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2023-24 USA TODAY Sports/WBCA

NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

Oct. 17, 2023

The USA TODAY Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, final ranking in last year’s final poll, and first-place votes received:

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Rank

School (record)

Points

Last year’s
final rank

First-place
votes

1

LSU (34-2)

797

1

29

2

Connecticut (31-6)

727

9

3

3

Iowa (31-7)

713

2

0

4

South Carolina (36-1)

671

3

0

5

Virginia Tech (31-5)

617

4

0

6

Ohio State (28-8)

598

6

0

7

Utah (27-5)

565

8

0

8

UCLA (27-10)

555

13

0

9

Indiana (28-4)

534

7

0

10

Notre Dame (27-6)

511

11

0

11

Maryland (28-7)

451

5

0

12

Tennessee (25-12)

431

20

0

13

Stanford (29-6)

427

10

0

14

Texas (26-10)

357

19

0

15

Louisville (26-12)

309

14

0

16

Mississippi (25-9)

304

22

0

17

North Carolina (22-11)

278

21

0

18

Colorado (25-9)

212

15

0

19

Duke (26-7)

152

16

0

20

Baylor (20-13)

151

NR

0

21

Southern California (21-10)

138

NR

0

22

Florida State (23-10)

128

NR

0

23

Oklahoma (26-7)

95

17

0

23

Creighton (22-9)

95

NR

0

25

Miami (Fla.) (22-13)

75

18

0

25

Michigan (23-10)

75

23

0

Dropped out: No. 12 Villanova (30-7); No. 24 Florida Gulf Coast (33-4); No. 25 Iowa State (22-10).

Others receiving votes: Mississippi State (22-11) 67; Villanova (30-7) 42; Gonzaga (28-5) 40; Washington State (23-11) 34; Arizona (22-10) 33; Florida Gulf Coast (33-4) 27; Iowa State (22-10) 26; Kansas (25-11) 22; Kansas State (19-17) 22; Marquette (21-11) 16; South Florida (27-7) 16; UNLV (31-3) 14; Nebraska (18-15) 12; Princeton (24-6) 11; North Carolina State (20-12) 10; Oregon (20-15) 9; Illinois (22-10) 8; Middle Tennessee (28-5) 6; Toledo (29-5) 6; South Dakota State (29-6) 5; Texas A&M (9-20) 4; Georgia (22-12) 3; Arkansas (24-13) 1.

The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2023-24 season: Natasha Adair, Arizona State; Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Jenn Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Bill Carr, Santa Clara; Fred Castro, Eastern Michigan; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Kristin Gillespie, Illinois State; Ty Grace, Howard; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Brian Holsinger, Montana; Anita Howard, Georgia Southern; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Kayla Karius, South Dakota; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, New Jersey Tech; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Carlene Mitchell, Cal State Northridge; Kelly Morrone, Merrimack; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Chattanooga; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Alaura Sharp, Presbyterian; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Coquese Washington, Rutgers.