Women's college basketball rankings
2026-27 · Preseason — both polls, with movement against the previous release.
Updated
Rankings
2026-27 · Preseason- 1NEW
South Carolina (23)0-0 - 2NEW
UConn (6)0-0 - 3NEW
USC (2)0-0 - 4NEW
Duke0-0 - 5NEW
Michigan0-0 - 6NEW
Texas0-0 - 7NEW
Louisville0-0 - 8NEW
Vanderbilt0-0 - 9NEW
LSU0-0 - 10NEW
Iowa0-0 - 11NEW
UCLA0-0 - 12NEW
North Carolina0-0 - 13NEW
Notre Dame0-0 - 14NEW
Kentucky0-0 - 15NEW
TCU0-0 - 16NEW
Washington0-0 - 17NEW
Minnesota0-0 - 18NEW
Ohio State0-0 - 19NEW
Ole Miss0-0 - 20NEW
Maryland0-0 - 21NEW
Oklahoma0-0 - 22NEW
Oklahoma St0-0 - 23NEW
Illinois0-0 - 24NEW
West Virginia0-0 - 25NEW
NC State0-0
Also receiving votes Nebraska 47, Arizona St 36, Baylor 31, Virginia 30, Michigan St 16, Kansas 12, Tennessee 9, Alabama 7, Syracuse 5, Villanova 5, Fairfield 2, Rice 2, Oregon 2, Colorado 2, Georgia 2, Clemson 1, Virginia Tech 1
Polls are votes, not the WizLine — we publish them because they're how the season gets talked about. What we actually project is on the matchups board.
WizMatch ratings
UConn leads at +65.1. Net is how many points per 100 possessions a club beats an average Division I side by, with the schedule taken out. Top 100 of 363, as of Nov 4.
| # | Team | Net | Off | Def | 7d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  UConn | +65.1 | 125.8 | 60.7 | — |
| 2 |  UCLA | +61.6 | 129.4 | 67.8 | — |
| 3 |  South Carolina | +60.0 | 127.6 | 67.6 | — |
| 4 |  Texas | +59.2 | 123.8 | 64.6 | — |
| 5 |  LSU | +57.8 | 128.2 | 70.4 | — |
| 6 |  Michigan | +46.3 | 116.6 | 70.2 | — |
| 7 |  Vanderbilt | +43.6 | 122.5 | 78.8 | — |
| 8 |  Duke | +42.1 | 113.0 | 70.9 | — |
| 9 |  TCU | +41.3 | 114.8 | 73.6 | — |
| 10 |  Kentucky | +41.2 | 115.8 | 74.6 | — |
| 11 |  Oklahoma | +40.5 | 114.5 | 74.0 | — |
| 12 |  Louisville | +40.4 | 117.0 | 76.7 | — |
| 13 |  Minnesota | +39.6 | 115.4 | 75.8 | — |
| 14 |  Maryland | +39.5 | 118.0 | 78.5 | — |
| 15 |  Ohio State | +38.1 | 113.5 | 75.4 | — |
| 16 |  West Virginia | +37.6 | 112.3 | 74.7 | — |
| 17 |  Iowa | +37.0 | 112.6 | 75.6 | — |
| 18 |  Michigan St | +36.6 | 116.1 | 79.5 | — |
| 19 |  North Carolina | +36.4 | 111.5 | 75.0 | — |
| 20 |  Notre Dame | +35.2 | 113.9 | 78.7 | — |
| 21 |  Ole Miss | +34.7 | 112.9 | 78.2 | — |
| 22 |  Tennessee | +33.2 | 112.3 | 79.2 | — |
| 23 |  USC | +32.7 | 107.6 | 74.9 | — |
| 24 |  Alabama | +32.4 | 109.9 | 77.5 | — |
| 25 |  NC State | +31.5 | 111.3 | 79.8 | — |
| 26 |  Washington | +31.2 | 109.8 | 78.7 | — |
| 27 |  Oklahoma St | +31.1 | 115.0 | 83.9 | — |
| 28 |  Oregon | +31.1 | 109.0 | 78.0 | — |
| 29 |  Georgia | +30.4 | 109.7 | 79.3 | — |
| 30 |  Nebraska | +30.3 | 113.2 | 82.9 | — |
| 31 |  Illinois | +29.4 | 112.1 | 82.8 | — |
| 32 |  Baylor | +28.5 | 105.9 | 77.4 | — |
| 33 |  Virginia | +28.1 | 111.6 | 83.5 | — |
| 34 |  Texas Tech | +28.1 | 106.2 | 78.1 | — |
| 35 |  Iowa State | +27.5 | 114.8 | 87.3 | — |
| 36 |  Villanova | +26.6 | 108.5 | 82.0 | — |
| 37 |  Mississippi St | +25.6 | 107.2 | 81.5 | — |
| 38 |  Virginia Tech | +25.6 | 104.1 | 78.5 | — |
| 39 |  Syracuse | +24.1 | 105.0 | 81.0 | — |
| 40 |  Clemson | +23.8 | 106.5 | 82.7 | — |
| 41 |  Colorado | +23.6 | 103.0 | 79.3 | — |
| 42 |  Florida | +23.4 | 107.2 | 83.8 | — |
| 43 |  Richmond | +23.4 | 109.9 | 86.5 | — |
| 44 |  Columbia | +23.1 | 106.0 | 82.9 | — |
| 45 |  Princeton | +22.7 | 110.0 | 87.2 | — |
| 46 |  S Dakota St | +21.9 | 108.5 | 86.6 | — |
| 47 |  Arizona St | +21.7 | 99.5 | 77.8 | — |
| 48 |  James Madison | +21.7 | 103.7 | 82.0 | — |
| 49 |  California | +21.4 | 105.1 | 83.6 | — |
| 50 |  Stanford | +21.1 | 103.9 | 82.8 | — |
| 51 |  Rhode Island | +20.9 | 104.7 | 83.8 | — |
| 52 |  BYU | +19.9 | 102.3 | 82.3 | — |
| 53 |  Miami | +19.7 | 103.7 | 83.9 | — |
| 54 |  Kansas | +19.4 | 105.2 | 85.8 | — |
| 55 |  Indiana | +19.2 | 107.3 | 88.0 | — |
| 56 |  Fairfield | +19.1 | 105.3 | 86.2 | — |
| 57 |  N Dakota St | +18.7 | 108.7 | 89.9 | — |
| 58 |  Gonzaga | +18.4 | 105.5 | 87.1 | — |
| 59 |  Kansas St | +18.4 | 103.2 | 84.8 | — |
| 60 |  George Mason | +17.8 | 100.5 | 82.7 | — |
| 61 |  Harvard | +17.2 | 98.2 | 81.0 | — |
| 62 |  Texas A&M | +16.2 | 99.2 | 83.0 | — |
| 63 |  Seton Hall | +16.2 | 99.6 | 83.4 | — |
| 64 |  Utah | +15.9 | 101.7 | 85.8 | — |
| 65 |  Rice | +15.7 | 98.9 | 83.2 | — |
| 66 |  Colorado St | +15.4 | 99.4 | 84.0 | — |
| 67 |  Marquette | +15.1 | 100.9 | 85.8 | — |
| 68 |  South Florida | +14.8 | 103.3 | 88.5 | — |
| 69 |  Davidson | +14.4 | 99.0 | 84.6 | — |
| 70 |  Auburn | +14.2 | 95.8 | 81.6 | — |
| 71 |  San Diego St | +14.2 | 102.6 | 88.4 | — |
| 72 |  Georgia Tech | +14.1 | 96.0 | 81.8 | — |
| 73 |  Ball State | +13.6 | 102.7 | 89.1 | — |
| 74 |  Santa Clara | +13.5 | 104.5 | 91.0 | — |
| 75 |  Miami OH | +13.4 | 97.4 | 84.0 | — |
| 76 |  Montana St | +13.3 | 96.5 | 83.2 | — |
| 77 |  Louisiana Tech | +12.9 | 101.5 | 88.5 | — |
| 78 |  Creighton | +12.9 | 103.2 | 90.3 | — |
| 79 |  Wisconsin | +12.3 | 102.9 | 90.6 | — |
| 80 |  Georgetown | +12.2 | 97.7 | 85.4 | — |
| 81 |  Purdue | +12.1 | 104.2 | 92.1 | — |
| 82 |  Oregon St | +12.1 | 100.0 | 87.9 | — |
| 83 |  Quinnipiac | +12.1 | 99.1 | 87.1 | — |
| 84 |  Missouri | +12.1 | 105.2 | 93.2 | — |
| 85 |  St John's | +11.8 | 98.5 | 86.6 | — |
| 86 |  Saint Joseph's | +11.3 | 99.6 | 88.3 | — |
| 87 |  UC Irvine | +11.1 | 101.1 | 89.9 | — |
| 88 |  Arkansas | +11.0 | 99.3 | 88.3 | — |
| 89 |  Green Bay | +10.8 | 98.1 | 87.2 | — |
| 90 |  Murray St | +10.8 | 107.2 | 96.3 | — |
| 91 |  Vermont | +10.8 | 98.6 | 87.8 | — |
| 92 |  Troy | +10.7 | 99.9 | 89.2 | — |
| 93 |  Marshall | +10.3 | 101.4 | 91.0 | — |
| 94 |  McNeese | +10.1 | 93.8 | 83.7 | — |
| 95 |  Arkansas St | +10.1 | 96.0 | 85.9 | — |
| 96 |  UNLV | +9.7 | 102.4 | 92.7 | — |
| 97 |  North Texas | +9.6 | 95.5 | 85.8 | — |
| 98 |  Charleston | +9.1 | 99.6 | 90.5 | — |
| 99 |  Penn State | +9.1 | 104.5 | 95.5 | — |
| 100 |  UMass | +8.9 | 97.0 | 88.1 | — |
Two polls, both votes. The AP Top 25 is voted by a media panel. The Coaches Poll is voted by head coaches. Where they part is usually the interesting half.
The number beside a team in the top 25 is its first-place votes, and the tail is total poll points. Ranks tie, and we don't hide it: a tie lists both teams at the same number and skips the next one.
A poll isn't a projection. It carries memory, and voters move teams a few spots at a time. Looking for one program? All 363 are listed by conference, and the night's games are on the scoreboard.