USA Today/WBCA DI Coaches Poll for 1/31/23

USA Today/WBCA DI Coaches Poll for 1/31/23

The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ records through Monday in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, final ranking in last week’s poll, and first-place votes received.

Rank	School	Votes	Prev
1	South Carolina 21-0	800 (32)	1
2	Stanford 21-2	746	2
3	LSU 21-0	737	3
4	UConn 20-2	704	4
5	Indiana 20-1	685	6
6	Iowa 17-4	605	8
7	Utah 18-2	593	9
8	Notre Dame 17-3	559	7
9	Maryland 18-4	521	11
10	Ohio State 19-3	509	5
11	Virginia Tech 17-4	453	10
12	Iowa State 15-4	448	15
13	North Carolina State 16-5	363	18
14	North Carolina 16-5	348	19
15	Duke 18-3	289	16
16	UCLA 17-5	288	13
17	Oklahoma 16-4	274	12
18	Gonzaga 21-2	266	20
19	Michigan 17-5	255	17
20	Arizona 16-5	222	14
21	Villanova 18-4	146	21
22	South Florida 20-4	135	25
23	Middle Tennessee 18-2	92	NR
24	Illinois 17-5	56	22
25	Texas 16-6	53	NR

Dropped out: No. 23 Oregon (14-7); No. 24 Arkansas (17-7).

Others receiving votes: Oregon (14-7) 49; Florida State (19-5) 44; Florida Gulf Coast (20-3) 39; Colorado (17-5) 31; Southern California (16-5) 21; Columbia (17-3) 18; UNLV (20-2) 17; St. John’s (17-3) 10; Arkansas (17-7) 9; Baylor (14-6) 9; Purdue (15-6) 4; Massachusetts (17-4) 1; Tennessee (16-8) 1.

Voters

The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2022-23 season: Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Kim Barnes Arico, Michigan; Fred Batchelor, Maryland-Eastern Shore; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Jesyka Burks-Wiley, Florida International; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Long Beach State; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Robyn Fralick, Bowling Green; Kristin Gillespie, Illinois State; Carey Green, Liberty; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Monique LeBlanc, Brown; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Mike Neighbors, Arkansas; Dan Nelson; Utah Valley; Kevin Pederson, Coastal Carolina; April Phillips, San Jose State; DoBee Plaisance, Nicholls State; Shawn Poppie, Chattanooga; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Lynne Roberts, Utah; Alex Simmons, Gardner Webb; Seton Sobolewski, Idaho State; Lisa Stockton, Tulane; Angelika Szumilo, Fairleigh Dickinson; Amy Vachon, Maine; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Doshia Woods, Denver.