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AP polls906across 51 seasons
Schools ranked161ever ranked
Latest pollOct 20, 2026South Carolina No. 1
NCAA tournaments441982–2026

Latest AP poll October 20, 2026

  1. 1South CarolinaSEC
  2. 2ConnecticutBig East
  3. 3USCBig 10
  4. 4DukeACC
  5. 5MichiganBig 10
  6. 6TexasSEC
  7. 7LouisvilleACC
  8. 8VanderbiltSEC
  9. 9LSUSEC
  10. 10IowaBig 10
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Every season

How each season ended
SeasonPreseason No. 1ThenFinal No. 1Champion
2026-2027 South Carolina→——
2025-2026 Connecticut→ UCLA UCLA
2024-2025 South Carolina→ Connecticut Connecticut
2023-2024 LSU→ South Carolina South Carolina
2022-2023 South Carolina→ South Carolina LSU
2021-2022 South Carolina→ South Carolina South Carolina
2020-2021 South Carolina→ Connecticut Stanford
2019-2020 Oregon→ South Carolina—
2018-2019 Notre Dame→ Baylor Baylor
2017-2018 Connecticut→ Connecticut Notre Dame
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AP records

Records
RecordValueHolder
# Distinct Rankings in One Season14 Western Kentucky (1991-1992) and 4 others
# Polls Ranked Top 25809 Tennessee
# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 2546 Tennessee
# Teams Ranked Top 25 in Season472009-2010
# Ties in One Poll2January 3, 1995 and 9 others
# Top 5 Teams from Same Conference in One Poll4SEC (December 19, 1988) and 1 other
Largest In-Season Poll-to-Poll Fall16 Georgia and 1 other
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NCAA champions

  1. UCLA2026def. South Carolina
  2. Connecticut2025def. South Carolina
  3. South Carolina2024def. Iowa
  4. LSU2023def. Iowa
  5. South Carolina2022def. Connecticut
  6. Stanford2021def. Arizona
  7. Baylor2019def. Notre Dame
  8. Notre Dame2018def. Mississippi State
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