USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11/23/21
The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and first-place votes received. The poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools. The panel is chosen by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The members represent each of the 32 Division I conferences that receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s rank | First-place votes | AP Rank |
| 1 | South Carolina (6-0) | 799 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| 2 | Connecticut (3-1) | 741 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Maryland (6-0) | 730 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | North Carolina State (4-1) | 686 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Stanford (3-1) | 672 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Indiana (4-0) | 653 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Louisville (3-1) | 590 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Baylor (3-1) | 526 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Michigan (5-0) | 493 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Tennessee (4-0) | 488 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Iowa (4-0) | 469 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Arizona (4-0) | 450 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Oregon (3-2) | 393 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Iowa State (4-0) | 327 | 16 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | UCLA (3-0) | 324 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 16 | Texas (3-1) | 290 | 21 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | Kentucky (3-1) | 287 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | Texas A&M (4-0) | 259 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | Oregon St. (3-0) | 223 | 18 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | South Florida (4-2) | 193 | 22 | 0 | 18 |
| 21 | Georgia (4-0) | 179 | 19 | 0 | – |
| 22 | Florida State (4-0) | 116 | 24 | 0 | 17 |
| 23 | West Virginia (3-0) | 104 | 23 | 0 | 22 |
| 24 | Ohio State (3-0) | 89 | 25 | 0 | 21 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech (4-1) | 75 | 20 | 0 | – |
Dropped out:Â None.
Others Receiving Votes
Virginia Tech (5-0) 62; Florida Gulf Coast (5-0) 42; Gonzaga (3-1) 36; Notre Dame (5-0) 14; North Carolina (4-0) 13; Missouri State (3-1) 12; Colorado (4-0) 11; Central Florida (3-1) 10; Michigan State (4-1) 9; Washington State (3-0) 9; Brigham Young (4-0) 5; Wake Forest (5-0) 5; Oklahoma (5-1) 4; Mississippi (3-1) 3; Tulane (4-0) 3; Utah (4-0) 3; Arkansas (4-1) 2; Belmont (3-2) 1.
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 2021-22 season: Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Suzy Barcomb, Seattle; Kim Barnes Arico, Michigan; Fred Batchelor, Maryland-Eastern Shore; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Long Beach State; Jamie Craighhead, San Jose State; Megan Duffy, Marquette; Ronny Fisher, Campbell; Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Robyn Fralick, Bowling Green; Andrea Gorski, Bradley; Carey Green, Liberty; Simon Harris, East Tennessee State; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Monique LeBlanc, Brown; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Jalie Mitchell, North Texas; Mike Neighbors, Arkansas; Raegan Pebley, TCU; DoBee Plaisance, Nicholls State; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Lynne Roberts, Utah; Seton Sobolewski, Idaho State; Lisa Stockton, Tulane; C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers; Angelika Szumilo, Fairleigh Dickinson; Amy Vachon, Maine; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Jaida Williams, Coastal Carolina; Doshia Woods, Denver.
