USA Today coaches poll for Jan. 6, 2015: Arizona St., Florida St., and Princeton enter ranks

While there were no changes in the top five of this week’s women’s basketball coaches poll, three schools broke the ranks of the top 25: Arizona State (13-1) at No. 20, Florida State (13-2) at No. 22 and undefeated Princeton (16-0) at No. 24.

Princeton is also the first Ivy League team to appear in the coaches poll. The Tigers first began receiving votes on Dec. 22. The following week the team earned 35 points before receiving 79 points in the latest edition. Also ranked at No. 22 in the Associated Press poll, the Tigers are the first Ivy team to appear in both national polls at the same time.

“We’re very honored to earn the respect of the coaches in our business,” said head coach Courtney Banghart. “We’re proud of our showing during the non-conference portion of our schedule and are excited for the start of Ivy League play.”

  • Dropped out: No. 23 Washington (11-2), No. 24 DePaul (10-5), No. 25 Northwestern (12-2).
  • Others receiving votes: Washington (11-2) 55; St. John‘s (12-2) 37; South Florida (12-3) 34; Northwestern (12-2) 33; DePaul (10-5) 28; Minnesota (14-1) 23; California (10-3) 22; George Washington (12-2) 15; Seton Hall (13-2) 13; James Madison (10-2) 12; Western Kentucky (12-2) 9.

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)
Points 
Last week’s rank
First-place votes
1 South Carolina (14-0)
794
1
26
2 Connecticut (12-1)
770
2
5
3 Texas (12-0)
736
3
1
4 Notre Dame (14-1)
708
4
0
5 Baylor (12-1)
660
5
0
6 North Carolina (14-1)
601
7
0
7 Louisville (14-1)
596
6
0
8 Texas A&M (14-2)
558
8
0
9 Tennessee (12-2)
536
9
0
10 Maryland (11-2)
529
10
0
11 Kentucky (13-2)
477
11
0
12 Duke (10-4)
420
12
0
13 Oregon State (12-1)
413
13
0
14 Stanford (10-4)
348
15
0
15 Mississippi State (17-0)
337
18
0
16 Oklahoma State (10-2)
307
14
0
17 Iowa (11-2)
281
20
0
18 Nebraska (10-3)
237
16
0
19 Georgia (13-2)
213
19
0
20 Arizona State (13-1)
175
not ranked
0
21 Syracuse (10-4)
101
22
0
22 Florida State (13-2)
90
not ranked
0
23 Rutgers (10-4)
87
17
0
24 Princeton (16-0)
79
not ranked
0
25 West Virginia (10-3)
66
21
0
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