The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 2-0 start to the 2024-2025 women’s college basketball season. They’ve won their two games by an average margin of 38 points per game in wins over Southern and, most recently, Virginia of the ACC.
With their hot start to the season, Jennie Baranczyk and the Sooners have moved up one spot to No. 9 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
The Sooners have been led by transfer forward Raegan Beers, who is averaging 23.5 points and 14 rebounds. She was named AP Player of the Week in her first week of action with the Sooners.
The top of the poll features defending national champion South Carolina, who garnered 29 of the possible 31 first-place votes this week. They’re followed by UConn, USC, Texas, and Notre Dame in the top five.
The Sooners are one of four SEC teams in the top 10, coming in two spots behind Liz Mulkey’s LSU Tigers.
Oklahoma’s in a solid spot in the first couple of weeks and will look to build on their start when they take on the Western Carolina Catamounts on Wednesday morning at the Lloyd Noble Center.
Full USA TODAY Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll
| Ranking | Team | Record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 2-0 | 772 (29) |
| 2 | UConn Huskies | 2-0 | 740 (1) |
| 3 | USC Trojans | 2-0 | 707 (1) |
| 4 | Texas Longhorns | 2-0 | 674 |
| 5 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 1-0 | 652 |
| 6 | UCLA Bruins | 2-0 | 598 |
| 7 | LSU Tigers | 2-0 | 586 |
| 8 | Iowa State Cyclones | 3-0 | 547 |
| 9 | Oklahoma Sooners | 2-0 | 516 |
| 10 | NC State Wolfpack | 1-1 | 476 |
| 11 | Kansas State Wildcats | 2-0 | 462 |
| 12 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1-0 | 439 |
| 13 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 2-0 | 382 |
| 14 | Maryland Terrapins | 3-0 | 378 |
| 15 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2-0 | 327 |
| 16 | Duke Blue Devils | 2-1 | 281 |
| 17 | Baylor Bears | 1-1 | 256 |
| 18 | Louisville Cardinals | 1-1 | 206 |
| 19 | Kentucky Wildcats | 2-0 | 165 |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2-0 | 158 |
| 21 | Ole Miss Rebels | 1-1 | 145 |
| 22 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 3-0 | 123 |
| 23 | Stanford Cardinal | 3-0 | 99 |
| 24 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 2-0 | 87 |
| 25 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 2-0 | 50 |
Schools Dropped Out
No. 19 Florida State; No. 20 Creighton; No. 24 Indiana;
Others Receiving Votes
Oregon 42; Florida State 38; Iowa 34; Tennessee 33; Utah 17; Creighton 11; Auburn 11; TCU 10; Michigan State 9; Middle Tennessee 8; Indiana 8; Fairfield 7; UNLV 6; Michigan 4; Penn State 3; Mississippi State 3; Saint Joseph’s 2; Gonzaga 2; Richmond 1; Columbia 1;
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 2024-25 season: Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens University; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton Del Rosario, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Cindy Fisher, San Diego; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Brian Holsinger, Montana; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Missy Traversi, Army; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Way Veney, Central Connecticut State; Coquese Washington, Rutgers.