The Oklahoma Sooners finished the regular season with a record of 23-6 and 11-5 in SEC play as they prepare for the SEC Women’s Basketball Championship in Greenville, South Carolina. They entered the playoffs as a top-10 team in the AP poll and ranked eighth in the latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll released Tuesday.
Despite a 2-0 record last week, the Sooners dropped one spot from last week, switching spots with the Michigan Wolverines. The Wolverines had two top-15 wins last week. Still, the Sooners have a good shot at heading into the postseason hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament’s regionals and possibly entering the postseason as a No. 3 seed.
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The rest of the top 10 remains unchanged. UConn has held the No. 1 spot for months, with UCLA not far behind. South Carolina, Texas, Vanderbilt and LSU battle for the next four spots in the poll, leaving the SEC with five teams in the top 10. The Big Ten is the only conference with more than one team in the top 10, along with UCLA, Michigan State and Iowa State.
A total of nine SEC teams finished in the top 25 ahead of the SEC Women’s Basketball Championship. Here’s a look at the latest women’s basketball coaching poll from USA TODAY Sports.
USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Complete Poll
Week 18 Results: Published March 3, 2026
|
rank |
team |
Record |
PTS |
first place |
Previous article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
University of Connecticut |
31-0 |
Chapter 775 |
31 |
1 |
|
2 |
UCLA |
28-1 |
Chapter 742 |
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
south carolina |
29-2 |
Chapter 715 |
0 |
3 |
|
4 |
Texas |
28-3 |
680 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Vanderbilt |
27-3 |
Chapter 648 |
0 |
5 |
|
6 |
Louisiana State University |
26-4 |
617 |
0 |
6 |
|
7 |
michigan |
24-5 |
Chapter 564 |
0 |
8 |
|
8 |
Oklahoma |
23-6 |
Chapter 560 |
0 |
7 |
|
9 |
Iowa |
24-5 |
Chapter 534 |
0 |
9 |
|
10 |
TCCU |
27-4 |
505 |
0 |
10 |
|
11 |
Ohio State University |
24-6 |
Chapter 451 |
0 |
12 |
|
12 |
Louisville |
25-6 |
Chapter 414 |
0 |
11 |
|
13 |
Maryland |
23-7 |
Chapter 385 |
0 |
13 |
|
14 |
Duke |
21-8 |
Chapter 364 |
0 |
14 |
|
15 |
west virginia |
24-6 |
Chapter 332 |
0 |
No. 17 |
|
16 |
North Carolina |
25-6 |
296 |
0 |
No. 19 |
|
No. 17 |
michigan state university |
22-7 |
275 |
0 |
15 |
|
18 |
Baylor |
24-7 |
246 |
0 |
16 |
|
No. 19 |
kentucky |
21-9 |
240 |
0 |
18 |
|
20 |
minnesota |
22-7 |
200 |
0 |
twenty two |
|
twenty one |
Texas Tech University |
25-6 |
149 |
0 |
twenty one |
|
twenty two |
Georgia |
22-8 |
89 |
0 |
twenty four |
|
twenty three |
Ole Miss |
21-10 days |
77 |
0 |
20 |
|
twenty four |
Princeton University |
23-3 |
59 |
0 |
NR |
|
25 |
alabama |
21-9 |
55 |
0 |
twenty three |
Drop out of school
No. 25 Iowa;
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Others receive votes
Rice 28; Iowa 24; Notre Dame 19; Oklahoma 9; Washington 7; Fairfield 7; Rhode Island 3; North Carolina 3; North Dakota 1; Columbia 1; Colorado 1;
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The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Council is composed of 31 head coaches from Division I institutions. They are both members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. 2025-26 Board of Directors: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, St. Mary’s Hospital; Fred Chimere, Bowling Green; Janelle Creighton, Bethune-Cookman; Dennis Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Esh, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corey Irvin, Chicago State; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kiersmaier Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Ryan, NJIT; Amy Mullen, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Redford; Kim McNeil, East Carolina; Dan Nelson, Utah Valley; Sean Poppy, Clemson; Terry Prime, Siena; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Cox Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
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This article originally appeared in Sooners Wire: Oklahoma Sooners ranked eighth in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll