The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. South Carolina (29) | 4-0 | 725 | 1 |
| 2. Stanford | 5-1 | 687 | 2 |
| 3. UConn | 3-0 | 676 | 5 |
| 4. Ohio St. | 4-0 | 589 | 8 |
| 5. Iowa St. | 4-0 | 586 | 7 |
| 6. Indiana | 5-0 | 549 | 12 |
| 7. Notre Dame | 4-0 | 545 | 9 |
| 8. North Carolina | 4-0 | 473 | 13 |
| 9. Iowa | 4-1 | 465 | 4 |
| 10. Louisville | 4-1 | 461 | 6 |
| 11. Virginia Tech | 3-0 | 403 | 14 |
| 12. LSU | 5-0 | 393 | 15 |
| 13. NC State | 4-1 | 377 | 10 |
| 14. Maryland | 4-1 | 319 | 19 |
| 15. Arizona | 4-0 | 307 | 18 |
| 16. Creighton | 4-0 | 306 | 20 |
| 17. Utah | 4-0 | 212 | 25 |
| 18. Oregon | 3-0 | 208 | 21 |
| 19. Texas | 1-3 | 189 | 3 |
| 20. UCLA | 5-0 | 185 | – |
| 21. Baylor | 3-1 | 182 | 17 |
| 22. Michigan | 4-0 | 116 | 23 |
| 23. Tennessee | 2-3 | 96 | 11 |
| 23. Villanova | 4-0 | 96 | 24 |
| 25. Kansas St | 5-0 | 71 | – |
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 69, Marquette 65, Gonzaga 33, Kansas 11, Drake 8, South Florida 5, Duke 5, Mississippi 4, South Dakota St. 4, Princeton 3, Georgia 1, Nebraska 1.
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