Unlike the Associated Press poll when Baylor remained No. 2 after its loss to No. 1 UConn, the Lady Bears dropped to third behind UConn and Stanford. The only other change in the top 10 is Kentucky moving up to ninth and Oklahoma slipping to 10th. Michigan State dropped out of the top 25 while Wisconsin-Green Bay moved in and checks in at No. 23.

Here is the poll:
Rank School (record) Points Preseason rank First place votes
1 Connecticut (3-0) 775 1 31
2 Stanford (3-0) 720 3 0
3 Baylor (4-1) 714 2 0
4 Tennessee (4-0) 686 4 0
5 Xavier (2-0) 638 5 0
6 Duke (4-0) 626 6 0
7 Ohio State (4-0) 565 7 0
8 Texas A&M (3-0) 553 8 0
9 Kentucky (3-0) 522 10 0
10 Oklahoma (3-0) 501 9 0
11 West Virginia (3-0) 454 11 0
12 Georgetown (3-0) 419 13 0
13 UCLA (4-0) 394 15 0
14 Florida State (4-0) 381 14 0
15 North Carolina (4-0) 321 16 0
16 Notre Dame (2-2) 265 12 0
17 Iowa State (3-0) 256 17 0
18 Georgia (3-0) 234 18 0
19 Texas (3-0) 225 19 0
20 Nebraska (4-0) 138 21 0
21 Iowa (5-0) 131 24 0
22 Vanderbilt (2-1) 110 20 0
23 Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-0) 100 not ranked 0
24 St. John's (4-1) 94 23 0
25 TCU (3-0) 82 25 0


Dropped out: No. 22 Michigan State (3-1).

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 69; Maryland 22; Purdue 21; Oklahoma State 14; DePaul 12; Northwestern 7; Gonzaga 6; Wake Forest 5; California 3; Louisville 3;
Arkansas-Little Rock 2; Boston College 2; Kansas State 2; Mississippi State 2; Tulane 1.

The USA TODAY/ESPN 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 2010-11 season: Courtney Banghart, Princeton; Frank Bennett, Lipscomb; Rae Blair, Texas-San Antonio; Matt Bollant, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Nikki Caldwell, UCLA; Matt Corkery, American; Leslie Crane, Western Illinois; Tonya Edwards, Alcorn State; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Jose Fernandez, South Florida; Jim Flanery, Creighton; Nell Fortner, Auburn; Susan Robinson Fruchtl, St. Francis (Pa.); LeDawn Gibson, Florida A&M; Tom Hodges, Morehead State; Jim Jabir, Dayton; Joe Mathews, Towson; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Kelly Packard, Ball State, Raegan Pebley, Utah State; Mike Petersen, Wake Forest; Rick Pietri, South Alabama; Gordy Presnell, Boise State; Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb; Phil Stern, Maryland-Baltimore County; Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's; Sharon Versyp, Purdue; Jaime White, Northern Colorado; Joi Williams, Central Florida; Nancy Wilson, College of Charleston; Jody Wynn, Long Beach State.