USA Today Women’s College Basketball Top 25 Poll
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s ranking | First-place votes |
| 1 | Connecticut (37-3) | 775 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | South Carolina (35-4) | 743 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | UCLA (34-3) | 697 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas (35-4) | 691 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (31-4) | 629 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | TCU (34-4) | 612 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Duke (29-8) | 590 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | LSU (31-6) | 547 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Notre Dame (28-6) | 517 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State (28-7) | 508 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma (27-8) | 456 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | North Carolina (29-8) | 405 | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | Kentucky (23-8) | 368 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Maryland (25-8) | 362 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | Kansas State (28-8) | 320 | 18 | 0 |
| 16 | Tennessee (24-10) | 306 | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | Ohio State (26-7) | 298 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | Baylor (28-8) | 248 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | West Virginia (25-8) | 230 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Mississippi (22-11) | 195 | 25 | 0 |
| 21 | Alabama (24-9) | 152 | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State (25-7) | 115 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | South Dakota State (30-4) | 105 | 23 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida State (24-9) | 82 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | Creighton (26-7) | 46 | 22 | 0 |
Dropped out: None.
Others receiving votes: Richmond (28-7) 22; Michigan State (22-10) 13; Iowa (23-11) 11; Michigan (23-11) 8; Louisville (22-11) 6; Minnesota (25-11) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (30-4) 4; James Madison (30-6) 3; Indiana (20-13) 2; George Mason (27-6) 2; Columbia (24-7) 1; Iowa State (23-12) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (record) | Points | Last week’s ranking | First-place votes |
| 1 | Connecticut (37-3) | 775 | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | South Carolina (35-4) | 743 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | UCLA (34-3) | 697 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Texas (35-4) | 691 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (31-4) | 629 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | TCU (34-4) | 612 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Duke (29-8) | 590 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | LSU (31-6) | 547 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Notre Dame (28-6) | 517 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | North Carolina State (28-7) | 508 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma (27-8) | 456 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | North Carolina (29-8) | 405 | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | Kentucky (23-8) | 368 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Maryland (25-8) | 362 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | Kansas State (28-8) | 320 | 18 | 0 |
| 16 | Tennessee (24-10) | 306 | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | Ohio State (26-7) | 298 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | Baylor (28-8) | 248 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | West Virginia (25-8) | 230 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Mississippi (22-11) | 195 | 25 | 0 |
| 21 | Alabama (24-9) | 152 | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State (25-7) | 115 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | South Dakota State (30-4) | 105 | 23 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida State (24-9) | 82 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | Creighton (26-7) | 46 | 22 | 0 |