DENVER - Fresno State has received votes in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) women's basketball preseason poll, released Wednesday.
The Bulldogs, who won both the WAC regular-season and tournament titles last year, earned one point in the poll. Fresno State returns all five starters from last year's team that led the nation in three-point field goals per game, including WAC Tournament MVP Jaleesa Ross. Fresno State was picked by the WAC coaches to win the WAC title this season.
The complete poll is listed below.
| Rank |
School
(1st-Place Votes)
|
08-09
Record
|
Points |
08-09
Final
Ranking
|
| 1 |
Connecticut (31) |
39-0 |
775 |
1 |
| 2 |
Stanford |
33-5 |
739 |
3 |
| 3 |
Ohio State |
29-6 |
653 |
9 |
| 4 |
Baylor |
29-6 |
649 |
6 |
| 5 |
North Carolina |
28-7 |
561 |
17 |
| 6 |
Duke |
27-6 |
547 |
14 |
| 7 |
Notre Dame |
22-9 |
438 |
NR |
| 8 |
Oklahoma |
32-5 |
416 |
4 |
| 9 |
Tennessee |
22-11 |
412 |
NR |
| 10 |
Michigan State |
22-11 |
353 |
22 |
| 11 |
Arizona State |
26-9 |
328 |
12 |
| 12 |
Florida State |
26-8 |
323 |
18 |
| 13 |
California |
27-7 |
314 |
10 |
| 14 |
Texas |
21-12 |
311 |
NR |
| 15 |
Xavier |
25-7 |
303 |
25 |
| 16 |
Texas A&M |
27-8 |
302 |
7 |
| 17 |
LSU |
19-11 |
298 |
NR |
| 18 |
Virginia |
24-10 |
246 |
24 |
| 19 |
Louisville |
34-5 |
232 |
2 |
| 20 |
Vanderbilt |
26-9 |
223 |
8 |
| 21 |
Maryland |
31-5 |
209 |
5 |
| 22 |
Pittsburgh |
25-8 |
127 |
15 |
| 23 |
Purdue |
25-11 |
126 |
16 |
| 24 |
Iowa State |
27-9 |
125 |
11 |
| 25 |
DePaul |
23-10 |
121 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee (28-6) 118; Kansas (22-14) 110; Rutgers (21-13) 106; Auburn (30-4) 84; Georgia (18-14) 76; Georgia Tech (22-10) 73; South Dakota State (32-3) 70; Mississippi State (23-10) 66; Gonzaga (27-7) 48; Kansas State (25-8) 39; San Diego State (24-8) 39; Florida (24-8) 31; TCU (20-11) 12; N.C. State (13-17) 11; Arizona (12-19) 10; Michigan (10-20) 10; Bowling Green (29-5) 7; South Florida (27-10) 6; Syracuse (17-15) 6; South Carolina (10-18) 3; Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) 2; Ball State (26-9) 2; Georgetown (20-14) 2; Richmond (24-10) 2; Southern Methodist (20-12) 2; Temple (21-10) 2; Central Florida (17-17) 1; Charlotte (23-9) 1; Fresno State (24-9) 1; Hartford (20-12) 1; Minnesota (20-12) 1; West Virginia (18-15) 1; Western Kentucky (16-13) 1.