Tennessee (7-2) will next play Saturday against Louisville (10-3) in the Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Cardinals is scheduled for 11 a.m. EST and will be televised by Fox. Louisville leads the all-time women’s basketball series versus Tennessee, 3-2, dating to Dec. 16, 2009.
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Tennessee has recorded wins against East Tennessee State, UT Martin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State, Coppin State, Stanford, and Winthrop, while losing to North Carolina State and UCLA during the regular season.
The latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll was released Tuesday. The Lady Vols are ranked No. 18, while Louisville is No. 17.
USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
10-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
12-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
10-1 |
702 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
9-1 |
674 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
11-0 |
649 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/5 |
|
|
6 |
12-0 |
607 |
0 |
6 |
– |
6/10 |
|
|
7 |
11-0 |
573 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/12 |
|
|
8 |
11-1 |
549 |
0 |
9 |
+1 |
6/9 |
|
|
9 |
9-1 |
547 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
8/15 |
|
|
10 |
12-0 |
514 |
0 |
10 |
– |
10/18 |
|
|
11 |
10-0 |
412 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
11/21 |
|
|
12 |
10-1 |
395 |
0 |
12 |
– |
12/23 |
|
|
13 |
11-1 |
393 |
0 |
15 |
+2 |
13/20 |
|
|
14 |
10-1 |
358 |
0 |
16 |
+2 |
13/16 |
|
|
15 |
10-2 |
302 |
0 |
14 |
-1 |
10/18 |
|
|
16 |
9-3 |
284 |
0 |
11 |
-5 |
8/16 |
|
|
17 |
10-3 |
277 |
0 |
20 |
+3 |
17/22 |
|
|
18 |
7-2 |
273 |
0 |
18 |
– |
9/18 |
|
|
19 |
7-3 |
245 |
0 |
17 |
-2 |
10/19 |
|
|
20 |
8-2 |
214 |
0 |
19 |
-1 |
13/23 |
|
|
21 |
9-1 |
156 |
0 |
21 |
– |
21/NR |
|
|
22 |
9-1 |
100 |
0 |
23 |
+1 |
22/NR |
|
|
23 |
9-1 |
92 |
0 |
24 |
+1 |
20/NR |
|
|
24 |
11-0 |
66 |
0 |
25 |
+1 |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
11-0 |
63 |
0 |
NR |
+1 |
25/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 22 Oklahoma State
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma State 37; Texas Tech 23; West Virginia 16; Princeton 14; Duke 13; Oregon 5; South Dakota State 3
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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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