The AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2018-19 women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2018-19 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Baylor (28) | 37-1 | 700 | 1 |
| 2. UConn | 35-3 | 665 | 2 |
| 3. Notre Dame | 35-4 | 648 | 3 |
| 4. Mississippi St. | 33-3 | 614 | 4 |
| 5. Louisville | 32-4 | 579 | 5 |
| 6. Stanford | 31-5 | 568 | 6 |
| 7. Oregon | 33-5 | 531 | 7 |
| 8. Iowa | 29-7 | 509 | 8 |
| 9. Maryland | 29-5 | 456 | 9 |
| 10. NC State | 28-6 | 450 | 10 |
| 11. Oregon St. | 26-8 | 376 | 11 |
| 12. Syracuse | 25-9 | 324 | 15 |
| 13. Iowa St. | 26-9 | 312 | 13 |
| 14. Texas A&M | 26-8 | 301 | 17 |
| 15. South Carolina | 23-10 | 291 | 16 |
| 16. Gonzaga | 29-5 | 284 | 12 |
| 17. Kentucky | 25-8 | 261 | 18 |
| 18. Marquette | 27-8 | 259 | 13 |
| 19. Miami | 25-9 | 246 | 19 |
| 20. UCLA | 22-13 | 131 | 20 |
| 21. Rice | 28-4 | 103 | 24 |
| 22. Arizona St. | 22-11 | 100 | 23 |
| 23. Texas | 23-10 | 82 | 22 |
| 24. DePaul | 26-8 | 75 | – |
| 25. Florida St. | 24-9 | 67 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Drake 54, South Dakota St. 35, BYU 24, Missouri 14, South Dakota 14, Florida Gulf Coast 14, Kansas St 8, UCF 3, Quinnipiac 1, Wright St. 1.
