USA Today Coaches Poll for Dec. 22, 2015: Texas A&M moves up four spots, DePaul drops eight spots
Notes
- Texas A&M moves up four spots to No. 14. Stanford moved up three spots to No. 11.
- DePaul had the biggest drop, eight spots to No. 23. The Blue Demons fell to crosstown rival Loyola Chicago on Monday.
- No. 7 Kentucky and No. 8 Mississippi State moved up one spot each.
- No. 13 FSU dropped three spots after losing to No. 21 Arizona State on Monday.
- Oregon State fell two spots to No. 9. The Beavers lost to Tennessee on Saturday. The Lady Vols remained at No. 16.
- Other teams that fell two spots: No. 15 Northwestern and No. 19 Oklahoma.
- There were no changes in the top six, UConn remained at the top with all of the first place votes.
- No teams fell out of the poll.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Connecticut | 9-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 11-0 | 764 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 10-1 | 726 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 13-0 | 704 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/5 |
| 5 | Maryland | 11-0 | 677 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5/6 |
| 6 | Texas | 10-0 | 628 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6/11 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 10-0 | 604 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8/17 |
| 8 | Mississippi St. | 11-1 | 535 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9/13 |
| 9 | Oregon St. | 9-1 | 517 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 7/9 |
| 10 | Ohio St. | 8-3 | 507 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10/14 |
| 11 | Stanford | 8-2 | 460 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10/16 |
| 12 | Duke | 9-3 | 396 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 9/13 |
| 13 | Florida St. | 9-3 | 391 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 7/14 |
| 14 | Texas A&M | 8-3 | 337 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9/18 |
| 15 | Northwestern | 10-1 | 322 | 0 | 13 | -2 | 13/24 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 8-3 | 313 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4/16 |
| 17 | South Florida | 7-2 | 267 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 17/23 |
| 18 | California | 8-2 | 236 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 15/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 9-2 | 206 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 17/24 |
| 20 | Miami-Florida | 11-1 | 180 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 21/NR |
| 21 | Arizona State | 8-3 | 179 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 15/24 |
| 22 | Michigan St | 9-2 | 143 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 20/NR |
| 23 | DePaul | 8-5 | 116 | 0 | 15 | -8 | 15/22 |
| 24 | Seton Hall | 10-1 | 82 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 21/NR |
| 25 | Iowa | 9-2 | 62 | 0 | 24 | -1 | 19/24 |
*Hi/Low Rankings
Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.
Others Receiving Votes: UCLA 51; Missouri 41; Georgia 40; Florida 33; Oregon 20; Syracuse 13; Virginia Tech 12; St. John’s 8; Nebraska 8; Princeton 7; Southern California 7; Duquesne 3; Dayton 2; Army 1; Brigham Young 1; Tulane 1.
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 2015-16 season: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, Albany; Zenarae Antoine, Texas State; Lynn Bria, Stetson; Joan Bonvicini, Seattle; Dawn Brown, Prairie View A&M; Jamie Craighead, San Jose State; Kristy Curry, Alabama; Denise Dillon, Drexel; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Oties Epps, Evansville; Brittney Ezell, East Tennessee State; Jason Flowers, Cal-State Northridge; Susan Robinson Fruchtl, Providence; Stephanie Gaitley, Fordham; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Joe Haigh, Saint Francis (Pa.); Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse; Ali Jaques, Siena; Jeff Judkins, Brigham Young; Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, North Carolina-Asheville; Kelly Lewis-Jay, Florida Atlantic; Jim Littell, Oklahoma State; Dave Magarity, Army; David Midlick, Austin Peay; Regina Miller, Illinois-Chicago; Mike Neighbors, Washington; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Brady Sallee, Ball State; Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington; Dayna Smith, Cornell; Coquese Washington, Penn State; Amy Williams, South Dakota.
