1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings | |||||
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Season | 1987–88 | ||||
NCAA Tournament | 1988 | ||||
Preseason No. 1 | |||||
NCAA Tournament Champions | Louisiana Tech | ||||
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Two human polls comprise the 1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters, while the USA Today Coaches' Poll is a poll of college coaches. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play, while the Coaches poll conducts a final, post-NCAA tournament poll as well.
Legend
– | Not ranked | |
(#) | Ranking |
AP Poll
Source[1]
Team | 23-Nov | 30-Nov | 7-Dec | 14-Dec | 21-Dec | 28-Dec | 4-Jan | 11-Jan | 18-Jan | 25-Jan | 1-Feb | 8-Feb | 15-Feb | 22-Feb | 1-Feb | 7-Mar | 14-Mar |
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Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Iowa | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Auburn | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Texas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Louisiana Tech | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Ohio St. | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Long Beach St. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Rutgers | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Maryland | – | – | – | 20 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Virginia | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
Washington | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Ole Miss | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Stanford | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
James Madison | – | – | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | – | – | – | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Southern California | 13 | 13 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Montana | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
Georgia | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
New Mexico St. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Stephen F. Austin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 17 | – | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
La Salle | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | 20 | 20 |
Clemson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | – |
DePaul | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – |
Duke | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Houston | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Illinois | – | – | – | 19 | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Old Dominion | 18 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Penn St. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Saint Joseph’s | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Southern Ill. | 16 | 14 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UNLV | – | – | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Vanderbilt | 14 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wake Forest | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 20 | – | – | – | – |
Western Ky. | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
USA Today Coaches poll
Source[1]
Team | 23-Nov | 1-Dec | 8-Dec | 15-Dec | 22-Dec | 29-Dec | 5-Jan | 12-Jan | 19-Jan | 26-Jan | 2-Feb | 9-Feb | 16-Feb | 23-Feb | 1-Mar | 8-Mar | 15-Mar | 22-Mar |
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Louisiana Tech | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | T4 | T5 | 5 | 1 |
Auburn | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Long Beach St. | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
Texas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | T4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Iowa | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Virginia | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
Maryland | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | T12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
Ohio St. | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | T5 | 6 | 9 |
Georgia | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | T12 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
Rutgers | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
Ole Miss | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Southern California | 14 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Stanford | 22 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
James Madison | 21 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 14 | T15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Washington | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | T15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 |
Montana | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | T15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Stephen F. Austin | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
Western Ky. | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | T15 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | – | – | 20 | 19 |
Clemson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
Saint Joseph’s | 17 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 21 |
DePaul | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 24 | – | 22 |
New Mexico St. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
South Carolina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
Houston | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 |
Duke | T18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Illinois | – | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
LSU | 20 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Nebraska | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 25 | – | 24 | – | 24 | – |
New Orleans | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | – | – |
Old Dominion | T18 | 21 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Penn St. | 24 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Southern Ill. | 15 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
UNLV | 25 | – | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | – |
Vanderbilt | 12 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Wake Forest | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | – |
References
- ^ a b "Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA.org.
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