Excel H Sports Women’s OVERALL College Basketball rankings January 26 2026

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

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

BELOW THE 30 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Arizona State 17-4, Illinois 15-5, Marquette 13-7, Minnesota 14-6, North Carolina State 14-6, Notre Dame 13-7, Oklahoma State 16-5, Rhode Island 18-2, St. John’s 16-6, Syracuse 16-4, Utah 14-6, Villanova 15-5, Virginia 14-6