PRESEASON WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL
Records, previous ranking from final 2015-16 poll. Times p.m. Eastern.
1. Connecticut (38-0) Points: 755 (18 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. Season opener: Nov. 14 at No. 12 Florida State (ESPN2, 6).
2. Notre Dame (33-2)
Points: 739 (8). Previous ranking: 6. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Central Michigan.
3. South Carolina (33-2)
Points: 712 (3). Previous ranking: 5. Season opener: Nov. 14 at No. 6 Ohio State.
4. Baylor (36-2)
Points: 709 (2). Previous ranking: 4. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Houston Baptist.
5. Maryland (31-4)
Points: 603. Previous ranking: 9. Season opener: Nov. 13 vs. Massachusetts-Lowell.
6. (tie) Ohio State (26-8)
Points: 594. Previous ranking: 10. Season opener: Nov. 14 vs. No. 3 South Carolina.
6. (tie) Texas (31-5)
Points: 594 (1). Previous ranking: 7. Season opener: Nov. 14 at No. 10 Stanford (ESPN2, 9).
8. Louisville (26-8)
Points: 586. Previous ranking: 14. Season opener: Nov. 11 at Tennessee-Martin.
9. UCLA (26-9)
Points: 481. Previous ranking: 13. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Pacific.
10. Stanford (27-8)
Points: 467. Previous ranking: 11. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Cal Poly.
11. Mississippi State (28-8)
Points: 446. Previous ranking: 18. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Villanova in Orono, Maine.
12. Florida State (25-8)
Points: 431. Previous ranking: 12. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Jacksonville State. 13. Points: Syracuse394. Previous (30-8) ranking: 3. Rhode Season Island. opener: Nov. 11 vs.
14. Tennessee (22-14)
Points: 360. Previous ranking: 19. Season opener: Nov. 11 at James Madison.
15. Washington (26-11)
Points: 352. Previous ranking: 8. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Eastern Washington.
16. Arizona State (26-7)
Points: 321. Previous ranking: 16. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Illinois State.
17. Oregon State (32-5)
Points: 255. Previous ranking: 2. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Lamar.
18. Oklahoma (22-11)
Points: 235. Previous ranking: 23. Season opener: Nov. 13 vs. Southern Illinois.
19. Kentucky (25-8)
Points: 227. Previous ranking: 15. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. No. 20 Miami (Fla.)
20. Miami (Fla.) (24-9)
Points: 179. Previous ranking: 24. Season opener: Nov. 11 at No. 19 Kentucky.
21. DePaul (27-9)
Points: 173. Previous ranking: Season opener: Nov. 11 vs.
22. Michigan State (25-9)
Points: 167. Previous ranking: 21. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. Davidson.
23. Texas A&M (22-10)
Points: 123. Previous ranking: 20. Season opener: Nov. 13 vs. Central Arkansas.
24. Florida (22-9)
Points: 101. Previous ranking: not ranked. Season opener: Nov. 11 vs. South Alabama at Jacksonville.
25. West Virginia (25-10)
Points: 76. Previous ranking: 25. Season opener: Nov. 12 vs. Charleston Southern.