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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL

Week 15:
February 23, 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) 27-0 775 1
  2. Stanford 25-1 742 2
  3. Nebraska 25-0 715 3 (tie)
  4. Tennessee 25-2 679 5
  5. Xavier 22-3 646 6
  6. Duke 23-4 608 7
  7. West Virginia 24-3 580 8
  8. Notre Dame 23-3 558 3 (tie)
  9. Florida State 24-4 533 10
  10. Oklahoma 19-7 467 11
  11. Georgetown 22-4 460 12 (tie)
  12. Ohio State 26-4 441 9
  13. Iowa State 20-5 373 12 (tie)
  14. Kentucky 23-4 367 16
  15. Texas A&M 19-7 304 15
  16. Texas 19-7 293 14
  17. Baylor 20-7 289 19
  18. Virginia 20-7 222 18
  19. St. John's 21-5 201 23
  20. Gonzaga 23-4 188 22
  21. Oklahoma State 18-8 140 17
  22. Vanderbilt 19-8 120 20 (tie)
  23. Hartford 23-3 119 24
  24. Georgia 20-7 64 20 (tie)
  25. Michigan State 19-8 26 NR

Dropped out: No. 25 TCU.

Others receiving votes:
 UCLA (18-7) 23; Dayton (21-6) 21; LSU (18-8) 17; Gardner-Webb (24-3) 15; Princeton (21-2) 13; Georgia Tech (21-7) 11; TCU (19-6) 11; Wisconsin-Green Bay (22-3) 11; Middle Tennessee (20-5) 10; Tulane (21-5) 7; Vermont (22-5) 6; Arkansas-Little Rock (22-5) 5; Fresno State (22-5) 5; Lehigh (24-3) 5; Delaware (17-9) 2; DePaul (17-10) 2; Marist (22-6) 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