USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 26, 2016: Arizona State enters top ten, Green Bay and Missouri enter
Notes
- There were no changes in the top 8: UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland, Texas, Ohio State and Oregon State.
- UCLA moved up six spots to No. 19. Seton Hall re-entered the poll at No. 25.
- Green Bay entered the poll at No. 22 and Missouri entered at No. 24.
- No. 14 Louisville and no. 15 Michigan State rose three spots each.
- Arizona State entered the top ten for the first time this season at No. 9. No. 10 Texas A&M moved up two spots to re-enter the top 10.
- Florida State moved up two spots to No. 11
- No. 12 Kentucky, No. 13 Mississippi State and No. 18 South Florida dropped three spots each. No. 16 Stanford fell two spots.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 26, 2016
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Connecticut | 18-0 | 799 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 19-0 | 769 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 19-1 | 735 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 19-1 | 702 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/7 |
| 5 | Maryland | 17-2 | 664 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5/8 |
| 6 | Texas | 18-1 | 649 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4/11 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 15-4 | 597 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5/14 |
| 8 | Oregon State | 16-3 | 577 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7/12 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 17-3 | 537 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11/24 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 14-5 | 475 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9/18 |
| 11 | Florida State | 16-4 | 471 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7/15 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 15-3 | 450 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 7/17 |
| 13 | Mississippi State | 17-4 | 374 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 6/13 |
| 14 | Louisville | 15-5 | 358 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8/NR |
| 15 | Michigan State | 14-4 | 319 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18/NR |
| 16 | Stanford | 15-5 | 284 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 10/16 |
| 17 | Miami (Florida) | 17-3 | 255 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 16/NR |
| 18 | South Florida | 13-5 | 226 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 15/23 |
| 19 | UCLA | 14-5 | 213 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 21/NR |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 13-5 | 185 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 17/24 |
| 21 | DePaul | 16-6 | 182 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 15/25 |
| 22 | Green Bay | 17-2 | 71 | 0 | NR | 4 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Tennessee | 12-7 | 69 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 4/22 |
| 24 | Missouri | 16-4 | 62 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 24/NR |
| 25 | Seton Hall | 16-4 | 39 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 20/NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Florida (16-4) 37; Duquesne (17-2) 36; West Virginia (16-4) 34; Syracuse (14-6) 33; Washington (15-4) 33; Duke (15-6) 32; George Washington (17-3) 29; St. John’s (16-4) 22; Northwestern (13-7) 19; Western Kentucky (16-2) 18; Brigham Young (16-4) 17; Oklahoma State (14-4) 14; North Carolina State (14-6) 5; Villanova (12-7) 3; Albany (15-3) 2; Florida Gulf Coast (16-4) 1; Princeton (11-4) 1; Texas-El Paso (16-1) 1; Tulane (15-5) 1.
Dropped out: No. 20 Northwestern (13-7), No. 23 Florida (16-4), No. 24 Syracuse (14-6).
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.
