USA Today Women’s College Basketball Top 25 Poll
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY 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 | UCLA (30-2) | 761 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | South Carolina (30-3) | 744 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | UConn (31-3) | 719 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | USC (28-3) | 667 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas (31-3) | 642 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | TCU (31-3) | 623 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Duke (26-7) | 583 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Notre Dame (26-5) | 558 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | North Carolina State (26-6) | 531 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | LSU (28-5) | 502 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma (25-7) | 462 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky (22-7) | 400 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Ohio State (25-6) | 392 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | North Carolina (27-7) | 388 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | West Virginia (24-7) | 311 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Baylor (27-7) | 311 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Maryland (23-7) | 268 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Kansas State (26-7) | 218 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State (25-6) | 198 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Tennessee (22-9) | 197 | 19 | 0 |
| 21 | Alabama (23-8) | 146 | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Creighton (26-6) | 138 | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | South Dakota State (29-3) | 126 | 23 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida State (23-8) | 70 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | Ole Miss (20-10) | 45 | 25 | 0 |
Dropped out:
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State (21-9) 20; George Mason (27-5) 15; Richmond (27-6) 9; FGCU (30-3) 7; Louisville (21-10) 6; California (25-8) 5; Columbia (23-6) 4; James Madison (28-5) 3; Vanderbilt (22-10) 2; Iowa State (22-11) 2; Iowa (22-10) 2.
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY 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 | UCLA (30-2) | 761 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | South Carolina (30-3) | 744 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | UConn (31-3) | 719 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | USC (28-3) | 667 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Texas (31-3) | 642 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | TCU (31-3) | 623 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Duke (26-7) | 583 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Notre Dame (26-5) | 558 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | North Carolina State (26-6) | 531 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | LSU (28-5) | 502 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Oklahoma (25-7) | 462 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky (22-7) | 400 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Ohio State (25-6) | 392 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | North Carolina (27-7) | 388 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | West Virginia (24-7) | 311 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | Baylor (27-7) | 311 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Maryland (23-7) | 268 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Kansas State (26-7) | 218 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State (25-6) | 198 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Tennessee (22-9) | 197 | 19 | 0 |
| 21 | Alabama (23-8) | 146 | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Creighton (26-6) | 138 | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | South Dakota State (29-3) | 126 | 23 | 0 |
| 24 | Florida State (23-8) | 70 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | Ole Miss (20-10) | 45 | 25 | 0 |