USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 16: Michigan State falls to No. 22, Ohio State and Maryland move up in top 10
Notes
- Biggest drops: No. 22 Michigan State fell seven spots. Florida dropped six places to No. 25.
- DePaul rose four spots to No. 19. Syracuse also rose four spots to land at No. 18.
- There were no changes in the top four: UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Baylor.
- Ohio State rose to No. 5, moving up one spot. Maryland also rose a place to No. 6.
- Texas dropped two spots to No. 7.
- The Pac-12 has two teams in the top 10: No. 8 Oregon State and No. 10 Arizona State. Two other Pac-12 teams are in the top 20: no. 14 UCLA and No. 15 Stanford.
- No team dropped out of the poll.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 16, 2016
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | 1st Place Votes | Previous | Change | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Connecticut | 24-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 24-1 | 755 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 24-1 | 749 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 25-1 | 704 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/7 |
| 5 | Ohio St. | 21-4 | 659 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5/14 |
| 6 | Maryland | 23-3 | 618 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5/8 |
| 7 | Texas | 22-2 | 605 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4/11 |
| 8 | Oregon St. | 22-3 | 601 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7/12 |
| 9 | Florida St. | 21-4 | 529 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7/15 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 22-4 | 521 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9/24 |
| 11 | Louisville | 20-6 | 470 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8/NR |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 18-7 | 443 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9/18 |
| 13 | Mississippi St. | 21-5 | 396 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 6/13 |
| 14 | UCLA | 19-6 | 359 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 16/NR |
| 15 | Stanford | 20-6 | 337 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 10/16 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 17-6 | 284 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7/18 |
| 17 | Miami-Florida | 21-5 | 281 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 16/NR |
| 18 | Syracuse | 20-6 | 196 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 22/NR |
| 19 | DePaul | 21-7 | 185 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 15/25 |
| 20 | South Florida | 18-7 | 176 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15/23 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 17-7 | 128 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 17/24 |
| 22 | Michigan St | 18-7 | 121 | 0 | 15 | -7 | 14/NR |
| 23 | Duquesne | 23-2 | 106 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 24/NR |
| 24 | Oklahoma St. | 19-5 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24/NR |
| 25 | Florida | 19-6 | 76 | 0 | 19 | -6 | 19/NR |
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: Brigham Young (22-4) 69; Missouri (20-6) 26; St. John’s (18-7) 18; Tennessee (15-10) 17; George Washington (21-4) 15; Colorado State (22-1) 13; Texas-El Paso (21-2) 13; Wisconsin-Green Bay (21-3) 10; Seton Hall (18-7) 9; Auburn (18-8) 8; Western Kentucky (19-4) 8; North Carolina State (17-9) 4; Florida Gulf Coast (23-4) 3; Wake Forest (15-11) 3; West Virginia (19-7) 3; Albany (21-4) 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.
