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Women's Basketball

2021 Preseason AP Women's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	South Carolina (29)	SEC	0-0	749
2	< 7	Stanford (1)	Pac-12	0-0	698
3	< 5	Connecticut	Big East	0-0	695
4	< 3	Baylor	Big 12	0-0	663
5	< 6	Louisville	ACC	0-0	597
6	< 9	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	589
7	< 12	Arizona	Pac-12	0-0	575
8	< 8	NC State	ACC	0-0	556
9	< 10	UCLA	Pac-12	0-0	499
10	< 2	Oregon	Pac-12	0-0	472
11	< 16	Kentucky	SEC	0-0	464
12	< 4	Maryland	Big Ten	0-0	395
13	< 18	Texas A&M	SEC	0-0	383
14	< 24	Arkansas	SEC	0-0	354
15	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	0-0	284
16	< 20	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	278
17	< 11	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0	275
18	< 14	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-0	240
19	< 15	DePaul	Big East	0-0	185
20	< NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0	165
21	< 13	Gonzaga	West Coast	0-0	137
22	< NR	Notre Dame	ACC	0-0	125
23	< NR	Syracuse	ACC	0-0	120
24	< 23	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	0-0	95
25	< NR	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	65
RV	< NR	Texas	Big 12	0-0	24
RV	< 17	South Dakota	Summit	0-0	21
RV	< 19	Florida State	ACC	0-0	12
RV	< NR	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	10
RV	< 25	Arizona State	Pac-12	0-0	6
RV	< 22	Princeton	Ivy	0-0	5
RV	< NR	Marquette	Big East	0-0	4
RV	< NR	South Dakota State	Summit	0-0	3
RV	< NR	Boston College	ACC	0-0	2
RV	< NR	Duke	ACC	0-0	1
RV	< NR	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-0	1
RV	< NR	South Florida	American	0-0	1
RV	< NR	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	1
RV	< NR	USC	Pac-12	0-0	1
NR	< 21	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0	0

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
SEC	5	9.0	2539
Pac-12	5	9.2	2484
Big Ten	5	18.0	1178
ACC	4	14.5	1398
Big 12	2	9.5	947
Big East	2	11.0	880
West Coast	1	21.0	137
Missouri Valley	1	24.0	95

First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.