AP Poll – March 7, 2016: Oregon State moves up to No. 6, Texas A&M falls four places
The good news keeps coming in! The Beavers move up to No. 6 in the @AP_Top25, the highest ranking in school history! pic.twitter.com/u16bx0CmGI
— Oregon State WBB (@BeaverWBB) March 7, 2016
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 |
