UConn as the magazine released its preseason poll. The two-time defending champion Huskies are followed by Baylor, Stanford, Xavier and Tennessee. UConn will face Baylor, Stanford as well as each of the teams ranked sixth to 10th (Duke, Ohio State, Notre Dame, West Virginia and Oklahoma) this season.

UConn's Maya Moore is on the preseason first team All-American list joined by Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins, Victoria Dunlap of Kentucky, Brittney Griner of Baylor, Xavier's Amber Harris, Ohio State's Jantel Lavender, Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike, Danielle Robinson of Oklahoma and Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot.