Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw works the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia Tech, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw works the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia Tech, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ 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 week’s ranking:
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | FIRST PLACE | BALLOTS | LAST WEEK |
|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 715 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
| 2 | Louisville | 708 | 10 | 30 | 3 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 701 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| 4 | Baylor | 687 | 5 | 30 | 8 |
| 5 | Oregon | 616 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | Stanford | 609 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 7 | Mississippi State | 575 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
| 8 | North Carolina State | 536 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| 9 | Maryland | 500 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| 10 | Oregon State | 487 | 0 | 30 | 11 |
| 11 | Texas | 443 | 0 | 30 | 13 |
| 12 | Syracuse | 411 | 0 | 30 | 14 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 394 | 0 | 30 | 10 |
| 14 | Gonzaga | 318 | 0 | 30 | 17 |
| 15 | Marquette | 282 | 0 | 30 | 20 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 268 | 0 | 29 | 16 |
| 17 | Iowa | 253 | 0 | 27 | 19 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 186 | 0 | 28 | 12 |
| 19 | Arizona State | 167 | 0 | 26 | 22 |
| 20 | Iowa State | 163 | 0 | 30 | 25 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 162 | 0 | 24 | 23 |
| 22 | Florida State | 118 | 0 | 21 | NR |
| 23 | Michigan State | 103 | 0 | 23 | 15 |
| 24 | California | 101 | 0 | 20 | 18 |
| 25 | Indiana | 74 | 0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Miami 44, Rutgers 41, Missouri 39, DePaul 23, Texas A&M 8, South Dakota 5, Central Michigan 3, Utah 2, Butler 2, Drake 2, Ohio 2, Virginia Tech 1, UCF 1.
How the pollsters voted: