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Lady Vols basketball top 25 ranking after two SEC wins
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Tennessee (10-3, 2-0 SEC) will play its third SEC basketball game during the 2025-26 season on Thursday.
Mississippi State will host the Lady Vols at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi. Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Bulldogs is slated for 7:30 p.m. EST. The contest can be watched on 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 and Auburn , while losing to North Carolina State , UCLA and Louisville during the regular season .
The Lady Vols remain ranked No. 22 in the latest USA TODAY Sports women's basketball coaches poll . The entire poll is listed below.
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 |
15-0 |
772 |
28 |
1 |
- |
1/1 |
|
| 2 |
17-0 |
747 |
3 |
2 |
- |
2/4 |
|
| 3 |
15-1 |
707 |
0 |
3 |
- |
2/3 |
|
| 4 |
14-1 |
685 |
0 |
4 |
- |
3/4 |
|
| 5 |
14-1 |
631 |
0 |
9 |
+4 |
5/9 |
|
| 6 |
15-0 |
595 |
0 |
11 |
+5 |
6/21 |
|
| 7 |
15-1 |
575 |
0 |
12 |
+5 |
7/20 |
|
| 8 |
15-1 |
532 |
0 |
6 |
-2 |
6/10 |
|
| 9 |
12-2 |
493 |
0 |
8 |
-1 |
8/15 |
|
| 10 |
14-1 |
468 |
0 |
7 |
-3 |
7/12 |
|
| 11 |
14-3 |
464 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
11/22 |
|
| 12 |
14-2 |
443 |
0 |
5 |
-7 |
5/12 |
|
| 13 |
14-1 |
442 |
0 |
10 |
-3 |
10/18 |
|
| 14 |
13-2 |
391 |
0 |
14 |
- |
12/23 |
|
| 15 |
14-1 |
304 |
0 |
19 |
+4 |
15/NR |
|
| 16 |
13-3 |
273 |
0 |
21 |
+5 |
10/21 |
|
| 17 |
14-3 |
256 |
0 |
17 |
- |
13/17 |
|
| 18 |
13-4 |
221 |
0 |
15 |
-3 |
8/18 |
|
| 19 |
13-2 |
216 |
0 |
20 |
+1 |
19/NR |
|
| 20 |
16-0 |
199 |
0 |
23 |
+3 |
20/NR |
|
| 21 |
10-4 |
195 |
0 |
16 |
-5 |
10/21 |
|
| 22 |
10-3 |
172 |
0 |
22 |
- |
9/22 |
|
| 23 |
12-2 |
80 |
0 |
NR |
+8 |
22/NR |
|
| 24 |
15-1 |
49 |
0 |
24 |
- |
24/NR |
|
| 25 |
10-4 |
48 |
0 |
18 |
-7 |
13/25 |
Schools dropped out
No. 25 Nebraska
Others receiving votes
Princeton 38; West Virginia 30; Nebraska 24; Stanford 5; Illinois 5; Oklahoma State 4; North Carolina State 4; Oregon 3; Auburn 2; Arizona State 2
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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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