2002–03 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings explained

Year:	2002
Gender:	women's
Preseason Number 1:	Duke
Ncaa Champions:	Connecticut

Two human polls comprise the 2002–03 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 currently 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.

Legend

–		No votes
(#)		Ranking

AP Poll

Source^[1]

Team	10-Nov	18-Nov	25-Nov	2-Dec	9-Dec	16-Dec	23-Dec	30-Dec	6-Jan	13-Jan	20-Jan	27-Jan	3-Feb	10-Feb	17-Feb	24-Feb	3-Mar	10-Mar	17-Mar
UConn	4	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
LSU	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	5	4	4	4	4	data-sort-value=6	6T	3	3
Tennessee	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Texas	11	12	16	17	23	22	15	17	20	20	17	11	11	11	10	10	5	5	5
Louisiana Tech	16	10	15	15	17	17	16	14	12	11	11	9	9	10	7	6	data-sort-value=6	6T	6	6
Texas Tech	7	13	12	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	data-sort-value=7	T7	7	8	7	8	8	7
Kansas St.	5	4	2	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	7	8
Stanford	6	5	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9
Purdue	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	12	10	10	9	11	11	12	10	10
Villanova	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	22	19	20	20	22	19	20	18	20	18	11
North Carolina	13	15	11	16	14	13	13	11	10	8	9	7	data-sort-value=7	T7	8	6	8	11	11	12
Mississippi St.	24	20	19	20	16	14	14	18	data-sort-value=14	T14	15	14	13	12	16	14	12	10	12	13
Vanderbilt	12	11	9	8	9	8	9	12	data-sort-value=14	T14	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	15	13	14
Penn St.	14	14	13	11	11	16	17	15	17	13	13	14	13	12	12	15	14	14	15
South Carolina	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	18	18	18	16	13	14	15	16	16	15	17	16	16	16	16
Minnesota	15	16	14	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	10	15	15	17	16	13	13	15	17
UC Santa Barbara	25	25	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	22	22	21	18	21	22	19	20	19	19	19	17	18
Georgia	9	8	8	14	20	20	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	18	17	14	13	14	17	19	19
Ohio St.	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	25	22	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	22	20
Green Bay	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	23	21	19	16	16	21	21	21	21	22	21	20	21
Arizona	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	21	19	23	21	20	18	22	19	24	data-sort-value=99	–	24	25	24	22	21	22
Rutgers	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	22	20	18	23	23
Arkansas	17	17	17	13	13	10	10	9	11	10	8	12	14	13	15	21	23	24	24
BYU	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	22	19	22	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Cincinnati	18	18	25	25	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Colorado	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Colorado St.	19	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
DePaul	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Iowa St.	23	22	20	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Michigan	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Notre Dame	10	9	10	9	8	12	12	13	16	21	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Oklahoma	22	23	23	18	15	15	19	19	25	23	22	19	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Washington	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	20	data-sort-value=99	–	23	25	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Boston College	20	19	18	22	21	19	20	23	data-sort-value=99	–	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	25	24	23	24	25	data-sort-value=25	T25
George Washington	21	21	21	24	24	21	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=25	T25

USA Today Coaches poll

Source

Team	PS	25-Nov	2-Dec	9-Dec	16-Dec	23-Dec	30-Dec	6-Jan	13-Jan	20-Jan	27-Jan	3-Feb	10-Feb	17-Feb	24-Feb	3-Mar	10-Mar	17-Mar	9-Apr
UConn	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Tennessee	2	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
Texas	11	16	16	21	21	15	18	20	18	16	13	12	11	11	10	7	7	5	3
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4
LSU	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	5
Texas Tech	13	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	10	9	8	6
Purdue	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	11	9	9	9	10	12	12	11	10	7
Villanova	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	24	21	22	20	20	17	18	14	12	8
Louisiana Tech	10	14	13	16	17	17	15	13	12	12	10	10	10	7	6	6	6	6	9
Kansas St.	3	2	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	7	10
Georgia	9	9	17	20	20	22	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	20	18	16	16	16	19	19	20	11
Penn St.	14	13	12	12	15	16	14	16	15	15	15	14	12	13	15	15	16	16	12
Minnesota	17	17	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	10	14	16	18	17	14	14	18	18	13
Stanford	6	7	4	4	5	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	6	8	9	8	8	9	14
North Carolina	15	12	15	14	13	13	12	9	10	9	6	6	7	6	7	9	10	11	15
Mississippi St.	23	19	19	15	14	14	17	15	14	13	12	11	14	12	11	11	12	13	16
Boston College	20	19	20	18	18	19	22	24	22	25	25	20	22	22	21	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	17
South Carolina	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	22	19	19	18	16	12	13	14	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	15	18
Colorado	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	19
Vanderbilt	8	8	8	9	8	8	11	14	16	17	17	19	19	19	18	16	15	14	20
Notre Dame	12	10	9	8	11	12	13	17	20	23	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	21
UC Santa Barbara	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23	23	21	19	21	19	17	17	18	19	17	17	17	22
New Mexico	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	23
Green Bay	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	21	19	17	18	23	23	21	21	22	22	21	19	24
Arkansas	16	15	11	11	9	9	8	10	9	7	11	13	13	14	19	21	20	21	25
Arizona	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	24	21	20	18	21	19	22	25	23	24	24	24	22	22	data-sort-value=99	–
BYU	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	22	23	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Cincinnati	21	25	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Colorado St.	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
DePaul	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	24	25	24	20	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
George Washington	data-sort-value=99	–	24	21	22	22	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–
Iowa St.	18	18	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Liberty	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Ohio St.	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	23	data-sort-value=99	–
Oklahoma	25	22	18	17	16	20	19	22	23	22	18	21	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Old Dominion	22	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Rutgers	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	23	23	20	23	24	data-sort-value=99	–
TCU	19	21	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Utah	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	25	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Virginia	data-sort-value=99	–	23	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–
Washington	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	24	data-sort-value=99	–	25	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–	data-sort-value=99	–

Notes and References

1. Web site: Division I Women’s Basketball Records. NCAA.org.