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EspañolFor the sixth week in a row, the Lady Longhorns are No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. In fact, the top four teams in the women's basketball ranking have remained unchanged since January.
UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas have been at the top of the poll for weeks and are likely the four No. 1 seeds in the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Texas finished the regular season with a 72-65 win over No. 23 Alabama on Sunday. UT now awaits its opponent in the SEC postseason tournament. The Lady Longhorns are automatically advanced to the quarterfinals, so there will be two full rounds before Texas plays.
There are nine SEC teams in the newest Coaches Poll, so navigating through the conference tournament unscathed will be difficult, but it also might not matter in relation to NCAA seeding. With the top four of the polls so locked in for so long, the postseason conference tournaments might not have much of an impact.
Women's College Basketball Coaches Poll
Week 18 results: Published March 03, 2026
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | 31-0 | 775 | 31 | 1 | - | 1/1 |
| 2 | UCLA | 28-1 | 742 | 0 | 2 | - | 2/4 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 29-2 | 715 | 0 | 3 | - | 2/3 |
| 4 | Texas | 28-3 | 680 | 0 | 4 | - | 2/5 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 27-3 | 648 | 0 | 5 | - | 4/21 |
| 6 | LSU | 26-4 | 617 | 0 | 6 | - | 5/12 |
| 7 | Michigan | 24-5 | 564 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5/15 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 23-6 | 560 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5/16 |
| 9 | Iowa | 24-5 | 534 | 0 | 9 | - | 8/23 |
| 10 | TCU | 27-4 | 505 | 0 | 10 | - | 7/14 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 24-6 | 451 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8/NR |
| 12 | Louisville | 25-6 | 414 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6/22 |
| 13 | Maryland | 23-7 | 385 | 0 | 13 | - | 6/19 |
| 14 | Duke | 21-8 | 364 | 0 | 14 | - | 6/NR |
| 15 | West Virginia | 24-6 | 332 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 15/NR |
| 16 | North Carolina | 25-6 | 296 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8/23 |
| 17 | Michigan State | 22-7 | 275 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13/NR |
| 18 | Baylor | 24-7 | 246 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10/21 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 21-9 | 240 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 7/20 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 22-7 | 200 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 20/NR |
| 21 | Texas Tech | 25-6 | 149 | 0 | 21 | - | 18/NR |
| 22 | Georgia | 22-8 | 89 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22/NR |
| 23 | Ole Miss | 21-10 | 77 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 13/23 |
| 24 | Princeton | 23-3 | 59 | 0 | NR | 2 | 19/NR |
| 25 | Alabama | 21-9 | 55 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 21/NR |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 25 Iowa State;
Others Receiving Votes
Rice 28; Iowa State 24; Notre Dame 19; Oklahoma State 9; Washington 7; Fairfield 7; Rhode Island 3; North Carolina State 3; North Dakota State 1; Columbia 1; Colorado 1;
List Of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025-26 season: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Saint Mary’s; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corry Irvin, Chicago State; Renee Jimenez, UC-Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Terry Primm, Siena; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Coquese Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
Helpful Info
*The highest and lowest ranking each team has held during the designated season. Any team that starts the season unranked and/or falls out of the top 25 during the season will reflect a "NR" (not ranked) designation as its lowest rank.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas Women's Basketball No. 4 in Coaches Poll, in line for No. 1 seed