Excel H Sports Women’s OVEREALL BASKETBALL rankings January 5, 2026

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

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

BELOW THE 30: (IN ALPHABETI CAL ORDER)

Clemson 11-5, Colorado 11-4, Florida 10-5, Kansas11-4, Marquette 10-5, Miami of Florida 10-5, Minnesota 10-3, Missouri 12-5,  Nebraska 13-2, North Carolina 13-4,S Seton Hall 10-5, Southern California 10-4, St. John’s 13-3, Stanford 13-3, Syracuse 13-2, Utah 11-4, Villanova 12-3, Wake Forest 12-4, Washington 12-2 Wisconsin 11-4,