2025-2026 Season Polls

[BigTenGuy]

Gophers tied for 30th (t5th among others receiving votes) in AP Preseason Top 25. Not a bad place to start for a team that didn't make the NCAA tourney last season. Sabreena Merchant of the Athletic is particularly high on the Gophers. Only 3 of 31 AP voters put the Gophers in the top 25, and Merchant voted them 16th.

3. UCLA (705 points)
10. Maryland (461)
13. Michigan (375)
18. USC (235)
21. Iowa (130)
23. Michigan State (103)

26. Washington (79)
27. Ohio State (46)
30. Gophers (15)
35. Illinois (2)
35. Nebraska (2)

Also
32. Kansas (7)

AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA women's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2025-26 season.

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[BigTenGuy]

The Gophers were 1 of 11 BIG teams to get at least 1 vote in the Coaches Preseason Poll. The Gophers received 1 vote and tied for 39th.

 

[BigTenGuy]

In the second AP poll, the Gophers are ranked #31, down 1 spot from the pre-season poll. But the Gophers are ranked by 4 voters this week, up from 3 in the pre-season poll. The Gophers biggest supporter in the AP poll, Sabreena Merchant of the Athletic, moved the Gophers down to # 21 from # 16 on her pre-season ballot. Wonder if Heyer and Woodson are responsible for her downgrade.