The AP Top 25 Women’s Basketball Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Mar. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. South Carolina (27) | 29-1 | 747 | 1 |
| 2. Baylor (2) | 27-1 | 713 | 2 |
| 3. Oregon (1) | 28-2 | 700 | 3 |
| 4. Louisville | 27-3 | 641 | 5 |
| 5. UConn | 25-3 | 618 | 6 |
| 6. Maryland | 25-4 | 615 | 7 |
| 7. Stanford | 25-5 | 550 | 4 |
| 8. UCLA | 25-4 | 541 | 9 |
| 9. Mississippi St. | 25-5 | 489 | 10 |
| 10. NC State | 25-4 | 459 | 8 |
| 11. Northwestern | 26-3 | 450 | 14 |
| 12. Gonzaga | 28-2 | 447 | 11 |
| 13. Arizona | 23-6 | 372 | 13 |
| 14. Oregon St. | 22-8 | 331 | 17 |
| 15. Texas A&M | 22-7 | 293 | 12 |
| 16. Kentucky | 21-7 | 259 | 15 |
| 17. South Dakota | 27-2 | 254 | 20 |
| 18. DePaul | 25-5 | 247 | 16 |
| 19. Iowa | 23-6 | 232 | 18 |
| 20. Indiana | 23-7 | 211 | 22 |
| 21. Princeton | 24-1 | 153 | 23 |
| 22. Florida St. | 22-7 | 142 | 19 |
| 23. Missouri St. | 24-4 | 104 | 21 |
| 24. Arizona St. | 20-10 | 75 | 24 |
| 25. Arkansas | 22-7 | 44 | – |
Others receiving votes: Duke 16, Rutgers 10, Old Dominion 7, Cent Michigan 7, TCU 6, Virginia Tech 4, Marquette 4, James Madison 2, Tennessee 2, Texas 2, LSU 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1.
