Tennessee (8-3) defeated Southern Indiana (8-3), 89-44, on Monday at Food City Center. Monday marked the Lady Vols’ final contest of the 2025 calendar year.
Tennessee will next play on Jan. 1, 2026 against Florida in a SEC opener for both schools. Tipoff is slated 2 p.m. EST at Food City Center.
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The Lady Vols have recorded wins against East Tennessee State, UT Martin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State, Coppin State, Stanford, Winthrop and Southern Indiana, while losing to North Carolina State, UCLA and Louisville during the regular season.
The latest USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll was released Tuesday. Tennessee is down three spots and ranked No. 21. Michigan State is also ranked No. 21.
More: 2025-26 Lady Vols basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
12-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
– |
1/1 |
|
|
2 |
14-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
– |
2/4 |
|
|
3 |
12-1 |
701 |
0 |
3 |
– |
2/3 |
|
|
4 |
11-1 |
672 |
0 |
4 |
– |
3/4 |
|
|
5 |
13-0 |
650 |
0 |
5 |
– |
5/5 |
|
|
6 |
13-0 |
604 |
0 |
6 |
– |
6/10 |
|
|
7 |
13-0 |
573 |
0 |
7 |
– |
7/12 |
|
|
8 |
12-1 |
555 |
0 |
8 |
– |
6/9 |
|
|
8 |
10-1 |
555 |
0 |
9 |
+1 |
8/15 |
|
|
10 |
13-0 |
513 |
0 |
10 |
– |
10/18 |
|
|
11 |
12-0 |
428 |
0 |
11 |
– |
11/21 |
|
|
12 |
12-1 |
418 |
0 |
13 |
+1 |
12/20 |
|
|
13 |
12-3 |
344 |
0 |
17 |
+4 |
13/22 |
|
|
14 |
10-2 |
335 |
0 |
12 |
-2 |
12/23 |
|
|
15 |
11-3 |
332 |
0 |
16 |
+1 |
8/16 |
|
|
16 |
9-3 |
279 |
0 |
19 |
+3 |
10/19 |
|
|
17 |
12-2 |
270 |
0 |
14 |
-3 |
13/17 |
|
|
18 |
9-2 |
223 |
0 |
20 |
+2 |
13/23 |
|
|
19 |
11-1 |
197 |
0 |
21 |
+2 |
19/NR |
|
|
20 |
11-3 |
164 |
0 |
15 |
-5 |
10/20 |
|
|
21 |
8-3 |
163 |
0 |
18 |
-3 |
9/21 |
|
|
21 |
11-1 |
163 |
0 |
23 |
+2 |
20/NR |
|
|
23 |
14-0 |
100 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
23/NR |
|
|
24 |
12-0 |
95 |
0 |
25 |
+1 |
24/NR |
|
|
25 |
14-0 |
90 |
0 |
24 |
-1 |
24/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 22 Washington
Others receiving votes
Princeton 32; Oklahoma State 30; Washington 25; West Virginia 21; Duke 13; Stanford 7; Oregon 2; South Dakota State 1; Georgia 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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