The Texas Longhorns Women’s Basketball team capped a great week by jumping two spots in the newest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll to No. 2. The Lady Longhorns jumped UCLA and South Carolina. Texas beat the Bruins and the Gamecocks on back-to-back nights in the 2025 Players Era Championship basketball tournament in Las Vegas.
Texas is 8-0 on the season and haven’t really been challenged except for the South Carolina game. Lady Longhorns star Rori Harmon hit an 11-foot jump shot with 00:0.8 on the clock to beat the Gamecocks 66-64. Texas beat UCLA the night before comfortably 76-65.
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South Carolina and UCLA drop down to No. 3 and No. 4 respectively. 7-0 UConn remains the No. 1 team in America. LSU, Maryland, TCU, Michigan, Oklahoma and North Carolina make up the rest of the top ten.
There are eight SEC and Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25. The ACC and Big 12 each have four teams ranked and the Big East has just the top-ranked Huskies.
Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll
Week 5 results: Published December 02, 2025
|
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.
Helpful Info
*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a “NR” (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.
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