USA Today coaches poll for Feb. 24, 2015: Oregon State, FSU, Arizona State and Princeton continue to rise
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 | Connecticut (27-1) |
800
|
1
|
32
|
| 2 | South Carolina (26-1) |
766
|
2
|
0
|
| 3 | Baylor (26-1) |
734
|
3
|
0
|
| 4 | Notre Dame (26-2) |
706
|
4
|
0
|
| 5 | Maryland (25-2) |
673
|
5
|
0
|
| 6 | Tennessee (23-4) |
622
|
6
|
0
|
| 7 | Oregon State (25-2) |
609
|
8
|
0
|
| 8 | Florida State (25-3) |
562
|
9
|
0
|
| 9 | Louisville (23-4) |
558
|
7
|
0
|
| 10 | Arizona State (24-4) |
493
|
13
|
0
|
| 11 | North Carolina (22-6) |
462
|
14
|
0
|
| 12 | Texas A&M (22-6) |
452
|
15
|
0
|
| 13 | Mississippi State (25-4) |
412
|
16
|
0
|
| 14 | Princeton (25-0) |
332
|
17
|
0
|
| 15 | Kentucky (19-8) |
326
|
10
|
0
|
| 16 | Iowa (21-6) |
311
|
11
|
0
|
| 17 | Duke (19-8) |
301
|
12
|
0
|
| 18 | Rutgers (20-7) |
199
|
18
|
0
|
| T19 | Chattanooga (25-3) |
181
|
22
|
0
|
| T19 | Stanford (20-8) |
181
|
19
|
0
|
| 21 | George Washington (24-3) |
143
|
23
|
0
|
| 22 | Florida Gulf Coast (25-2) |
114
|
24
|
0
|
| 23 | Nebraska (19-8) |
104
|
20
|
0
|
| 24 | Texas (18-8) |
62
|
25
|
0
|
| 25 | Seton Hall (24-4) |
54
|
not ranked
|
0
|
Dropped out: No. 21 James Madison (23-3).
Others receiving votes: Syracuse (20-8) 52; South Florida (22-5) 46; James Madison (23-3) 42; Northwestern (21-6) 40; DePaul (22-7) 15; California (20-7) 14; Western Kentucky (23-4) 10; St. John‘s (19-8) 8; Arkansas-Little Rock (22-4) 4; Minnesota (22-6) 3; Oklahoma (17-9) 3; Gonzaga (22-5) 2; Ohio State (19-9) 2; Miami (Fla.) (18-9) 1; Washington (20-8) 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.
