Excel H Sports Women’s College Basketball Rankings January 1st, 2023

Initial rankings were released October 21, 2022.

EDITORS NOTE: Our rankings included games from Sunday through Saturday each individual week

Strength of schedule is one criteria we use.

1	South Carolina	13-0	1
2	Stanford	14-1	2
3	Louisiana State	13-0	4
4	Ohio State	15-0	5
5	Notre Dame	11-1	7
6	Iowa	11-3	9
7	Connecticut	11-2	10
8	Utah	13-0	8
9	UCLA	13-1	11
10	Duke	12-1	17
11	Oklahoma	11-1	12
12	Indiana	12-1	3
13	Arizona	12-1	15
14	North Carolina State	11-2	6
15	Maryland	11-3	18
16	Iowa State	9-2	14
17	Virginia	13-1	20
18	Gonzaga	14-2	22
19	Mississippi State	12-2	23
20	Michigan	12-2	16
21	Florida State	13-2	26
22	North Carolina	9-3	13
23	Louisville	11-4	24
24	Oregon	10-3	19
25	Villanova	11-3	25
26	Kansas	11-1	28
27	St. John’s	13-0	30
28	Baylor	10-3	NR
29	Toledo	9-2	29
30	Virginia Tech	11-2	21
30	Illinois	12-2	NR

BELOW THE 30 (In no particular order):

Arkansas 13-3, Nebraska 10-4, Bowling Green 11-1, West Virginia 9-3, Michigan State 9-5, Tennessee 9-6, Mississippi 12-2, Washington State 10-3, Alabama 12-2, Missouri 12-2, Wake Forest 10-4, Ball State 10-3, Washington 9-3, Southern California 11-2, Marquette 9-5, Texas Tech 12-2, Wofford 10-4, Texas 10-4, Kansas State 11-3, Seton Hall 11-4, California 9-4, Florida Gulf Coast 12-2, East Tennessee State 13-3, South Dakota State 11-5, North Dakota State 9-4, James Madison 12-2, Portland 10-5, San Francisco 12-3, Jacksonville State 7-4, Tulsa 11-3, Wichita State 11-3, South Florida 12-4, Oklahoma State 10-3, DePaul 10-5, Purdue 10-3, Penn State 10-4, Michigan State 9-5, Cleveland State13-1, Green Bay 10-3, Missouri State 7-4, Murray State 8-2, Eastern Illinois 10-3, Colorado 11-3, George Washington 9-5, Rhode Island 10-3, U Massachusetts 11-3, St. Joseph 11-2, Syracuse 10-3, Boston College 11-4, Clemson 10-4, Creighton 9-4, Sacramento State 10-2, Middle Tennessee State 10-2, Florida Atlantic 9-2, U T El Paso 9-3, Columbia 12-2, Akron 9-2, Norfolk State 11-3, U N Las Vegas 12-2, San Diego State 11-3