Two human polls comprise the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. The AP poll is a poll of sportswriters, while the USA Today Coaches' Poll is a poll of college coaches. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play, while the Coaches poll conducts a final, post-NCAA tournament poll as well.
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AP Poll Source
Team29-Oct14-Nov21-Nov28-Nov5-Dec12-Dec19-Dec26-Dec2-Jan9-Jan16-Jan23-Jan30-Jan6-Feb13-Feb20-Feb27-Feb5-Mar12-MarBaylor1111111111111111111Stanford5535444444444432222UConn4422222223333324433Notre Dame2243333332222243344Maryland101086555555889886655Duke8877699877555557566Delaware–––2422211919212016151212109877Miami (FL)779997712121311107665788Tennessee33687667669781113101399Green Bay–––2321191818171412121091112111010Penn St.111117161716161622–22181918121191111Kentucky17171412108861196667713101212Purdue16161513122220201817131315161722211313St. John’s (NY)–––––––––––––––20181414Georgia Tech––––––––––––24T222017151515Ohio St.242418171312119811109111098141616Louisville991110151414141416181614201916201919Georgia12121015141313171619151721211818162020St. Bonaventure–––––––––––––252219192121Texas A&M66548101010912141418151414172222Rutgers151513111111121110871113172124232323Princeton–––––––––––––––––2424South Carolina–––––––––24–––2425–252525BYU–––––––––––T2322–23––––DePaul1818232220232121202121T23––2421–––Florida St.2121–––––––––––––––––Gonzaga–––––––––23–222019–2522––Kansas St.––––––––––23––––––––LSU202020––––––––––––––––North Carolina19191614181823242522242523T22–––––Oklahoma1313121824––––––––––––––Southern California2323–––––––––––––––––Texas––24212524222223––––––––––Texas Tech25251919161515131310172125––––––UCLA222225––––––––––––––––Vanderbilt–––2523202525242525––––––––Virginia––22––––––––––––––––Georgetown1414212019171715151819201714151512T17T17Nebraska–––––252423191520191613162324T17T17
USA Today Coaches poll Source
TeamPS15-Nov22-Nov29-Nov6-Dec13-Dec20-Dec27-Dec3-Jan10-Jan17-Jan24-Jan31-Jan7-Feb14-Feb21-Feb28-Feb6-Mar12-Mar4-AprBaylor11111111111111111111Notre Dame22333333322222433342Stanford55554444444444322223UConn44222222233333244434Maryland1098765555577108765555Duke88665998665565576666Tennessee33788667779T981110910777Kentucky1513111010786986657810911118Penn St.141216151817161719252119212117151212129Georgia Tech––25––––––––242223221918131310Miami (FL)7799987101311108766579911Texas A&M664471010981013131614131113141412Green Bay2423181716151414141211T999121211101013Delaware––––252320202018161613129888814St. John’s (NY)–––––––––––––––2521212115Louisville910121113131213121515141217161717191916Georgetown1116212020191716161717181513141314T151617Purdue21201716142221T2122201817171919–25T151518Gonzaga–––24–252424242225201918232120242419Georgia1211101412121515151614152020151615181720South Carolina–––––––––––––24–––––21Ohio St.–2519T1815141312111312T91110111416171822St. Bonaventure––––––––––––––252222252523DePaul1818202121211919181919222322201823232324Kansas––––––––––––25––––––25Florida St.131924–––––––––––––––––Kansas St.––––––––––T22–––––––––LSU222123–––––––––––––––––Michigan St.25–––––––––––––––––––Nebraska–––––––––23242118152123242222–North Carolina19171513171622232321–2524–––––––Oklahoma161414T1823–––––––––––––––Rutgers171513121111111110981214161820192020–Southern California2322––––––––––––––––––Texas202422T222424252525–––––––––––Texas Tech–––252220181817142023––––––––Vanderbilt–––T22191823T212124T22––252424––––
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