Notre Dame tops first Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed NCAA DI Top 25 Poll for the 2018-19 season

The Her Hoop Stats Breakdown || Voting panel

Notre Dame, the reigning national champion, tops the first Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed Poll of the 2018-19 season. UConn comes in at No. 2 with one first place vote.

The top-ranked Irish overcame a slow start to defeat Penn 75-55 Monday night. The Huskies took down Ohio State 85-53 to start their season on Sunday. No. 3 Oregon edged No. 18 Syracuse, 75-73, on Saturday. Baylor survived a tough test against No. 22 Arizona State Sunday afternoon with a 65-59 victory for the third win of the season for the Lady Bears.

Louisville comes in at No. 5 with two wins, the first over Western Kentucky (102-80) and the second against Chattanooga (75-49). The second victory gave head coach Jeff Walz his 300th career win.

Mississippi State, Stanford, Oregon State, Maryland and South Carolina round out the top ten.

Syracuse and Arizona State are the only ranked teams that experienced defeat during opening week.

Other teams that received votes in the poll: Northwestern, Minnesota, Duke, UCLA, Gonzaga and TCU.

Sport Tours International/Hoopfeed NCAA DI Top 25 Poll for Nov. 13, 2018

Rank	School	Record	Points
1	Notre Dame	1-0	424
2	UConn	1-0	408
3	Oregon	2-0	377
4	Baylor	3-0	372
5	Louisville	2-0	360
6	Mississippi State	2-0	351
7	Stanford	2-0	316
8	Oregon State	1-0	288
9	Maryland	2-0	286
10	South Carolina	1-0	278
11	Texas	1-0	259
12	Tennessee	1-0	244
13	Iowa	2-0	200
14	Georgia	2-0	200
15	DePaul	1-0	182
16	Missouri	1-0	164
17	NC State	2-0	143
18	Syracuse	1-1	139
19	Marquette	3-0	100
20	South Florida	2-0	91
21	Texas A&M	2-0	90
22	Arizona State	1-1	77
23	California	2-0	62
24	Miami	3-0	40
25	West Virginia	2-0	32

The STI/Hoopfeed Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of media members and other women’s basketball professionals. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25^th.

This week’s AP Poll || USA Today Coaches Poll

The Her Hoop Stats Statistical Breakdown

The Her Hoop Stats staff provides some interesting statistical insight on teams in the top 25 and programs received votes in the poll.
PPSA = Points Per Scoring Attempt

Notre Dame

• Lowest foul rate in the country: 11.1%
• Fifth in assists per game with 24.0
•  62.9% total rebounding rate is 12^th in the nation

UConn

• Eighth in turnovers per game with 10.0
• Seventh in assist to turnover ratio with 1.90
• 92.2 percentile in opponent 2-point percentage: 29.7%

Oregon

• First in assisted shot rate: 87.0% (!!!)
• Top 20 in foul rate (15.3%) and Assist to turnover ratio (1.67)

Baylor

• One of seven team with three wins
• First in FG%: 60.1%
• Fifth in total rebound rate (67.1%)
• First in assists per game (27.0)

Louisville

• Top 10 in FG% (55.5%), 2-point FG% (62.7%, and PPSA (1.35)
• Detractor – 35.9% foul rate is 325/335 eligible teams

Mississippi State

• Second in blocks per game: 9.5
• 12^th in opponent 2-point %: 26.1%
  • But… 287/335 in opp 3-point %:40.9%

Stanford

• Fourth in total rebounding rate: 68.7%
• Ninth in block rate: 19.7%
• Sixth in opponent 2-point %: 24.2%
  • But… like Miss State – Opp. 3-Point % is 41.8%: 293/335

Oregon State

• 18^th in Effective FG%: 58.7%
• 45.6% of points are from 3’s
• Second in Assist to turnover ratio: 2.40

Maryland

• Sixth in rebounds per game: 61.0

South Carolina

• Sixth in Opp points per game, 38.0 (Just one game)
• First in steals per game (22.0) and steal rate (28.8%)

Texas

• 11^th in opponent PPSA: 0.67
• 21^st in opponent assists per game: 7.0

Tennessee

• First in opponent turnovers per game: 39.0

Iowa

• Sixth best 3-point%: 53.8%
• 10^th for PPSA: 1.28
• 13^th in total rebounding rate: 62.2%

Georgia

• Sixth for blocks per game: 8.5
• Fourth in opponent PPSA 0.57

DePaul

• Fourth in three-point rate: 55.7% of shots are three pointers
• Top 30 in assisted shot rate (72.7%), steals per game (13.0) and steal rate (18.1%)

Missouri

• Fourth in defensive rebounding rate: 86.7%
• First in opponent assists per game: 3.0 (just one game)

North Carolina State

• Haven’t allowed a block in first two games (tied with 17 other teams)

Syracuse

• 21^st in turnover rate: 13.0%

Marquette

• Held South Dakota State to just 52 points
• Eighth in nation in PPSA: 1.28

Texas A&M

• Eighth in blocks per game: 7.5
• 15th in opponent steals per game: 4.0

South Florida

• 17^th in opponent FG%: 26.8%
• 18^th in total rebounding rate: 61.4%

Arizona State

• Third in assisted shot rate: 83.7%

California

• Senior center Kristine Anigwe’s 22 rebounds vs. Penn State Sunday are tied for the most by any Division I player in a game so far this season.

Miami

• 11^th in effective FG%: 61.8%
• 11^th in assists per game: 22.3

Minnesota

• Sixth in assist to turnover ratio: 2.00
• 10^th in blocks per game: 7.0

West Virginia

• 16^th in total rebound rate: 61.8%
• 11^th in steal rate: 20.7%

Central Michigan

• Fifth in PPSA: 1.35
• 12^th in assists per game: 22.0

Voting Panel

Mel Greenberg
Joan Bonvicini
Prentice Beverly
Brenda VanLengen
Charles Hallman
Rhiannon Potkey
Kristopher Gardner
Jenn Hatfield (for Her Hoop Stats)
Cindy Brunson
Kevin Danna
Jacob Rayburn
Jasmine Baker
Ben Parker
Viet Nguyen
Michael Roberson
Lisa Bodine
LaChina Robinson Did not vote this week
Elbert Kinnebrew Did not vote this week
Ari Chambers  Did not vote this week
Cheryl Coward