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Where is Alabama women’s basketball ranked in USA TODAY Preseason Coaches Poll?
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- Where is Alabama women’s basketball ranked in USA TODAY Preseason Coaches Poll?
Alabama women's basketball enters the 2024-25 season ranked as the No. 25 team in the country per the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll that was released on Thursday.
The Crimson Tide is coming off the 2023-24 season that saw it finish 24-10 overall, earning its third NCAA tournament bid in the last four years. It made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2024, falling 65-54 to Texas .
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Alabama head coach Kristy Curry is going into her 26th year coaching and 12th year with the Crimson Tide . Alabama returns eight letterwinners from its 2023-24 squad, including key starters in Sarah Ashlee Barker , Essence Cody and Aaliyah Nye . It also brings in six newcomers, three from the transfer portal and three freshman.
Alabama is one of seven SEC teams included in the preseason poll along with South Carolina (1), Texas (4), LSU (7), Oklahoma (10), Mississippi (21) and Kentucky (22).
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USA Today Sports Preseason Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
| Rank |
School (record) |
Points |
Last year's final ranking |
First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
South Carolina (38-0) |
770 |
1 |
27 |
| 2 |
Connecticut (33-6) |
734 |
3 |
3 |
| 3 |
Southern California (29-6) |
716 |
6 |
1 |
| 4 |
Texas (33-5) |
670 |
5 |
0 |
| 5 |
Notre Dame (28-7) |
629 |
11 |
0 |
| 6 |
UCLA (27-7) |
612 |
9 |
0 |
| 7 |
LSU (31-6) |
567 |
7 |
0 |
| 8 |
North Carolina State (31-7) |
533 |
4 |
0 |
| 9 |
Iowa State (21-12) |
487 |
NR |
0 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma (23-10) |
457 |
20 |
0 |
| 11 |
Duke (22-12) |
449 |
21 |
0 |
| 12 |
Baylor (26-8) |
434 |
15 |
0 |
| 13 |
Kansas State (26-8) |
407 |
18 |
0 |
| 14 |
Ohio State (26-6) |
405 |
14 |
0 |
| 15 |
West Virginia (25-8) |
285 |
25 |
0 |
| 16 |
North Carolina (20-13) |
263 |
NR |
0 |
| 17 |
Louisville (24-10) |
261 |
NR |
0 |
| 18 |
Maryland (19-14) |
254 |
NR |
0 |
| 19 |
Florida State (23-11) |
177 |
NR |
0 |
| 20 |
Creighton (26-6) |
150 |
19 |
0 |
| 21 |
Mississippi (24-9) |
135 |
NR |
0 |
| 22 |
Kentucky (12-20) |
106 |
NR |
0 |
| 23 |
Nebraska (23-12) |
92 |
NR |
0 |
| 24 |
Indiana (26-6) |
75 |
12 |
0 |
| 25 |
Alabama (24-10) |
57 |
NR |
0 |
Dropped out:No. 2 Iowa (34-5); No. 8 Stanford (30-6); No. 10 Oregon State (27-8); No. 13 Gonzaga (32-4); No. 16 Colorado (24-10); No. 17 Virginia Tech (25-8); No. 22 Utah (23-11); No. 23 Syracuse (24-8); No. 24 UNLV (30-3).
Others receiving votes:Gonzaga (32-4) 49; TCU (21-12) 37; Stanford (30-6) 32; Tennessee (20-13) 32; Iowa (34-5) 28; Utah (23-11) 25; South Dakota State (27-6) 22; Oregon State (27-8) 21; Princeton (25-5) 18; Colorado (24-10) 15; Virginia Tech (25-8) 10; Illinois (19-15) 9; Middle Tennessee (30-5) 8; Fairfield (31-2) 7; California (19-15) 6; Richmond (29-6) 6; Auburn (20-12) 5; Florida Gulf Coast (29-5) 4; Miami (Fla.) (19-12) 4; UNLV (30-3) 4; South Florida (19-14) 3; George Mason (23-8) 2; Cleveland State (29-6) 1; Michigan (20-14) 1; Saint Joseph's (28-6) 1
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