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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Preseason Poll: November 13, 2007
The Top 25 women's basketball coaches poll, with team's RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY
in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one
point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll and first-place votes received:
|
Rank
|
School (2006-07 record) |
Points
|
Last Week's Rank
|
First-Place Votes
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1
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Tennessee (1-0) |
772
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1
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28
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2
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Connecticut (1-0) |
730
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2
|
2
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3
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Maryland (2-0) |
688
|
4
|
0
|
|
4
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LSU (2-0) |
681
|
5
|
1
|
|
5
|
Stanford (2-0) |
636
|
8
|
0
|
|
6
|
North Carolina (2-0) |
619
|
7
|
0
|
|
7
|
Rutgers (0-1) |
594
|
3
|
0
|
|
8
|
Oklahoma (0-1) |
518
|
6
|
0
|
|
9
|
Duke (1-0) |
513
|
9
|
0
|
|
10
|
Georgia (2-0) |
503
|
10
|
0
|
|
11
|
Texas A&M (1-0) |
470
|
11
|
0
|
|
12
|
George Washington (2-0) |
414
|
13
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0
|
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13
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Baylor (3-0) |
367
|
15
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0
|
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14
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Arizona State (0-1) |
347
|
12
|
0
|
|
15
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California (1-0) |
334
|
14
|
0
|
|
16
|
Ohio State (1-0) |
288
|
16
|
0
|
|
17
|
Vanderbilt (2-0) |
255
|
17
|
0
|
|
18
|
Michigan State (2-0) |
205
|
18
|
0
|
|
19
|
Florida State (2-0) |
202
|
19
|
0
|
|
20
|
West Virginia (1-0) |
142
|
22
|
0
|
|
21
|
Louisville (1-0) |
140
|
23
|
0
|
|
22
|
Texas (1-0) |
113
|
24
|
0
|
|
23
|
Purdue (1-0) |
108
|
20
|
0
|
|
24
|
North Carolina State (1-0) |
78
|
25
|
0
|
|
25
|
Notre Dame (1-0) |
41
|
not ranked
|
0
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Dropped out: No. 21 Pittsburgh (2-1).
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 39; Auburn 33; DePaul 27; Wyoming
25; Marquette 21; Penn State 19; Wisconsin 17; Middle Tennessee 15; Arizona
12; New Mexico 12; Georgia Tech 11; Oklahoma State 11; Western Kentucky 11;
Brigham Young 9; Iowa State 7; Gonzaga 5; Minnesota 5; Boise State 4; Marist
4; Southern California 4; TCU 4; Temple 4; Bowling Green 3; Kentucky 2; Mississippi
2; Montana 2; Tulane 2; UCLA 2; Xavier 2; Hartford 1; Nebraska 1; Old Dominion
1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division
I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
The board for the 2007-08 season: Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh; Pam Borton, Minnesota;
Brian Boyer, Arkansas State; Beth Burns, San Diego State; Debra Clark, Florida
A&M; Beth Couture, Butler; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Dana Eikenberg,
Southern Illinois; Tricia Fabbri, Quinnipiac; Sharon Fanning, Mississippi State;
Brian Giorgis, Marist; Julie Goodenough, Charleston Southern; Kellie Harper,
Western Carolina; Mary Hegarty, Long Beach State; Nate Kilbert, Mississippi
Valley State; Melissa McFerrin, American; Kevin McGuff, Xavier; Tina Martin,
Delaware; Curt Miller, Bowling Green; Dan Muscatell, Sacramento State; Paul
Nixon, Columbia; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb; Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin;
Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Julie Rousseau,
Pepperdine; Brady Sallee, Eastern Illinois; Cindy Stein, Missouri; LaVonda Wagner,
Oregon State; Adrian Wiggins, Fresno State; Kay Yow, North Carolina State.
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