Excel H Sports Women’s College OVERALL Basketball rankings March 1 2026

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

Rank	Teams	Record	Previous
1	Connecticut	31-0	1
2	UCLA	28-1	2
3	South Carolina	29-2	3
4	Louisiana State	26-4	4
5	Texas	28-3	7
6	Texas Christian	27-4	10
7	Vanderbilt	27-3	11
8	Oklahoma	23-6	12
9	North Carolina	25-6	13
10	Iowa	24-5	11
11	Michigan	24-5	15
12	Duke	21-8	10
13	Virginia Tech	22-8	18
14	West Virginia	24-6	21
15	Ohio State	24-6	12
16	Virginia	19-10	13
17	Maryland	23-7	14
18	Minnesota	22-7	20
19	Baylor	24-7	17
20	Michigan State	22-7	19
21	Oklahoma State	23-8	NR
22	Iowa State	22-8	22
23	North Carolina State	20-9	27
24	Notre Dame	20-9	NR
25	Stanford	19-12	NR
26	Alabama	21-9	24
27	Louisville	25-6	16
28	Kentucky	21-9	26
29	Villanova	23-6	NR
30	Texas Tech	25-6	23

BELOW THE 30 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

Arizona State 22-9, Brigham Young 20-10, Clemson 20-10, Colorado 20-10, Illinois 19-10, Georgia 22-8, Kansas 18-12, Marquette 18-11, Mississippi State 18-12, Nebraska 18-11, Ole Miss 21-10, Oregon 20-11, Seton Hall 18-11, St. John’s 21-10, Syracuse 22-7, Tennessee 16-12, USC 17-13, Utah 19-11, Washington 20-9