USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 23: Colorado State and BYU enter poll
Notes
- Colorado State entered the poll at No. 25. The team also entered the AP poll this week. The Rams have not been ranked since 2002.
- BYU also entered the poll, landing at No. 22. The Cougars are 1st in the WCC and on a 15-game winning streak. Last week after defeating San Diego, BYU clinched the WCC regular season title.
- Missouri re-entered the poll at No. 24.
- No. 12 Florida State and No. 16 Mississippi State fell three places each.
- UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 and there were no changes in the top six.
- Oregon State moved up one place to No. 7 and Arizona State entered the top ten at No. 9.
- Duquesne, Oklahoma State and Florida dropped out.
- This week’s Associated Press Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll for Feb. 23, 2016
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | 1st Place Votes | Prev | Change | Hi/Low |
| 1 | Connecticut | 26-0 | 800 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 2 | South Carolina | 26-1 | 756 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 26-1 | 748 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | Baylor | 28-1 | 704 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4/7 |
| 5 | Ohio St. | 23-4 | 664 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5/14 |
| 6 | Maryland | 25-3 | 625 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5/8 |
| 7 | Oregon St. | 24-3 | 594 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7/12 |
| 8 | Texas | 24-2 | 588 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 4/11 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 24-4 | 541 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9/24 |
| 10 | Louisville | 22-6 | 503 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8/NR |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 20-7 | 461 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9/18 |
| 12 | Florida St. | 21-6 | 433 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 7/15 |
| 13 | Stanford | 22-6 | 390 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10/16 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 19-6 | 374 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7/18 |
| 15 | UCLA | 20-7 | 335 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 14/NR |
| 16 | Mississippi St. | 22-6 | 319 | 0 | 13 | -3 | 6/13 |
| 17 | Miami-Florida | 22-5 | 291 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 16/NR |
| 18 | Syracuse | 22-6 | 275 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18/NR |
| 19 | DePaul | 23-7 | 229 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15/25 |
| 20 | South Florida | 19-7 | 184 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 15/23 |
| 21 | Michigan St | 20-7 | 159 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 14/NR |
| 22 | Brigham Young | 23-4 | 84 | 0 | 26 | 4 | – |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 18-9 | 71 | 0 | 21 | -2 | 17/24 |
| 24 | Missouri | 21-6 | 55 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 21/NR |
| 25 | Colorado St. | 24-1 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 6 | – |
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.
Dropped out:Â No. 23 Duquesne, No. 24 Oklahoma State, No. 25 Florida.
Others Receiving Votes: Duquesne 27; Oklahoma State 24; Texas-El Paso 24; Florida 21; Wisconsin-Green Bay 20; St. John?s 11; Seton Hall 11; West Virginia 11; Florida Gulf Coast 7; Auburn 7; Georgia 6; Albany 5; North Carolina State 3; Western Kentucky 3; Arkansas State 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.
