USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION I TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
April 4, 2012
The final overall Top 25 women's basketball coaches poll, with team's RECORDS THROUGH TUESDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in the final regular-season poll (March 12) and first-place votes:
|
Rank
|
School (record) |
Points
|
Final regular-season rank
|
First-place votes
|
|
1
|
Baylor (40-0) |
775
|
1
|
31
|
|
2
|
Notre Dame (35-4) |
742
|
4
|
0
|
|
3
|
Stanford (35-2) |
708
|
2
|
0
|
|
4
|
Connecticut (33-5) |
689
|
3
|
0
|
|
5
|
Maryland (31-5) |
637
|
5
|
0
|
|
6
|
Duke (27-6) |
620
|
6
|
0
|
|
7
|
Tennessee (27-9) |
588
|
7
|
0
|
|
8
|
Kentucky (28-7) |
555
|
11
|
0
|
|
9
|
Penn State (26-7) |
453
|
12
|
0
|
|
10
|
Georgia Tech (26-9) |
442
|
13
|
0
|
|
11
|
Miami (Fla.) (26-6) |
434
|
9
|
0
|
|
12
|
Texas A&M (24-11) |
426
|
14
|
0
|
|
13
|
Wisconsin-Green Bay (31-2) |
409
|
10
|
0
|
|
14
|
Delaware (31-2) |
393
|
8
|
0
|
|
15
|
St. John‘s (24-10) |
287
|
21
|
0
|
|
16
|
Louisville (23-10) |
269
|
19
|
0
|
|
17
|
Georgetown (23-9) |
268
|
16
|
0
|
|
18
|
Purdue (25-9) |
237
|
15
|
0
|
|
19
|
Gonzaga (28-6) |
205
|
24
|
0
|
|
20
|
Georgia (22-9) |
139
|
17
|
0
|
|
21
|
South Carolina (25-10) |
132
|
not ranked
|
0
|
|
22
|
Ohio State (25-7) |
129
|
18
|
0
|
|
23
|
St. Bonaventure (31-4) |
102
|
25
|
0
|
|
24
|
DePaul (23-11) |
85
|
23
|
0
|
|
25
|
Kansas (21-13) |
80
|
not ranked
|
0
|
Dropped Out: No. 20 Rutgers, No. 22 Nebraska.
Others receiving votes: Nebraska (24-9) 70; Rutgers (22-10) 68; LSU (23-11) 42; California (25-10) 27; West Virginia (24-10) 16; Arkansas (24-9) 14; Oklahoma (21-13) 8; Middle Tennessee (26-7) 7; Kansas State (20-14) 5; Vanderbilt (23-10) 4; Florida (20-13) 3; Florida Gulf Coast (29-3) 2; Oklahoma State (22-12) 2; Marist (26-8) 1; Princeton (24-5) 1; Texas-El Paso (29-4) 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 2011-12 season: Courtney Banghart, Princeton; Frank Bennett, Lipscomb; Rae Blair, Texas-San Antonio; Matt Bollant, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Matt Corkery, American; June Daugherty, Washington State; Tonya Edwards, Alcorn State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Ronny Fisher, Presbyterian; Beckie Francis, Oakland (Mich.); Stephanie Glance, Illinois State; Bonnie Henrickson, Kansas; Tom Hodges, Morehead State; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Jim Jabir, Dayton; Andy Landers, Georgia; Joe Mathews, Towson; Suzy Merchant, Michigan State; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Sherri Murrell, Portland State; Kathy Olivier, UNLV; Kelly Packard, Ball State; Raegan Pebley, Utah State; Mike Petersen, Wake Forest; Jennifer Rizzotti, Hartford; Susan Robinson-Fruchtl, St. Francis (Pa.); David Six, Hampton; Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's; Joi Williams, Central Florida; Nancy Wilson, College of Charleston; Jody Wynn, Long Beach State.
