Lady Vols’ latest ranking after second SEC win

A look at the Lady Vols’ latest top 25 basketball ranking.

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.