First, let's take a look at last week's winners of the game predictions. We had two very accurate winners that were each ONLY TWO POINTS off the actual game score.

• Iowa 75-69 - u/BP9009 (74-68). Off by just 2 points!
• Notre Dame 79-68 - u/Longjumping_page977 (79-70). Off by just 2 points!
• NC State 72-42 - u/slyslockbox (66-49). Off by 13 points.

Now, onto this week's results of our new Top 25! After Notre Dame's big win last Thursday, they and UConn almost flipped identical spots. Our other undefeated teams (Michigan State, Tennessee, and Georgia Tech) continue to rise in the rankings. Cal is our new member to the poll this week, climbing seven spots, as Iowa State is knocked out of the Top 25.

r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll - Week 7

Game Scores and Predictions

We have no changes at the absolute top of our poll, but lots of movement elsewhere. After climbing nine spots last week to an r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll all-time high to #5, TCU drops 8 spots to #13 from their humiliating rout at the hands of South Carolina. Tennessee is back amongst the ranks this year, checking in at #17, along with Georgia Tech (#21) and NC State (back at #24). That leaves Alabama, Illinois, and Louisville all out of the rankings. Tonight's Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series may now be a little more interesting with both teams ranked right after each other, Iowa at #22 and Iowa State at #23.

r/NCAAW 2024-25 Top 25 Poll - Week 6

Game Predictions and Scores

Merry Christmas all!!! As an extra present for today, we'll unveil the newest rankings of the r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll! Our top 3 teams remain unchanged with just a little jostling after them. Georgia Tech continues their climb, up 5 spots, to #12. Also, Alabama makes a huge jump back into the poll, up 7 slots to #19. Duke dropped the most this week, after their upset loss to South Florida. They're now out of the top 10, at #15.

First, here are last week's winners of our game predictions:

• Oklahoma 72-62 - u/LetsGoGameCrocks (72-60) Off by JUST 2 POINTS!
• Ohio State 84-59 - u/Clear_Duck2138 (87-58). Off by 4 points.
• Georgia Tech 72-61 - u/neptunetheemystic (71-60) Off by JUST 2 POINTS!
• USC 72-70 - u/jeedel (70-65). Off by 7 points.

r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll - Week 8

Game Predictions and Scores

Thanks to everybody who voted! We had 29 ballots this week, up from 21 last week. As a reminder, anybody is welcome to vote in future installments!

• Our voters came from 18 different fanbases, spanning nine conferences. There was one computer poll submitted, with two other voters altering the output of their computer polls, and still three others referencing their computer polls when composing their ballot.
• We asked voters who they currently believe will win this season's national championship. 11 said South Carolina, 6 said UConn, 4 said Notre Dame, 3 said UCLA, 1 said USC, 1 said Stanford, and 3 did not have an answer.
• We also asked voters to predict the score of two different games this week. My data collection was poor, so I tossed any predictions who did not indicate a winner (mea culpa). Of the predictions I could discern, the median predicted score between UConn and UNC is 80.5-62.5, UConn (22 predictions). None of the 22 predictions predicted a UNC victory.
• Meanwhile, the median predicted score between Louisville and Kentucky is 71-65, Louisville. There were 23 predictions for this one, and only two picked a Kentucky victory.

Without further ado, the Top 25 for this week!

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Thanks for voting/reading, and have a great week!

With the slow Christmas week, we don't see too much of a change in the r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll. We have almost the same top 10 with the top 5 spots remaining the same and Maryland jumps three to #6. We also have the same 25 teams in the poll this week with no new teams able to enter the mix.

First, here are last week's winners of our game predictions:

• Maryland 72-66 - u/BP9009 (72-67) Off by ONLY 1 POINT!!!
• USC 78-58 - u/Clear_Duck2138 and u/Ok-Baby-3871 (71-60) Off by ONLY 1 POINT!!!

Shoutout to u/Ok-Baby-3871, who almost won both predictions by being off 3 points total for those games!

r/NCAAW Top 25 Poll - Week 9

Game Predictions and Scores

We had 21 responses for our preseason poll and South Carolina is our clear #1. They had 15 votes for the top spot with USC, UConn, and UCLA also getting votes. For our predictions, South Carolina had the most votes for National Champions with 8. USC was a close second with 6. They both, along with UConn, were clearly picks to make the Final Four. The fourth spot came down to a tie between Notre Dame and Texas.

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r/NCAAW Preseason Top 25 Poll

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 Harvard (3) 153

2 George Mason (1) 144

3 South Dakota St (2) 140

4 Richmond (1) 136

5 Quinnipiac (1) 126

6 Portland 111

7 Columbia 87

8 UNLV 86

9 South Florida 75

10 Ball St 71

11 Middle Tennessee 70

12 Saint Joseph’s 68

13 Belmont 67

14 N. Iowa 66

15 Fairfield 60

16 Princeton 59

17 James Madison 27

18 UTSA 24

19 Grand Canyon 23

20 Buffalo 18

Others Receiving Votes:

Southern Indiana 14, FGCU 11, N. Arizona 11, Oral Roberts 8, Colorado St 5, Montana St 4, Missouri St 3, Norfolk St 3, Stephen F. Austin 3, Charleston 1, Coastal Carolina 1

Dropped from top 20: N. Arizona, FGCU, Southern Indiana

8 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"Next four were: San Diego State, Duquesne, Green Bay, James Madison"

"It's kind of hard to sort these teams out by this point of the season...since it's essentially just prioritizing who had the "better" noncon losses at times..."

"My next out: 21. Southern Indiana 22. Temple 23. Murray St 24. Drake 25. Washington St 26. Montana St 27. Cleveland St 28. Duquesne 29. Buffalo 30. Stephen F. Austin 31. Oral Roberts 32. San Diego St"

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 Richmond (8) 197

2 South Dakota St (1) 174

3 Harvard 165

4 Middle Tennessee 147

5 N. Iowa (1) 137

6 George Mason 121

7 Quinnipiac 120

8 Saint Joseph’s 115

9 Princeton 104

10 Ball St 103

11 UNLV 94

12 Columbia 93

13 Fairfield 57

14 Portland 50

15 FGCU 49

16 N. Arizona 48

17 Belmont 44

18 Drake 37

19 James Madison 31

20 Gonzaga 28

Others Receiving Votes:

San Diego St 24, South Florida 24, Duquesne 20, Boise St 19, Norfolk St 17, Albany 15, Grand Canyon 11, W. Kentucky 10, Green Bay 9, Oral Roberts 8, Georgia St 7, Washington St 7, Montana St 3, Southern Indiana 3, Stephen F. Austin 3, Rice 1, SE Louisiana 1, UTSA 1

Dropped from top 20: Norfolk St, Boise St

10 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"21. Drake 22. Washington St 23. Temple 24. UTSA 25. Southern Indiana 26. Green Bay 27. Grand Canyon 28. Murray St 29. Rice 30. Norfolk St 31. Wyoming 32. Montana St"

It’s been a quiet holiday week for us, but we still have to do this week's new Top 25! There may not have been a whole lot to go off of when ranking your teams, but there could be some changes coming. Let’s see what you have for us!

CLICK HERE to cast your ballot. We’ll close the poll down tonight at 11pm (EST). PLEASE remember to not use today’s games when considering your rankings!

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Polls results for the week ending 12/29/24

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 Harvard (2) 178

2 South Dakota St (3) 177

3 George Mason (1) 173

4 Richmond (2) 165

5 Portland 149

6 Quinnipiac (2) 139

7 Columbia 125

8 South Florida 122

9 UNLV 119

10 Ball St 89

11 Saint Joseph’s 85

12 Belmont 84

13 Princeton 80

14 Middle Tennessee 69

15 N. Iowa 62

16 Fairfield 55

17 James Madison 33

18 UTSA 31

19 Buffalo 27

20 Grand Canyon 25

Others Receiving Votes:

Drake 20, FGCU 13, Washington St 10, Oral Roberts 8, Southern Indiana 8, Stephen F. Austin 7, Montana St 5, Murray St 5, Norfolk St 4, Oregon St 4, Cleveland St 2, Albany 1, Green Bay 1, San Diego St 1, Toledo 1

Dropped from top 20: None

10 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"We could expand this to 25 teams, because I couldn't even make room for undefeated Buffalo this week! (Others left out: Coastal Carolina, Fairfield, Green Bay.)"

"All teams had 1 or zero games since last week with only MTSU losing theirs to Princeton. Not a lot of movement this week."

"My next out: 21. Norfolk State, 22. Northern Arizona, 23. James Madison, 24. Drake, 25. UTSA"

"Hopefully, we see some more major action take place in this week..."

"My next out: 21. Temple 22. Murray St 23. Drake 24. Oregon St 25. Washington St 26. Buffalo 27. Montana St 28. Stephen F. Austin 29. Norfolk St 30. FGCU 31. Oral Roberts 32. Lamar"

"21. Charleston 22. Coastal Carolina 23. James Madison 24. Grand Canyon 25. Texas SANT"

It’s been a great week with some quality games. Now, our game predictions from last week were interesting. We had two winners for three of the four games and our average game prediction for the Oklahoma and Louisville game was only ONE point off the actual score! For those unaware, when you make your predictions, we’re also taking the score. Feel free to add the score if you’re interested in participating.

Oklahoma (78-72) - u/GriffinOfThoth (77-66) and u/iWontTry (78-65). Both 7 points off.

Notre Dame (80-70) - u/wollygummybear (81-74) and u/DokkanProductions (80-65). Both 5 points off.

Tennessee (78-68) - u/PSUMediaPA (75-69) and u/Sports-Reference (79-71). Both 4 points off.

South Carolina (85-52) - u/DokkanProductions (80-55). 8 points off.

CLICK HERE to cast your ballot. We’ll close the poll down tonight at 10pm (EST). PLEASE remember to not factor in today's games with your ballot. Those games should be considered for next week’s poll.

Hello! It's time to vote in this week's r/NCAAW Poll.

Anybody (yes, even you!) is eligible to vote in this poll, but the mods do reserve the right to toss any ballots that are egregiously misguided / obvious trolls. It's easy, just type in the names of the teams you think are the best 25 in the country. There will also be some game predictions that we ask for, just as some fun bonus questions.

Click HERE to vote in this week's poll!

The poll will close Monday, November 11, at 8 PM ET. Please only take into consideration all games through the end of Sunday, November 10, when filling out this ballot.

WOO!

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 Richmond (1) 150

2 South Dakota St (6) 149

3 Saint Joseph’s 134

4 Middle Tennessee 123

5 Ball St 94

6 UNLV 85

7 Drake 80

8 Harvard 79

9 Quinnipiac (1) 74

10 George Mason 65

11 Columbia 57

12 Norfolk St 53

13 Fairfield 46

14 Belmont 42

14 FGCU 42

16 Gonzaga 41

17 Boise St 35

18 Duquesne 31

19 James Madison 29

20 Princeton 26

Others Receiving Votes:

N. Iowa 25, Colorado St 20, Grand Canyon 19, Southern Indiana 18, South Florida 15, Washington St 15, Stephen F. Austin 14, Montana St 13, Texas A&M-CC 13, Navy 11, Drexel 10, Georgia Southern 9, Coastal Carolina 8, Rice 8, Albany 7, Portland 7, Old Dominion 6, Charleston 5, Cleveland St 5, Liberty 5, Murray St 5, Tennessee Tech 5, Temple 2

Dropped from top 20: Colorado St, N. Iowa, South Florida, Washington St

8 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"Southern Indiana, South Florida, Colorado State, Boise State, and James Madison are my next out (in no particular order)"

"Interested to see how FGCU is viewed after their coaching change this week"

"21. Columbia 22. Liberty 23. South Florida 24. Gonzaga 25. Rice 26. Princeton 27. Colorado St 28. Portland 29. James Madison 30. VCU 31. Southern Indiana 32. Missouri St"

Well, we're back into the swing of things now that the holidays are over. We’re getting into the heart of conference scheduling and we’ve had some decent games this last week that could help to shape things out in the poll. As always, new voters are always encouraged to contribute and join the process.

CLICK HERE to cast your ballot. We’ll close the poll down tonight at 11pm (EST). PLEASE remember to not use today’s games when considering your rankings!

Now it's time for this week's new Top 25! We’ve been getting great participation all season long so thank you all for investing the time and effort! There are no games on the schedule until Friday so enjoy the holidays this week.

CLICK HERE to cast your ballot. We’ll close the poll down tonight at 10pm (EST).

This is not the main NCAAW user poll, for that poll go here

Top 20 rankings of teams in all conferences excluding the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC

The "+" in the poll name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

# Team (1st votes) Score

1 South Dakota St (7) 159

2 Harvard 146

3 Richmond (1) 144

4 George Mason 135

5 Quinnipiac 124

6 Portland 104

7 UNLV 96

8 Columbia 90

9 Middle Tennessee 80

10 Ball St 79

11 Belmont 75

12 N. Iowa 71

13 Saint Joseph’s 61

14 Fairfield 57

15 Princeton 50

16 N. Arizona 29

17 James Madison 27

18 FGCU 26

19 Buffalo 18

19 Southern Indiana 18

19 South Florida 18

Others Receiving Votes:

Grand Canyon 15, San Diego St 10, Duquesne 9, Temple 5, Bellarmine 4, Colorado St 4, Oral Roberts 4, UTSA 4, Albany 3, Green Bay 3, Norfolk St 3, Idaho 2, Montana St 2, Coastal Carolina 1

Dropped from top 20: none

8 voters this week

Last week's poll

Additional comments from voters:

"My next out: 21. Southern Indiana 22. Grand Canyon 23. Murray St 24. San Diego St 25. Northern Arizona 26. Drake 27. Washington St 28. Norfolk St 29. Montana St 30. Missouri St 31. Cleveland St 32. Tulane"

This is not the main NCAAW user poll ballot, for that ballot go here. The link to vote for the Mid-Major+ user poll is at the bottom of this post.

This poll features the top 20 weekly rankings of ALL teams excluding those from the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC. While the future of the P12 is sorted out, Oregon St and Washington St are also now eligible on ballots, at least for 2024-25, while they are in the WCC.

The "+" in this poll's name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

After asking around with some folks who voted last season we are trialing Top 20 rankings, up from 15. If the increase becomes too challenging for voters who have wanted to participate in the past, we may revert back to 15 next season, or if it's a precipitous drop off in participation, sooner if necessary.

This poll utilizes a drop down menu that abbreviates many teams with geographic/compass directions. For example: C. Arkansas for Central Arkansas & W. Carolina for Western Carolina. Some teams won't have these abbreviations and a small number of team names may vary on different websites compared to the ballot list, but hopefully it should be pretty straightforward. If there’s any confusion please feel free to contact me.

Expect for the foreseeable future this will be free to all voters, no application required, just like the main NCAAW user poll. User names are required for submitting ballots, in case any follow up is required, but ballots will be anonymous and not shared with the results for the time being.

I don’t anticipate there to be many voters here that don’t already participate in the main NCAAW user poll. However, if this would be the first poll for any voters and you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments section.

Google form link to vote:

https://forms.gle/hYj7SjNhFNgdATVV8

Like the main user poll:

The poll will lock today, January 6th at 11 PM ET. And, please only take into consideration all games through the end of Sunday, January 5th, when filling out this ballot.