The Final Regular Season AP Women's Top 25 Poll for College Basketball's 1995-1996 Season
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Taken before start of NCAA tournament.
The sportswriters & broadcasters poll: first place votes in parentheses; records through Monday, March 11, 1996; total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.); record in NCAA tourney and team lost to; head coach (career years and record including 1996 postseason), and preseason ranking. Teams in bold type went on to reach NCAA Final Four.
| Mar. 11 Record | Points | NCAA Recap | Head Coach | Preseason Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana Tech (37) | 28-1 | 994 | 3-1 (Georgia) | Leon Barmore (14 yrs: 369-58) | 4 |
| 2 | UConn (2) | 30-3 | 945 | 4-1 (Tennessee) | Geno Auriemma (11 yrs: 261-85) | 1 |
| 3 | Stanford (1) | 25-2 | 912 | 4-1 (Georgia) | A. Tucker & M. Stanley (1 yr: 29-3) | 7 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 26-4 | 882 | 6-0 | Pat Summitt (22 yrs: 596-134) | 6 |
| 5 | Georgia | 23-4 | 854 | 5-1 (Tennessee) | Andy Landers (21 yrs: 499-145) | 2 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 27-2 | 780 | 2-1 (Virginia) | Wendy Larry (12 yrs: 238-117) | 31 |
| 7 | Iowa | 25-3 | 742 | 2-1 (Vanderbilt) | Angie Lee (1 yr: 27-4) | 19 |
| 8 | Penn St | 25-6 | 716 | 2-1 (Auburn) | Rene Portland (20 yrs: 465-147) | 8 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 24-4 | 651 | 2-1 (La. Tech) | Marsha Sharp (14 yrs: 330-111) | 11 |
| 10 | Alabama | 22-7 | 617 | 2-1 (Stanford) | Rick Moody (7 yrs: 150-64) | 24 |
| 11 | Virginia | 23-6 | 540 | 3-1 (Tennessee) | Debbie Ryan (19 yrs: 439-147) | 3 |
| 12 | Vanderbilt | 20-7 | 538 | 3-1 (UConn) | Jim Foster (18 yrs: 376-161) | 5 |
| 13 | Duke | 25-6 | 500 | 1-1 (San Francisco) | Gail Goestenkors (4 yrs: 76-42) | 17 |
| 14 | Clemson | 22-7 | 470 | 1-1 (S.F. Austin St.) | Jim Davis (10 yrs: 208-99) | 43 |
| 15 | Purdue | 20-10 | 451 | 0-1 (Notre Dame) | Lin Dunn (25 yrs: 447-257) | 9 |
| 16 | Florida | 21-8 | 416 | 0-1 (San Francisco) | Carol Ross (6 yrs: 118-59) | 26 |
| 17 | Colorado | 25-8 | 319 | 1-1 (Auburn) | Ceal Barry (17 yrs: 349-172) | 14 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 20-7 | 290 | 1-1 (Vanderbilt) | Jane Albright-Dieterle (12 yrs: 208-119) | 22 |
| 19 | Auburn | 20-8 | 284 | 3-1 (Stanford) | Joe Ciampi (19 yrs: 449-130) | 34 |
| 20 | Kansas | 20-9 | 207 | 2-1 (Tennessee) | Marian Washington (23 yrs: 432-252) | 13 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | 22-7 | 172 | 1-1 (Texas Tech) | Muffet McGraw (14 yrs: 270-129) | 52 |
| 22 | Oregon St | 19-8 | 161 | 0-1 (S.F. Austin St.) | Judy Spoelstra (6 yrs: 117-77) | 20 |
| 23 | N.C. State | 19-9 | 140 | 1-1 (Alabama) | Kay Yow (25 yrs: 508-202) | 12 |
| 24 | Mississippi | 18-10 | 123 | 0-1 (Toledo) | Van Chancellor (18 yrs: 423-143) | 21 |
| 25 | Texas A&M | 20-11 | 51 | 0-1 (Kent) | Candi Harvey (6 yrs: 87-89) | 28 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Colorado St. (25-4, 50); 27. Texas (20-8, 37); 28. Stephen F. Austin St. (25-3, 32); 29. George Washington (25-6, 29); 30. Montana (24-4, 27); 31. DePaul (20-9, 22); 32. SW Missouri St. (25-4, 15); 33. Northwestern (21-10, 6); 34. Toledo (24-5, 5); 35. Louisiana St. (19-10, 4); 36. Arkansas (20-11, 3), Austin Peay (21–8, 3), Memphis (20-10, 3) and Ohio St. (20-12, 3); 40. Oklahoma St. (19-9, 2), 41. Grambling (21-6, 1), Hawaii (23-5, 1), Mid. Tenn. St. (24–6, 1) and Tulane (21-9, 1).
Note: Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer took a one-year leave to coach the USA Women's Olympic Basketball team. Assistants Amy Tucker and Marianne Stanley were named interim co-head coaches.
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