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Lady Vols basketball ranked top 20 after four SEC wins
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Tennessee (12-3, 4-0 SEC) basketball will return to action on Jan. 18. Alabama will host the Lady Vols at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama .
Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Crimson Tide is scheduled for 2 p.m. EST. The contest will be televised by SEC Network.
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Tennessee has recorded wins against East Tennessee State, UT Martin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee State, Coppin State , Stanford , Winthrop , Southern Indiana , Florida , Auburn , Mississippi State and Arkansas , while losing to North Carolina State, UCLA and Louisville during the regular season .
The latest USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll was released on Tuesday. The Lady Vols are up two spots and are ranked No. 20.
More: 2025-26 Lady Vols basketball schedule, TV, tipoff times
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll top 25 rankings
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
| 1 |
17-0 |
775 |
31 |
1 |
- |
1/1 |
|
| 2 |
17-1 |
733 |
0 |
3 |
+1 |
2/3 |
|
| 3 |
15-1 |
705 |
0 |
4 |
+1 |
3/4 |
|
| 4 |
18-1 |
683 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
2/4 |
|
| 5 |
17-0 |
654 |
0 |
6 |
+1 |
5/21 |
|
| 6 |
16-2 |
574 |
0 |
12 |
+6 |
5/12 |
|
| 7 |
14-2 |
565 |
0 |
9 |
+2 |
7/15 |
|
| 8 |
16-1 |
545 |
0 |
10 |
+2 |
7/12 |
|
| 9 |
16-2 |
513 |
0 |
7 |
-2 |
7/20 |
|
| 10 |
16-3 |
499 |
0 |
11 |
+1 |
10/22 |
|
| 11 |
16-2 |
428 |
0 |
8 |
-3 |
6/11 |
|
| 12 |
14-3 |
407 |
0 |
5 |
-7 |
5/12 |
|
| 13 |
14-2 |
402 |
0 |
14 |
+1 |
12/23 |
|
| 14 |
16-1 |
376 |
0 |
15 |
+1 |
14/NR |
|
| 15 |
15-2 |
340 |
0 |
19 |
+4 |
15/NR |
|
| 16 |
16-3 |
339 |
0 |
17 |
+1 |
13/17 |
|
| 17 |
15-3 |
289 |
0 |
16 |
-1 |
10/21 |
|
| 18 |
18-0 |
275 |
0 |
20 |
+2 |
18/NR |
|
| 19 |
14-3 |
212 |
0 |
13 |
-6 |
10/19 |
|
| 20 |
12-3 |
205 |
0 |
22 |
+2 |
9/22 |
|
| 21 |
17-1 |
179 |
0 |
24 |
+3 |
21/NR |
|
| 22 |
12-4 |
94 |
0 |
25 |
+3 |
13/25 |
|
| 23 |
13-5 |
77 |
0 |
18 |
-5 |
8/23 |
|
| 24 |
14-1 |
76 |
0 |
NR |
+2 |
24/NR |
|
| 25 |
14-3 |
42 |
0 |
NR |
+2 |
20/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 21 USC ; No. 23 Washington
Others receiving votes
Illinois 24; Nebraska 21; USC 19; Washington 12; Duke 5; Oregon 2; Oklahoma State 2; South Dakota State 1; Minnesota 1; Arizona State 1
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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 2025-26 season: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State ; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Saint Mary's; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota ; Dalila Eshe, Yale ; Heather Ezell, Wyoming ; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State ; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corry Irvin, Chicago State ; Renee Jimenez, UC-Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State ; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina ; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson ; Terry Primm, Siena ; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Coquese Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
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