Tennessee (5-2) will return to action Wednesday at Stanford (8-1). Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Cardinal is slated for 9:15 p.m. EST.
ESPN2 will televise the ACC/SEC Women’s Basketball Challenge matchup with Krista Blunk (play-by-play) and Stephanie White (color analyst) on the call.
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Tennessee leads the all-time women’s basketball series, 25-14, against Stanford, dating to Dec. 18, 1988.
The latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll was released on Tuesday. Tennessee is down six spots and ranked No. 17.
The entire USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 is listed below.
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USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll women’s basketball top 25 rankings
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
7-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
8-0 |
745 |
3 |
4 |
+2 |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
7-1 |
707 |
0 |
2 |
-1 |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
8-1 |
670 |
0 |
3 |
-1 |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
8-0 |
645 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/5 |
|
|
6 |
9-0 |
602 |
0 |
6 |
– |
6/10 |
|
|
7 |
8-0 |
575 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/12 |
|
|
8 |
6-1 |
554 |
0 |
9 |
+1 |
8/15 |
|
|
9 |
7-1 |
546 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
6/9 |
|
|
10 |
8-1 |
478 |
0 |
10 |
– |
8/12 |
|
|
11 |
9-0 |
459 |
0 |
12 |
+1 |
11/18 |
|
|
12 |
8-0 |
397 |
0 |
14 |
+2 |
12/23 |
|
|
13 |
7-0 |
393 |
0 |
13 |
– |
13/16 |
|
|
14 |
8-0 |
331 |
0 |
17 |
+3 |
14/21 |
|
|
15 |
7-1 |
330 |
0 |
16 |
+1 |
10/18 |
|
|
16 |
8-1 |
302 |
0 |
15 |
-1 |
15/20 |
|
|
17 |
5-2 |
290 |
0 |
11 |
-6 |
9/17 |
|
|
18 |
5-2 |
286 |
0 |
18 |
– |
10/18 |
|
|
19 |
5-1 |
230 |
0 |
19 |
– |
13/23 |
|
|
20 |
8-0 |
207 |
0 |
21 |
+1 |
20/NR |
|
|
21 |
7-2 |
126 |
0 |
22 |
+1 |
19/22 |
|
|
22 |
8-0 |
122 |
0 |
23 |
+1 |
22/NR |
|
|
23 |
8-1 |
67 |
0 |
25 |
+2 |
21/25 |
|
|
24 |
6-1 |
62 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
5-3 |
54 |
0 |
24 |
-1 |
8/25 |
Schools dropped out
No. 20 West Virginia
Others receiving votes
West Virginia 44; Alabama 25; Duke 11; Texas Tech 10; Princeton 10; Georgia 7; Oregon 6; Nebraska 6; South Dakota State 3; Stanford 1; Richmond 1; Indiana 1
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List of voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025-26 season: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Saint Mary’s; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corry Irvin, Chicago State; Renee Jimenez, UC-Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Terry Primm, Siena; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Coquese Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
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