Excel H Sports Women’s College Basketball OVERALL rankings February 16 2026

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

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

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Clemson 18-9, Michigan State 20-6, Mississippi State 17-8, Nebraska 16-9, North Carolina State 17-8, Notre Dame 16-9, Oregon 18-9, Seton Hall 17-8, St. John’s 20-8, Tennessee 16-7, Utah 17-9, Villanova 21-5