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 (13-0) | 775 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | South Carolina (12-1) | 741 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (11-2) | 678 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU (15-0) | 677 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (12-1) | 659 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas (13-1) | 621 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Maryland (12-0) | 572 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Connecticut (11-2) | 559 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ohio State (13-0) | 526 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma (12-1) | 498 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Kansas State (13-1) | 461 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | TCU (13-1) | 431 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Tennessee (12-0) | 384 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech (14-0) | 355 | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | Duke (10-3) | 344 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Kentucky (11-1) | 319 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | North Carolina (13-2) | 284 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | West Virginia (10-2) | 229 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | North Carolina State (10-3) | 181 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Alabama (13-1) | 178 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Michigan State (11-2) | 161 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | Iowa (11-2) | 118 | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | California (13-1) | 95 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | Baylor (11-2) | 87 | 23 | 0 |
| 25 | Mississippi (9-3) | 27 | NR | 0 |
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Dropped out: No. 25 Michigan (10-3).
Others receiving votes: Mississippi State (13-1) 25; Utah (10-2) 23; Vanderbilt (13-1) 23; Michigan (10-3) 15; Illinois (11-2) 13; Florida State (11-2) 11; George Mason (11-1) 4; Nebraska (10-3) 1.
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 (13-0) | 775 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | South Carolina (12-1) | 741 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (11-2) | 678 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU (15-0) | 677 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Southern California (12-1) | 659 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas (13-1) | 621 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Maryland (12-0) | 572 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Connecticut (11-2) | 559 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Ohio State (13-0) | 526 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma (12-1) | 498 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Kansas State (13-1) | 461 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | TCU (13-1) | 431 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Tennessee (12-0) | 384 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech (14-0) | 355 | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | Duke (10-3) | 344 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Kentucky (11-1) | 319 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | North Carolina (13-2) | 284 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | West Virginia (10-2) | 229 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | North Carolina State (10-3) | 181 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Alabama (13-1) | 178 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Michigan State (11-2) | 161 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | Iowa (11-2) | 118 | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | California (13-1) | 95 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | Baylor (11-2) | 87 | 23 | 0 |
| 25 | Mississippi (9-3) | 27 | NR | 0 |