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1. Notre Dame (4-0)

Points: 776 (17 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. Tuesday’s result: Played Louisiana-Lafayette. Upcoming game: Saturday vs. TCU.

2. Connecticu­t (4-0)

Points: 773 (13). Previous ranking: 2. Tuesday’s result: Beat Dayton 98-65.

3. South Carolina (4-0)

Points: 741 (2). Previous ranking: 3. Tuesday’s result: Beat Saint Peter’s 93-38. Upcoming game: Sun. vs. No. 4 Louisville in Springfiel­d, Mass. (ESPN2, 1).

4. Louisville (6-0)

Points: 670. Previous ranking: 6. Upcoming game: Sunday vs. No. 3 South Carolina in Springfiel­d, Mass. (ESPN2, 1).

5. Maryland (4-0)

Points: 666. Previous ranking: 5. Upcoming games: Friday vs. No. 21 Arizona State and Saturday vs. Washington State in Las Vegas.

6. Baylor (4-1)

Points: 661. Previous ranking: 4. Tuesday’s result: Beat Southeast Louisiana 109-38. Upcom

ing games: Friday vs. Kent State, Saturday vs. No. 17 DePaul/Western Kentucky and Sunday vs. TBD in Estero, Fla.

7. Mississipp­i State (4-0)

Points: 601. Previous ranking: 9. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Oregon, Saturday vs. San Jose State and Sunday vs. Hawaii in Honolulu.

8. Ohio State (3-1)

Points: 558. Previous ranking: 8. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Florida Gulf Coast, Saturday vs. No. 18 Syracuse/George Washington and Sunday vs. TBD in Estero, Fla.

9. Florida State (3-1)

Points: 490. Previous ranking: 12. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Winthrop, Friday vs. Gonzaga and Saturday vs. Michigan in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

10. UCLA (3-1)

Points: 475. Previous ranking: 11. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Iowa and Friday vs. Toledo in Cancun, Mexico.

11. Stanford (3-1)

Points: 452. Previous ranking: 7. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Northeaste­rn, Friday vs. Wichita State and Saturday vs. Purdue in Cancun, Mexico.

12. Oklahoma (3-0)

Points: 392. Previous ranking: 17. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. South Dakota State and Sunday vs. Colorado State.

13. Washington (4-1)

Points: 379. Previous ranking: 15. Tuesday’s result: Beat Idaho 105-53. Upcoming games: Saturday at Seattle and Sunday at Portland.

14. Texas (1-2)

Points: 353. Previous ranking: 10. Upcoming game: Wednesday vs. Northweste­rn State.

15. Oregon State (3-1)

Points: 315. Previous ranking: 18. Tuesday result: Lost to Marquette 74-73.

16. Tennessee (3-1)

Points: 275. Previous ranking: 13. Upcoming game: Sunday at Virginia Tech.

17. DePaul (3-0)

Points: 272. Previous ranking: 20. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Western Kentucky, Saturday vs. No. 6 Baylor/Kent State and Sunday vs. TBD in Estero, Fla.

18. Syracuse (3-1)

Points: 260. Previous ranking: 14. Upcoming games: Friday vs. George Washington, Saturday vs. No. 8 Ohio State/Florida Gulf Coast and Sunday vs. TBD in Estero, Fla.

19. Michigan State (4-0)

Points: 197. Previous ranking: 21. Tuesday’s result: Played Oregon. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Delaware and Saturday vs. Cal State Northridge/ Detroit in Northridge, Calif.

20. Florida (4-0)

Points: 182. Previous ranking: 23. Tuesday’s result: Beat Arkansas State 71-60. Upcoming

game: Friday at Northweste­rn.

21. Arizona State (2-1)

Points: 168. Previous ranking: 16. Upcoming games: Friday vs. No. 5 Maryland and Saturday vs. St. John’s in Las Vegas.

22. Miami (Fla.) (3-1)

Points: 143. Previous ranking: 22. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Grambling and Sunday vs. Texas Tech/Fordham in Coral Gables, Fla.

23. West Virginia (4-0)

Points: 125. Previous ranking: 25. Tuesday’s result: Beat North Carolina A&T 80-64. Upcoming

games: Wednesday vs. East Carolina and Thursday vs. Auburn in Savannah, Ga., and Sunday vs. High Point.

24. Kentucky (3-1)

Points: 124. Previous ranking: 19. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Morehead State and Sunday vs. Samford.

25. Texas A&M (3-0)

Points: 83. Previous ranking: 24. Upcoming games: Wednesday at Arkansas-Little Rock and Saturday vs. Abilene Christian.

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Gonzaga (3-0) 58; Michigan (4-0) 36; South Dakota State (4-0) 35; South Florida (2-0) 33; Wisconsin-Green Bay (2-1) 20; North Carolina State (4-0) 19; California (4-0) 13; Georgia Tech (4-0) 9; Missouri (2-1) 8; Duke (4-1) 6; Penn State (3-1) 6; Auburn (3-0) 5; Saint Louis (4-0) 5; Oklahoma State (4-0) 4; Temple (2-1) 3; Western Kentucky (2-1) 3; Indiana (3-1) 2; Marquette (3-0) 2; Tulane (2-1) 1; Virginia Tech (4-0) 1.

The USA TODAY Sports board of coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutio­ns. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Associatio­n.

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