USA Today Coaches Poll for Dec. 29, 2015: Ohio State, Texas A&M and Seton Hall move up
Notes
- Three teams moved up one spot: No. 9 Ohio State, No. 13 Texas A&M and No. 23 Seton Hall.
- Florida Stat is in a tie at No. 13 with Texas A&M.
- Two teams fell a spot: No. 10 Oregon State and No. 24 DePaul.
- There were no changes in the top eight, 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 | 10-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 12-0 | 768 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 11-1 | 720 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 13-0 | 708 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/5 |
| 5 | Maryland | 11-1 | 659 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5/6 |
| 6 | Texas | 11-0 | 654 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6/11 |
| 7 | Kentucky | 11-0 | 607 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7/17 |
| 8 | Mississippi St. | 12-1 | 550 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8/13 |
| 9 | Ohio St. | 8-3 | 517 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9/14 |
| 10 | Oregon St. | 9-2 | 506 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 7/10 |
| 11 | Stanford | 10-2 | 475 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10/16 |
| 12 | Duke | 9-3 | 411 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9/13 |
| 13 | Florida St. | 10-3 | 369 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7/14 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 9-3 | 369 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9/18 |
| 15 | Northwestern | 11-1 | 352 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13/24 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 8-3 | 290 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4/16 |
| 17 | South Florida | 7-2 | 282 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17/23 |
| 18 | California | 8-2 | 237 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 9-2 | 209 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17/NR |
| 20 | Miami-Florida | 12-1 | 165 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Arizona State | 9-3 | 164 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 15/24 |
| 22 | Michigan St | 9-2 | 129 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 20/NR |
| 23 | Seton Hall | 10-1 | 83 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 21/NR |
| 24 | DePaul | 8-5 | 79 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 15/24 |
| 25 | Iowa | 10-2 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 19/25 |
*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 44; Georgia 42; Missouri 41; Florida 24; Oregon 18; Syracuse 15; Virginia Tech 14; Princeton 9; St. John?s 8; Nebraska 8; Southern California 7; Auburn 4; Duquesne 3; Dayton 2; Boston College 2; Army 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.
