USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 2: Tennessee falls to No. 25, no changes in top 8
Notes
- There were no changes in the top 8: UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland, Texas, Ohio State and Oregon State.
- Florida State moved up two spots to re-enter the top 10 at No. 9. Arizona State fell one spot to No. 10. The Sun Devils lost to Oregon State last night.
- Syracuse moved up to No. 23, re-entering the poll. Florida also re-entered at No. 22.
- Kentucky fell six spots to No. 6. No. 20 Miami and No. 24 DePaul fell three places each.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 2, 2016
Rank | School (Record) | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes |
1 | Connecticut (20-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
2 | South Carolina (21-0) | 766 | 2 | 0 |
3 | Notre Dame (21-1) | 736 | 3 | 0 |
4 | Baylor (21-1) | 703 | 4 | 0 |
5 | Maryland (19-2) | 665 | 5 | 0 |
6 | Texas (20-1) | 646 | 6 | 0 |
7 | Ohio State (17-4) | 603 | 7 | 0 |
8 | Oregon State (18-3) | 579 | 8 | 0 |
9 | Florida State (18-4) | 517 | 11 | 0 |
10 | Arizona State (18-4) | 487 | 9 | 0 |
11 | Texas A&M (15-6) | 468 | 10 | 0 |
12 | Mississippi State (19-4) | 428 | 13 | 0 |
13 | Louisville (17-5) | 411 | 14 | 0 |
14 | Michigan State (16-4) | 352 | 15 | 0 |
15 | Stanford (17-5) | 317 | 16 | 0 |
16 | UCLA (16-5) | 286 | 19 | 0 |
17 | South Florida (15-5) | 271 | 18 | 0 |
18 | Kentucky (15-5) | 265 | 12 | 0 |
19 | Oklahoma (15-5) | 223 | 20 | 0 |
20 | Miami (Fla.) (18-4) | 210 | 17 | 0 |
21 | Missouri (18-4) | 137 | 24 | 0 |
22 | Florida (18-4) | 121 | not ranked | 0 |
23 | Syracuse (16-6) | 67 | not ranked | 0 |
24 | DePaul (17-7) | 57 | 21 | 0 |
25 | Tennessee (13-8) | 47 | 23 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Wisconsin-Green Bay (18-3), No. 25 Seton Hall (17-5).
Others receiving votes: Duquesne (19-2) 44; George Washington (19-3) 31; Brigham Young (18-4) 30; Seton Hall (17-5) 27; Washington (16-5) 17; UTEP (18-1) 15; St. John’s (16-6) 13; Oklahoma State (16-4) 12; Wisconsin-Green Bay (18-3) 12; Duke (16-7) 11; North Carolina State (16-6) 11; Albany (17-3) 5; Western Kentucky (17-3) 4; Florida Gulf Coast (18-4) 2; Ohio (17-3) 1; Princeton (13-4) 1; San Diego (20-2) 1; West Virginia (16-6) 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.
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