Tennessee (14-2, 2-2 SEC) won its second Southeastern Conference game on Sunday during the 2024-25 women’s basketball season. The Lady Vols defeated Arkansas, 93-63, at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Lady Vols will next play on Thursday against Mississippi State at Food City Center. Tipoff between Tennessee and the Bulldogs is slated for 7 p.m. EST and will be televised by SEC Network.
Tennessee remains ranked No. 15 for a second consecutive week in the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll.
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South Carolina, LSU, Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Alabama are also ranked in the top 25 from the SEC. The entire USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll is listed below.
Rank | School | Record | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | UCLA | 16-0 | 750 (30) |
2 | South Carolina | 16-1 | 717 |
3 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 679 |
4 | LSU | 19-0 | 654 |
5 | USC | 16-1 | 643 |
6 | UConn | 15-2 | 557 |
7 | Texas | 16-2 | 557 |
8 | Ohio State | 16-0 | 535 |
9 | Maryland | 15-1 | 533 |
10 | Kansas State | 17-1 | 488 |
11 | TCU | 17-1 | 465 |
12 | Kentucky | 15-1 | 386 |
13 | Oklahoma | 14-3 | 376 |
14 | North Carolina | 15-3 | 349 |
15 | Tennessee | 14-2 | 320 |
16 | Duke | 13-4 | 297 |
17 | Georgia Tech | 15-2 | 237 |
18 | California | 16-2 | 212 |
19 | Alabama | 16-2 | 188 |
20 | West Virginia | 13-3 | 186 |
21 | North Carolina St. | 12-4 | 165 |
22 | Michigan State | 13-3 | 108 |
23 | Utah | 13-3 | 92 |
24 | Baylor | 14-3 | 68 |
25 | Minnesota | 16-1 | 49 |
Schools dropped out
No. 23 Iowa; No. 24 Florida State
Others receiving votes
Oklahoma State 23; South Dakota State 20; Nebraska 20; Creighton 18; Florida State 17; Mississippi State 10; Ole Miss 8; Iowa 8; Louisville 3; Michigan 2; FGCU 2
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 2024-25 season: Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens University; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton Del Rosario, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Cindy Fisher, San Diego; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Brian Holsinger, Montana; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Missy Traversi, Army; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Way Veney, Central Connecticut State; Coquese Washington, Rutgers.