Excel H Sports Women’s OVERALL Basketball rankings January 19 2026

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Steven Stremming is a member of the United Basketball Writers Association of America.

Rank	Teams	Record	Previous
1	Connecticut	18-0	1
2	UCLA	17-1	2
3	South Carolina	19-1	3
4	Vanderbilt	18-0	4
5	Louisiana State	17-2	5
6	Texas	19-2	6
7	Michigan	15-2	10
8	Louisville	18-3	11
9	Texas Christian	18-1	13
10	Iowa	16-2	16
11	Michigan State	17-2	8
12	Ohio State	16-2	14
13	Oklahoma	14-4	9
14	Kentucky	17-3	7
15	Tennessee	13-3	18
16	Baylor	17-3	19
17	Texas Tech	19-1	12
18	Georgia	16-3	23
19	Oklahoma State	16-4	30
20	Clemson	13-6	25
21	Notre Dame	12-5	20
22	Syracuse	16-3	26
23	Maryland	17-3	15
24	Brigham Young	14-4	24
25	West Virginia	15-4	29
26	Ole Miss	16-4	17
27	Arizona State	17-2	NR
28	Duke	13-6	NR
29	Mississippi State	15-5	NR
30	Alabama	17-3	22

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Auburn 13-6, Illinois 15-4, Iowa State 14-5, Minnesota 12-6, Nebraska 14-4, North Carolina 15-5, North Carolina State 13-6, Oregon 14-6, Seton Hall 13-5, St. John’s 15-5, Stanford 15-5, USC 11-7, Utah 14-5, Villanova 15-4, Virgina 13-5, Virginia Tech 13-5, Washington 14-4, Wisconsin 12-7