AP Poll – March 7, 2016: Oregon State moves up to No. 6, Texas A&M falls four places

Notes

  • There were no changes in the top five: UConn, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Baylor, Maryland.
  • Oregon State moved up two places to No. 6, the highest ranking in program history. The Beavers won the Pac-12 tournament championship Sunday evening, beating UCLA 69-57. The Bruins did not suffer in the rankings. and moved up two spots to No. 10.
  • No. 11 Arizona State fell one spot. The Sun Devils lost to unranked California in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. Stanford fell two places to No. 13 after losing their first game in the tournament to Washington.
  • Syracuse moved up three places to No. 14 after reaching the final of the ACC tournament before losing to Notre Dame.
  • No. 16 Michigan State also gained three spots. The Spartans made it to the Big Ten final before losing to No. 5 Maryland.
  • No. 19 Texas A&M fell four places after losing to Tennessee in the quarterfinals of SEC tournament.
  • No teams dropped from the rankings.
Rank School Record Votes Prev
1 Connecticut Huskies 31-0 800 (32) 1
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-1 753 2
3 South Carolina Gamecocks 31-1 748 3
4 Baylor Bears 32-1 706 4
5 Maryland Terrapins 30-3 672 5
6 Oregon State Beavers 28-4 630 8
7 Texas Longhorns 28-3 614 6
8 Louisville Cardinals 25-7 557 7
9 Ohio State Buckeyes 24-7 498 9
10 UCLA Bruins 24-8 472 12
11 Arizona State Sun Devils 25-6 444 10
12 Kentucky Wildcats 23-7 428 13
13 Stanford Cardinal 24-7 390 11
14 Syracuse Orange 25-7 386 17
15 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs 26-7 370 16
16 Michigan State Spartans 24-8 328 19
17 Florida State Seminoles 23-7 303 14
18 DePaul Blue Demons 25-7 270 18
19 Texas A&M Aggies 21-9 254 15
20 Miami (FL) Hurricanes 24-8 217 21
21 South Florida Bulls 23-8 165 20
22 Colorado State Rams 28-1 119 22
23 West Virginia Mountaineers 24-9 100 22
24 Oklahoma Sooners 21-10 70 24
25 Florida Gators 22-8 27 25
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