Iowa women's basketball ends season inside top 15 of Coaches Poll
The final USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll is out and Iowa finishes within the top 15 of the rankings.
Another successful season of Iowa women's basketball is in the books. The Hawkeyes began the season just inside the top 25 and never left the rankings. Iowa climbed as high as No.
7 nationally in the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll . In Jan Jensen's second season at the helm, Iowa secured a second-place Big Ten regular-season finish and reached the Big Ten Tournament championship game against eventual national champion UCLA . Iowa's season ended with a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Virginia.
The Hawkeyes finished 27-7 (15-3 Big Ten). As a result of another great season, Iowa ends at the No. 12 spot in the final Coaches Poll.
National champion UCLA and runner-up South Carolina lead the rankings. Here's a look at the full final rankings: Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo 1 UCLA Bruins 37-1 775 31 2 1 1/4 2 South Carolina Gamecocks 36-4 744 0 4 2 2/4 3 UConn Huskies 38-1 709 0 1 2 1/3 4 Texas Longhorns 35-4 686 0 3 1 2/5 5 Duke Blue Devils 27-9 602 0 10 5 5/NR 6 Michigan Wolverines 28-7 584 0 8 2 5/15 7 LSU Lady Tigers 29-6 568 0 5 2 5/12 8 Vanderbilt Commodores 29-5 565 0 6 2 4/21 9 TCU Horned Frogs 32-6 518 0 12 3 7/14 10 Oklahoma Sooners 26-8 474 0 9 1 5/16 11 Louisville Cardinals 29-8 404 0 14 3 6/22 12 Iowa Hawkeyes 27-7 390 0 7 5 7/23 13 North Carolina Tar Heels 28-8 374 0 15 2 8/23 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 25-11 352 0 25 11 13/NR 15 Ohio State Buckeyes 27-8 350 0 11 4 8/NR 16 West Virginia Mountaineers 28-7 327 0 13 3 13/NR 17 Kentucky Wildcats 25-11 315 0 17 - 7/20 18 Minnesota Golden Gophers 24-9 290 0 19 1 18/NR 19 Maryland Terrapins 24-9 246 0 16 3 6/19 20 Michigan State Spartans 23-9 197 0 18 2 13/NR 21 Baylor Bears 25-9 166 0 21 - 10/21 22 Ole Miss Rebels 24-12 161 0 20 2 13/23 23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders 26-8 89 0 22 1 18/NR 24 Virginia Cavaliers 22-12 51 0 NR - 24/NR 25 Princeton Tigers 26-4 46 0 23 2 19/NR Schools Dropped Out No. 24 Georgia; Others Receiving Votes Georgia 29; Alabama 28; Washington 14; Illinois 6; Iowa State 4; South Dakota State 3; Rice 2; Columbia 2; North Carolina State 1; James Madison 1; Fairfield 1; Colorado 1; Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions.