USA Today/WBCA DI Coaches Poll for 1/17/23
The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ records through Monday in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, final ranking in last week’s poll, and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (Record) | Points | Last week’s Rank | First-place Votes |
| 1 | South Carolina (18-0) | 800 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | Ohio State (18-0) | 758 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Stanford (17-2) | 702 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | LSU (18-0) | 699 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Connecticut (15-2) | 686 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Indiana (16-1) | 655 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Notre Dame (14-2) | 613 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Utah (16-1) | 571 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Iowa (14-4) | 529 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech (14-3) | 473 | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | Maryland (14-4) | 428 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Oklahoma (14-2) | 409 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | UCLA (15-3) | 399 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Duke (16-1) | 379 | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | Arizona (14-4) | 298 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Michigan (15-3) | 285 | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | Iowa State (11-4) | 282 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | North Carolina State (13-5) | 256 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | Gonzaga (17-2) | 234 | 21 | 0 |
| 20 | North Carolina (12-5) | 219 | 22 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon (13-5) | 132 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Arkansas (17-3) | 121 | 23 | 0 |
| 23 | Illinois (15-3) | 120 | 24 | 0 |
| 24 | Baylor (12-5) | 84 | 17 | 0 |
| 25 | Texas (13-5) | 59 | NR | 0 |
Dropped Out: No. 25 Kansas (12-4).
Others Receiving Votes: Florida Gulf Coast (17-2) 35; Villanova (16-3) 34; Colorado (15-3) 33; South Florida (16-4) 31; Florida State (16-4) 18; Middle Tennessee (14-2) 13; Creighton (12-5) 9; St. John’s (14-3) 9; Kansas (12-4) 7; Louisville (14-6) 5; Miami (Fla.) (12-6) 5; Tennessee (14-6) 5; Southern California (13-4) 2; Cleveland State (16-2) 1; Columbia (15-3) 1; UNLV (17-2) 1.
Voters
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. The board for the 2022-23 season: Ganiyat Adeduntan, Colgate; Kim Barnes Arico, Michigan; Fred Batchelor, Maryland-Eastern Shore; Matt Bollant, Eastern Illinois; Jesyka Burks-Wiley, Florida International; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Long Beach State; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Robyn Fralick, Bowling Green; Kristin Gillespie, Illinois State; Carey Green, Liberty; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Monique LeBlanc, Brown; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Mike Neighbors, Arkansas; Dan Nelson; Utah Valley; Kevin Pederson, Coastal Carolina; April Phillips, San Jose State; DoBee Plaisance, Nicholls State; Shawn Poppie, Chattanooga; Margaret Richards, Alabama A&M; Lynne Roberts, Utah; Alex Simmons, Gardner Webb; Seton Sobolewski, Idaho State; Lisa Stockton, Tulane; Angelika Szumilo, Fairleigh Dickinson; Amy Vachon, Maine; Jeff Walz, Louisville; Doshia Woods, Denver.