USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 12, 2016: Florida enters poll at No. 21, Northwestern falls seven places
Notes
- Florida had the biggest rise, entering the poll at No. 21.
- Duquesne also entered the top 25 landing in a tie for 25th place with DePaul. The Blue Devils dropped a spot to end up in a tie with Duquesne.
- No. 20 Miami and No. 22 Louisville re-entered the poll.
- Northwestern had the biggest drop, falling seven spots to No. 24.
- There were no changes in the top ten and UConn help the top spots as it has all season.
- No. 10 Oregon State rose two spots to re-enter the top 10.
- No. 15 Tennessee fell four spots and No. 19 Duke fell three spots.
- Schools that dropped out of the top 25 include Seton Hall, Iowa and Syracuse.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 12, 2016
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Connecticut | 14-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 15-0 | 768 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 15-1 | 732 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Texas | 15-0 | 708 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/11 |
| 5 | Ohio St. | 12-3 | 655 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5/14 |
| 6 | Mississippi St. | 16-1 | 625 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6/13 |
| 7 | Baylor | 16-1 | 618 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4/7 |
| 8 | Maryland | 14-2 | 587 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5/8 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 13-1 | 528 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7/17 |
| 10 | Oregon St. | 12-3 | 481 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7/12 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 12-4 | 454 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 9/18 |
| 12 | Stanford | 13-3 | 436 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10/16 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 13-3 | 419 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14/24 |
| 14 | Florida St. | 12-4 | 370 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7/15 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 11-4 | 322 | 0 | 11 | -4 | 4/16 |
| 16 | South Florida | 10-4 | 278 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 17/23 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 12-3 | 263 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 17/24 |
| 18 | Michigan St | 12-3 | 259 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 20/NR |
| 19 | Duke | 12-5 | 175 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 9/16 |
| 20 | Miami (Florida) | 15-2 | 150 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Florida | 14-2 | 112 | 0 | 34 | 13 | – |
| 22 | Louisville | 12-5 | 96 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 8/NR |
| 23 | UCLA | 11-4 | 93 | 0 | 21 | -2 | 21/NR |
| 24 | Northwestern | 12-4 | 81 | 0 | 17 | -7 | 13/24 |
| 25 | Duquesne | 15-1 | 65 | 0 | 30 | 5 | – |
| 25 | DePaul | 12-6 | 65 | 0 | 24 | -1 | 15/24 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Seton Hall (13-3), No. 23 Iowa (12-4), No. 25 Syracuse (12-4).*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: St. John’s (13-3) 53; Syracuse (12-4) 49; Seton Hall (13-3) 48; Iowa (12-4) 29; Missouri (14-2) 28; Oklahoma State (12-3) 10; California (10-5) 9; Southern California (14-2) 7; North Carolina (12-6) 6; Wisconsin-Green Bay (13-2) 5; North Carolina State (12-5) 4; Georgia (12-4) 3; Virginia (12-5) 3; Virginia Tech (13-3) 3; George Washington (13-3) 2; South Dakota State (13-3) 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.
