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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

Week 12:
February 2, 2010

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 (First Place Votes)
Record Points Last Week's Ranking
  1. Connecticut (31) 21-0 775 1
  2. Stanford 19-1 742 2
  3. Notre Dame 20-1 702 3
  4. Nebraska 19-0 693 4
  5. Tennessee 19-2 650 5
  6. Duke 18-3 617 7
  7. Xavier 16-3 581 10
  8. West Virginia 20-2 554 11
  9. Ohio State 21-3 507 6
  10. Texas A&M 15-4 440 8
  11. Oklahoma State 18-3 434 17
  12. Florida State 19-4 417 14
  13. Oklahoma 15-5 388 12
  14. Georgia 18-4 381 9
  15. North Carolina 16-4 346 13
  16. Georgetown 18-3 329 15
  17. Baylor 15-5 270 16
  18. Kentucky 18-3 245 23
  19. Iowa State 16-4 194 18
  20. Wisconsin-Green Bay 18-2 151 22
  21. LSU 15-5 137 19
  22. Vanderbilt 16-6 104 24
  23. Texas 14-6 101 25
  24. Virginia 15-6 67 20
  25. St. John's 18-3 58 NR

Dropped out: No. 21 TCU.

Others receiving votes: Gonzaga (18-4) 49; TCU (15-5) 46; Hartford (18-3) 31; East Carolina (17-4) 14; Gardner-Webb (18-3) 11; Georgia Tech (18-5) 6; Vermont (17-5) 5; DePaul (15-7) 4; Southern Methodist (15-5) 4; Dayton (16-5) 3; Fresno State (17-5) 3; Marquette (13-8) 3; Penn State (15-6) 3; Southern California (13-7) 3; San Diego State (13-6) 2; Toledo (17-4) 2; Miami (Fla.) (14-7) 1; Syracuse (16-5) 1; Tulane (16-4) 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 2009-10 season: Phil Stern, University of Maryland - Baltimore County; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State University; Jose Fernandez, University of South Florida; Jamie White, University of Northern Colorado; Marcia Foster, Cal State Fullerton; Dayna Smith, Cornell University; Mike Bradbury, Morehead State University; Gordy Presnell, Boise State University; Rick Reeves, Gardner Webb; Sharon Versyp, Purdue; LaVonda Wagner, Oregon State University; Mike Morris, Samford University; Rick Pietri, University of South Alabama; Tanya Haave, University of San Francisco; Cynthia Cooper-Dykes, Prairie View A&M Univ.; Nell Fortner, Auburn; Jim Flanery, Creighton University; Michael Shafer, Univ. of Richmond; Lynn Bria, Stetson; Kenny Brooks, James Madison; Royce Chadwick, Marshall; Sandy Botham; University of Wisconsin - Millwaukee, Stephanie DeWolfe, Saint Peter's College; Sue Guevara, Central Michigan; Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State University; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Sue Semrau, Florida State; Elaine Elliott, University of Utah; Gela Mikalauskas, Wagner; Tammy Smith, Lafayette College; Lee Ann Riley, Stephen F. Austin; Chair: Jennifer Rizzotti, University of Hartford