USA Today Coaches Poll for Dec. 22, 2015: Texas A&M moves up four spots, DePaul drops eight spots

Notes

  • Texas A&M moves up four spots to No. 14. Stanford moved up three spots to No. 11.
  • DePaul had the biggest drop, eight spots to No. 23. The Blue Demons fell to crosstown rival Loyola Chicago on Monday.
  • No. 7 Kentucky and No. 8 Mississippi State moved up one spot each.
  • No. 13 FSU dropped three spots after losing to No. 21 Arizona State on Monday.
  • Oregon State fell two spots to No. 9. The Beavers lost to Tennessee on Saturday. The Lady Vols remained at No. 16.
  • Other teams that fell two spots: No. 15 Northwestern and No. 19 Oklahoma.
  • There were no changes in the top six, UConn remained at the top with all of the first place votes.
  • No teams fell out of the poll.
  • This week’s Associated Press Poll
RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES PREV CHANGE HI/LOW
1 Connecticut 9-0 800 32 1 0 1/1
2 South Carolina 11-0 764 0 2 0 2/2
3 Notre Dame 10-1 726 0 3 0 3/3
4 Baylor 13-0 704 0 4 0 4/5
5 Maryland 11-0 677 0 5 0 5/6
6 Texas 10-0 628 0 6 0 6/11
7 Kentucky 10-0 604 0 8 1 8/17
8 Mississippi St. 11-1 535 0 9 1 9/13
9 Oregon St. 9-1 517 0 7 -2 7/9
10 Ohio St. 8-3 507 0 12 2 10/14
11 Stanford 8-2 460 0 14 3 10/16
12 Duke 9-3 396 0 11 -1 9/13
13 Florida St. 9-3 391 0 10 -3 7/14
14 Texas A&M 8-3 337 0 18 4 9/18
15 Northwestern 10-1 322 0 13 -2 13/24
16 Tennessee 8-3 313 0 16 0 4/16
17 South Florida 7-2 267 0 19 2 17/23
18 California 8-2 236 0 20 2 15/NR
19 Oklahoma 9-2 206 0 17 -2 17/24
20 Miami-Florida 11-1 180 0 21 1 21/NR
21 Arizona State 8-3 179 0 23 2 15/24
22 Michigan St 9-2 143 0 22 0 20/NR
23 DePaul 8-5 116 0 15 -8 15/22
24 Seton Hall 10-1 82 0 25 1 21/NR
25 Iowa 9-2 62 0 24 -1 19/24

*Hi/Low Rankings
Hi/Low = The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.

Others Receiving Votes: UCLA 51; Missouri 41; Georgia 40; Florida 33; Oregon 20; Syracuse 13; Virginia Tech 12; St. John’s 8; Nebraska 8; Princeton 7; Southern California 7; Duquesne 3; Dayton 2; Army 1; Brigham Young 1; Tulane 1.

The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches a Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2015-16 season: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, Albany; Zenarae Antoine, Texas State; Lynn Bria, Stetson; Joan Bonvicini, Seattle; Dawn Brown, Prairie View A&M; Jamie Craighead, San Jose State; Kristy Curry, Alabama; Denise Dillon, Drexel; Brooks Donald-Williams, McNeese State; Oties Epps, Evansville; Brittney Ezell, East Tennessee State; Jason Flowers, Cal-State Northridge; Susan Robinson Fruchtl, Providence; Stephanie Gaitley, Fordham; LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Joe Haigh, Saint Francis (Pa.); Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse; Ali Jaques, Siena; Jeff Judkins, Brigham Young; Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick, North Carolina-Asheville; Kelly Lewis-Jay, Florida Atlantic; Jim Littell, Oklahoma State; Dave Magarity, Army; David Midlick, Austin Peay; Regina Miller, Illinois-Chicago; Mike Neighbors, Washington; Rhonda Rompola, Southern Methodist; Brady Sallee, Ball State; Wendy Schuller, Eastern Washington; Dayna Smith, Cornell; Coquese Washington, Penn State; Amy Williams, South Dakota.

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