The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with first-place votes received, team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll:
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Stanford (25) | 4-0 | 791 | 1 |
| 2. Louisville (6) | 5-0 | 766 | 2 |
| 3. NC State | 6-0 | 724 | 3 |
| 4. South Carolina | 4-1 | 691 | 4 |
| 5. Connecticut | 1-0 | 684 | 5 |
| 6. Arizona | 4-0 | 620 | 6 |
| 7. Baylor | 4-1 | 601 | 7 |
| 8. Oregon (1) | 5-0 | 598 | 8 |
| 9. Kentucky | 6-0 | 548 | 9 |
| 10. Texas A&M | 6-0 | 503 | 10 |
| 11. UCLA | 4-1 | 446 | 11 |
| 12. Arkansas | 7-1 | 430 | 13 |
| 13. Mississippi State | 3-1 | 403 | 12 |
| 14. Maryland | 4-1 | 397 | 14 |
| 15. Indiana | 2-1 | 324 | 15 |
| 16. Syracuse | 4-0 | 282 | 18 |
| 17. Ohio State | 4-0 | 270 | 19 |
| 18. Northwestern | 2-0 | 247 | 17 |
| 19. Michigan | 5-0 | 245 | 20 |
| 20. Missouri State | 4-1 | 172 | 22 |
| 21. Oregon State | 3-2 | 112 | 16 |
| 22. Texas | 4-1 | 96 | NR |
| 23. DePaul | 2-2 | 94 | 23 |
| 24. South Florida | 3-1 | 83 | NR |
| 25. Gonzaga | 3-2 | 65 | 25 |
| (tie) Virginia Tech | 6-0 | 65 | NR |
Dropped out: No. 21 South Dakota State (3-2); No. 24 Iowa State (3-3).
Others receiving votes: Arizona State (5-2) 27; South Dakota State (3-2) 19; Florida State (2-0) 19; Iowa (4-1) 17; Rutgers (2-1) 15; West Virginia (5-1) 13; Wake Forest (4-1) 9; Iowa State (3-3) 9; South Dakota (2-2) 6; Florida Gulf Coast (4-2) 6; North Dakota State (3-1) 1; Michigan State (4-0) 1; IUPUI (4-1) 1.
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