After Iowa women’s basketball (26-6, 15-3 Big Ten) earned a No. 2 seed and the right to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, where do the Hawkeyes rank in the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll before tourney play gets underway?
Iowa remains the No. 7 team nationally in the latest Coaches Poll.
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In addition to Iowa, six other Big Ten squads are within the updated top 25 rankings. UCLA leads the group at No. 2, followed by No. 8 Michigan, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 16 Maryland, No. 18 Michigan State, and No. 19 Minnesota.
Illinois (10 points) is the only conference representative in the receiving votes category.
As previously mentioned, Iowa will host one of the 16 Super Regionals of this year’s national tournament, with its First Round matchup against No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson (30-4, 18-0 Northeast Conference) from Carver-Hawkeye Arena on March 21 at 3 p.m. CT. That matchup will be broadcast on ESPN.
Here’s a look at the latest USA TODAY Sports Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll:
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
1st-Place Votes |
Prev. Rank |
Change |
High/Low |
|
1 |
UConn |
34-0 |
774 |
30 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
2 |
UCLA |
31-1 |
743 |
1 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
3 |
Texas |
31-3 |
709 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/5 |
|
4 |
South Carolina |
31-3 |
688 |
0 |
4 |
– |
2/4 |
|
5 |
LSU |
27-5 |
638 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/12 |
|
6 |
Vanderbilt |
27-4 |
602 |
0 |
6 |
– |
4/21 |
|
7 |
Iowa |
26-6 |
567 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/23 |
|
8 |
Michigan |
25-6 |
539 |
0 |
8 |
– |
5/15 |
|
9 |
Oklahoma |
24-7 |
519 |
0 |
9 |
– |
5/16 |
|
10 |
Duke |
24-8 |
508 |
0 |
10 |
– |
6/NR |
|
11 |
Ohio State |
26-7 |
450 |
0 |
11 |
– |
8/NR |
|
12 |
TCU |
29-5 |
443 |
0 |
12 |
– |
7/14 |
|
13 |
West Virginia |
27-6 |
426 |
0 |
13 |
– |
13/NR |
|
14 |
Louisville |
27-7 |
407 |
0 |
14 |
– |
6/22 |
|
15 |
North Carolina |
26-7 |
324 |
0 |
15 |
– |
8/23 |
|
16 |
Maryland |
23-8 |
299 |
0 |
16 |
– |
6/19 |
|
17 |
Kentucky |
23-10 |
273 |
0 |
17 |
– |
7/20 |
|
18 |
Michigan State |
22-8 |
212 |
0 |
18 |
– |
13/NR |
|
19 |
Minnesota |
22-8 |
209 |
0 |
19 |
– |
19/NR |
|
20 |
Ole Miss |
23-11 |
183 |
0 |
20 |
– |
13/23 |
|
21 |
Baylor |
24-8 |
166 |
0 |
21 |
– |
10/21 |
|
22 |
Texas Tech |
25-7 |
88 |
0 |
22 |
– |
18/NR |
|
23 |
Princeton |
24-3 |
76 |
0 |
23 |
– |
19/NR |
|
24 |
Georgia |
22-9 |
72 |
0 |
24 |
– |
22/NR |
|
25 |
Notre Dame |
22-10 |
62 |
0 |
25 |
– |
13/NR |
Others Receiving Votes
Alabama 35; Iowa State 17; Rhode Island 15; Fairfield 11; Illinois 10; Rice 5; South Dakota State 3; Colorado 2; Villanova 1;
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