) |
220
|
21
|
0
|
| 19 | Georgia (16-3) |
217
|
16
|
0
|
| 20 | Mississippi State (19-2) |
195
|
18
|
0
|
| 21 | Princeton (17-0) |
134
|
23
|
0
|
| 22 | Syracuse (13-5) |
122
|
24
|
0
|
| 23 | Rutgers (13-5) |
93
|
22
|
0
|
| 24 | George Washington (16-2) |
44
|
not ranked
|
0
|
| 25 | Seton Hall (17-2) |
39
|
not ranked
|
0
|
