UConn tops 2016-17 USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll

2016-17 USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll

Connecticut is No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports preseason women’s basketball poll (USA Today)

Rank	Team	Last season’s record	Points	1st Place Votes	Hi/Low
1	Connecticut	38-0	755	18	1/1
2	Notre Dame	33-2	739	8	2/2
3	South Carolina	33-2	712	3	3/3
4	Baylor	36-2	709	2	4/4
5	Maryland	31-4	603	0	5/5
6	Texas	31-5	594	1	6/6
6	Ohio St.	26-8	594	0	6/6
8	Louisville	26-8	586	0	8/8
9	UCLA	26-9	481	0	9/9
10	Stanford	27-8	467	0	10/10
11	Mississippi St.	28-8	446	0	11/11
12	Florida St.	25-8	431	0	12/12
13	Syracuse	30-8	394	0	13/13
14	Tennessee	22-14	360	0	14/14
15	Washington	26-11	352	0	15/15
16	Arizona State	26-7	321	0	16/16
17	Oregon St.	32-5	255	0	17/17
18	Oklahoma	22-11	235	0	18/18
19	Kentucky	25-8	227	0	19/19
20	Miami-Florida	24-9	179	0	20/20
21	DePaul	27-9	173	0	21/21
22	Michigan St	25-9	167	0	22/22
23	Texas A&M	22-10	123	0	23/23
24	Florida	22-9	101	0	24/24
25	West Virginia	25-10	76	0	25/25

*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
South Florida 65; Indiana 51; South Dakota State 38; Missouri 17; Colorado State 17; Duke 16; Auburn 14; Creighton 10; Michigan 10; Western Kentucky 10; St. John?s 9; Wisconsin-Green Bay 7; Northwestern 7; Oklahoma State 7; Pennsylvania 6; North Carolina State 5; Georgia 5; California 4; Temple 4; Brigham Young 3; Iowa 3; Oregon 2; Gonzaga 2; George Washington 2; Duquesne 2; Drake 1; Georgia Tech 1; Troy 1; Tulane 1.

List of Voters
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. The board for the 2016-17 season: Zenarae Antoine, Texas State; Mary Burke, Bryant; Cara Consuegra, Charlotte; Jamie Craighead, San Jose State; Kristy Curry, Alabama; Bradley Davis, Pacific; Denise Dillon, Drexel; Brittney Ezell, East Tennessee State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Jason Flowers, Cal State Northridge; Darrick Gibbs, North Florida; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Kellie Harper, Missouri State; DeUnna Hendrix, High Point; Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse; Ali Jaques, Siena; Carolyn Kieger, Marquette; Jim Littell, Oklahoma State; Greg McCall, Cal State Bakersfield; David Midlick, Austin Peay; Regina Miller, Illinois-Chicago; Mike Neighbors, Washington; Brenda Nichols, Sam Houston State; Courtney Pruitt, Alcorn State; Aaron Roussell, Bucknell; Brady Sallee, Ball State; Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington; Michael Shafer, Richmond; Dayna Smith, Cornell; Phil Stern, Maryland-Baltimore County; Maren Walseth, North Dakota State; Coquese Washington, Penn State.

UConn tops 2016-17 USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll

2016-17 USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll

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