USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 19, 2016: Louisville rises five spots to No. 17, Duke drops out
Notes
- No. 1 Connecticut and No. 2 South Carolina remain the only undefeated teams in the country. The two will face each other on Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. There were no changes in the top three with UConn, South Carolina and Notre Dame holding those spots as they have all season.
- No. 4 Baylor rose two spots after defeating No. 6 Texas. The Longhorns fell two spots.
- Louisville had the biggest rise, ascending five spots to No. 17.
- Tennessee had the biggest drop, falling seven places to No. 22. The Lady Vols suffered a defeat at the hands of Notre Dame yesterday.
- No. 10 Mississippi fell four spots. The Lady Bulldogs lost to unranked Missouri last week.
- Continuing a trend of the Associated Press poll, Duke dropped out. Duquesne also fell out of the top 25.
- No. 24 Syracuse re-entered the poll.
- No. 16 Miami (FL), No. 20 Northwestern and No. 21 DePaul rose four spots each.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 19, 2016
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | PREV | CHANGE | HI/LOW |
| 1 | Connecticut | 16-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 17-0 | 768 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 17-1 | 735 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 18-1 | 696 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4/7 |
| 5 | Maryland | 16-2 | 656 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5/8 |
| 6 | Texas | 16-1 | 653 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4/11 |
| 7 | Ohio St. | 13-4 | 565 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 5/14 |
| 8 | Oregon St. | 14-3 | 558 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7/12 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 14-2 | 523 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7/17 |
| 10 | Mississippi St. | 17-2 | 511 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6/13 |
| 11 | Arizona State | 15-3 | 491 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11/24 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 13-5 | 440 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 9/18 |
| 13 | Florida St. | 14-4 | 397 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7/15 |
| 14 | Stanford | 14-4 | 379 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 10/16 |
| 15 | South Florida | 12-4 | 344 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 15/23 |
| 16 | Miami-Florida | 17-2 | 318 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Louisville | 14-5 | 246 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8/NR |
| 18 | Michigan St | 13-4 | 186 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 12-4 | 173 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 17/24 |
| 20 | Northwestern | 13-5 | 136 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 13/24 |
| 21 | DePaul | 14-6 | 130 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 15/25 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 11-6 | 127 | 0 | 15 | -7 | 4/22 |
| 23 | Florida | 15-3 | 98 | 0 | 21 | -2 | 21/NR |
| 24 | Syracuse | 14-4 | 87 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 24/NR |
| 25 | UCLA | 12-5 | 72 | 0 | 23 | -2 | 21/NR |
Dropped out:Â No. 19 Duke, No. 25 Duquesne.
Others Receiving Votes: Duke 55; Wisconsin-Green Bay 41; Missouri 39; George Washington 27; Duquesne 23; Seton Hall 21; St. John’s 15; North Carolina State 14; Washington 13; Iowa 10; Brigham Young 9; West Virginia 9; Virginia Tech 7; Villanova 7; Oklahoma State 7; Princeton 4; Virginia 4; Western Kentucky 2; Georgia 2; Florida Gulf Coast 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.
