2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
| 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings | |||||
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| Season | 2015–16 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament | 2016 | ||||
| Preseason No. 1 | |||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | Villanova | ||||
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Two human polls make up the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Legend
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| New to rankings from previous week | ||
| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
AP Poll
| Preseason Nov 2[1] | Week 2 Nov 16[2] | Week 3 Nov 23[3] | Week 4 Nov 30[4] | Week 5 Dec 7[5] | Week 6 Dec 14[6] | Week 7 Dec 21[7] | Week 8 Dec 28[8] | Week 9 Jan 4[9] | Week 10 Jan 11[10] | Week 11 Jan 18[11] | Week 12 Jan 25[12] | Week 13 Feb 1[13] | Week 14 Feb 8[14] | Week 15 Feb 15[15] | Week 16 Feb 22[16] | Week 17 Feb 29[17] | Week 18 Mar 7[18] | Week 19 Mar 14[19] | ||
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| 1. | North Carolina (35) | North Carolina (2–0) (37) | Kentucky (4–0) (59) | Kentucky (6–0) (59) | Michigan State (9–0) (62) | Michigan State (11–0) (64) | Michigan State (12–0) (64) | Michigan State (13–0) (64) | Kansas (12–1) (44) | Kansas (14–1) (63) | Oklahoma (15–1) (65) | Oklahoma (16–2) (36) | Oklahoma (18–2) (45) | Villanova (20–3) (32) | Villanova (22–3) (44) | Villanova (24–3) (45) | Kansas (25–4) (63) | Kansas (27–4) (63) | Kansas (30–4) (63) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky (10) | Kentucky (2–0) (8) | Maryland (3–0) (6) | Maryland (6–0) (4) | Kansas (6–1) (1) | Kansas (8–1) (1) | Kansas (9–1) (1) | Kansas (10–1) (1) | Oklahoma (12–0) (21) | Oklahoma (13–1) (1) | North Carolina (16–2) | North Carolina (18–2) (29) | North Carolina (19–2) (20) | Maryland (21–3) (13) | Kansas (21–4) (21) | Kansas (23–4) (20) | Michigan State (24–5) (2) | Michigan State (26–5)(2) | Michigan State (29–5) (2) | 2. |
| 3. | Maryland (14) | Maryland (1–0) (14) | Michigan State (3–0) | Michigan State (7–0) (2) | North Carolina (7–1) (2) | Oklahoma (7–0) | Oklahoma (8–0) | Oklahoma (11–0) | Maryland (13–1) | Maryland (15–1) | Kansas (15–2) | Iowa (16–3) | Villanova (18–3) | Oklahoma (19–3) (7) | Oklahoma (20–4) | Oklahoma (21–5) | Villanova (25–4) | Villanova (27–4) | North Carolina (28–6) | 3. |
| 4. | Kansas (5) | Kansas (1–0) (5) | Iowa State (2–0) | Kansas (4–1) | Iowa State (6–0) | Kentucky (9–1) | Maryland (10–1) | Maryland (11–1) | Virginia (12–1) | Michigan State (16–1) (1) | Villanova (16–2) | Kansas (16–3) | Maryland (19–3) | Iowa (19–4) (11) | Iowa (20–5) | Virginia (21–5) | Virginia (22–6) | Virginia (24–6) | Virginia (26–7) | 4. |
| 5. | Duke | Duke (2–0) | Kansas (1–1) | Iowa State (5–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Iowa State (9–0) | Virginia (9–1) | Virginia (10–1) | Michigan State (14–1) | North Carolina (15–2) | Xavier (16–1) | Texas A&M (17–2) | Iowa (17–4) | Xavier (21–2) | North Carolina (21–4) | Xavier (24–3) | Xavier (25–4) | Xavier (26–4) | Oregon (28–6) | 5. |
| 6. | Virginia | Virginia (1–0) (1) | Duke (4–1) | Oklahoma (4–0) | Maryland (7–1) | Maryland (9–1) | Xavier (11–0) | Xavier (12–0) | North Carolina (13–2) | Villanova (14–2) | West Virginia (15–2) | Villanova (17–3) | Xavier (19–2) | Kansas (19–4) (1) | Maryland (22–4) | Michigan State (22–5) | Oklahoma (22–6) | Oklahoma (24–6) | Villanova (29–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Iowa State | Iowa State (1–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | Duke (6–1) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Duke (8–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | North Carolina (10–2) | Arizona (13–1) | Xavier (14–1) | Maryland (15–2) | Xavier (17–2) | Kansas (17–4) | Virginia (19–4) (1) | Virginia (20–5) | North Carolina (22–5) | Miami (FL) (23–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | Oklahoma (25–7) | 7. |
| 8. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (0–0) | Villanova (4–0) | Villanova (6–0) | Duke (8–1) | Virginia (8–1) | Arizona (11–1) | Arizona (12–1) | Providence (14–1) | Miami (FL) (13–1) | SMU (17–0) | Maryland (17–3) | Texas A&M (18–3) | Michigan State (20–4) | Xavier (22–3) т | Iowa (20–6) | North Carolina (23–6) | Oregon (25–6) | West Virginia (26–8) | 8. |
| 9. | Gonzaga | Wichita State (1–0) | North Carolina (3–1) | North Carolina (5–1) | Villanova (7–0) | Purdue (11–0) | Butler (9–1) | Butler (10–1) | Kentucky (11–2) | Duke (14–2) | Iowa (14–3) | West Virginia (16–3) | Virginia (17–4) | North Carolina (19–4) | Michigan State (21–5) т | Arizona (22–5) | Oregon (23–6) | West Virginia (24–7) | Xavier (26–8) | 9. |
| 10. | Wichita State | Gonzaga (0–0) | Gonzaga (2–0) | Virginia (5–1) | Virginia (7–1) | Xavier (10–0) | Providence (11–1) | Kentucky (10–2) | Xavier (13–1) | SMU (15–0) | Texas A&M (15–2) | Providence (17–3) | Michigan State (19–4) | West Virginia (19–4) | West Virginia (20–5) | Maryland (23–5) | West Virginia (22–7) | Indiana (25–6) | Kentucky (26–8) т | 10. |
| 11. | Villanova | Villanova (1–0) | Arizona (4–0) | Purdue (6–0) | Purdue (8–0) | North Carolina (7–2) | Iowa State (9–1) | Iowa State (10–1) | Villanova (12–2) | West Virginia (14–1) | Michigan State (16–3) | Virginia (15–4) | Providence (18–4) | Oregon (20–4) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Louisville (21–6) | Louisville (22–7) | Miami (FL) (24–6) | Miami (FL) (25–7) т | 11. |
| 12. | Arizona | Arizona (1–0) | Virginia (4–1) | Xavier (7–0) | Xavier (8–0) | Villanova (8–1) | Kentucky (9–2) | Providence (12–1) | Miami (FL) (12–1) | Providence (14–2) | Arizona (15–3) | Michigan State (17–4) | SMU (19–1) | Miami (FL) (18–4) | Arizona (21–5) | Miami (FL) (21–5) | Indiana (23–6) | Utah (24–7) | Purdue (26–8) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan State | Michigan State (1–0) | Indiana (3–0) | Gonzaga (4–1) | Arizona (7–1) | Arizona (9–1) | Miami (FL) (9–1) | Miami (FL) (10–1) | Iowa State (11–2) | Virginia (12–3) | Virginia (13–4) | SMU (18–1) | Iowa State (16–5) | Louisville (19–4) | Iowa State (18–7) | Oregon (21–6) | Utah (23–7) | Purdue (24–7) | Utah (26–8) | 13. |
| 14. | California | Indiana (1–0) | California (3–0) | Syracuse (6–0) | West Virginia (7–0) | Providence (10–1) | Purdue (11–1) | Purdue (12–1) | Duke (12–2) | Kentucky (12–3) | Baylor (14–3) | Iowa State (15–4) | West Virginia (17–4) | Iowa State (17–6) | Kentucky (19–6) | West Virginia (20–7) | Maryland (23–6) | Louisville (23–8) | Indiana (25–7) | 14. |
| 15. | Indiana | California (1–0) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Oregon (5–0) | Providence (8–1) | Miami (FL) (8–1) | Duke (9–2) | Duke (9–2) | SMU (13–0) | Texas A&M (13–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | Miami (FL) (15–3) | Baylor (17–4) | Texas A&M (18–5) | Dayton (21–3) | Duke (20–7) | Purdue (22–7) | Arizona (24–7) | Texas A&M (26–8) | 15. |
| 16. | Utah | Utah (1–0) | Purdue (5–0) | Vanderbilt (5–1) | Baylor (6–1) | Baylor (7–1) | Louisville (9–1) | Villanova (9–2) | Louisville (12–2) | Iowa (12–3) | Providence (15–3) | Louisville (16–3) | Oregon (18–4) | SMU (20–2) | Oregon (20–6) | Kentucky (20–7) | Iowa (20–8) | Kentucky (23–8) | Louisville (23–8) | 16. |
| 17. | Wisconsin | Vanderbilt (1–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Cincinnati (7–0) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Butler (8–1) | Villanova (8–2) | SMU (11–0) | West Virginia (12–1) | Iowa State (12–3) | Louisville (14–3) | Baylor (15–4) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Arizona (19–5) | Purdue (20–6) | Iowa State (19–8) | Duke (21–8) | Texas A&M (24–7) | Arizona (25–8) | 17. |
| 18. | Vanderbilt | Notre Dame (1–0) | UConn (3–0) | Texas A&M (6–1) | Butler (6–1) | SMU (7–0) | SMU (9–0) | Louisville (11–2) | Butler (11–3) | Arizona (13–3) | Butler (13–4) | Arizona (16–4) | Purdue (19–4) | Purdue (19–5) | Louisville (19–6) | Indiana (22–6) | Arizona (22–7) | Maryland (24–7) | Maryland (25–8) | 18. |
| 19. | Notre Dame | UConn (1–0) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Arizona (6–1) | SMU (6–0) | Louisville (7–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | West Virginia (10–1) | Iowa (11–3) | South Carolina (15–0) | Iowa State (13–4) | Indiana (17–3) | Louisville (17–4) | Dayton (19–3) | Notre Dame (18–7) | Baylor (20–7) | Baylor (21–8) | Duke (22–9) | Duke (23–10) | 19. |
| 20. | UConn | Baylor (1–0) | Wichita State (2–1) | West Virginia (6–0) | Gonzaga (5–2) | West Virginia (8–1) | George Washington (9–1) | Texas A&M (9–2) | Purdue (13–2) | Pittsburgh (14–1) | Duke (14–4) | Kentucky (15–4) | Kentucky (16–5) | Providence (18–6) | Duke (19–6) | Purdue (21–7) | Texas A&M (22–7) | Iowa (21–9) | Seton Hall (25–8) | 20. |
| 21. | LSU | Purdue (2–0) | Oregon (4–0) | Miami (FL) (5–1) | Vanderbilt (6–2) | George Washington (9–1) | Texas A&M (9–2) | Utah (10–2) | Texas A&M (11–2) | Louisville (13–3) | USC (15–3) | Purdue (17–4) | Wichita State (16–5) | Baylor (17–6) | SMU (21–3) | Texas A&M (20–7) | Iowa State (20–9) | Iowa State (21–10) | Baylor (22–11) | 21. |
| 22. | Baylor | Butler (1–0) | LSU (3–0) | SMU (4–0) | Louisville (6–1) | UCLA (7–3) | Cincinnati (10–2) | Cincinnati (10–3) | South Carolina (12–0) | Baylor (12–3) | Purdue (15–3) | Wichita State (14–5) | Indiana (18–4) | Kentucky (17–6) | Indiana (20–6) | Utah (21–7) | Kentucky (21–8) | Baylor (21–10) | Iowa State (21–11) | 22. |
| 23. | Purdue | LSU (1–0) | Xavier (3–0) | Providence (6–1) | Cincinnati (8–1) | Cincinnati (8–2) | Baylor (8–2) | Baylor (9–2) | UConn (10–3) | Butler (12–4) | Kentucky (13–4) | Oregon (16–4) | Arizona (17–5) | USC (18–5) | Providence (19–7) | Notre Dame (18–8) | Texas (19–10) | Texas (20–11) | California (23–10) | 23. |
| 24. | Butler | Michigan (1–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Louisville (5–0) | Oregon (6–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Utah (9–2) | South Carolina (11–0) | Pittsburgh (12–1) | Purdue (14–3) | South Carolina (16–1) | Duke (15–5) | Dayton (18–3) | Texas (16–7) | Texas (16–9) | SMU (22–4) | SMU (24–4) | California (22–9) | SMU (25–5) | 24. |
| 25. | Michigan | Oregon (1–0) | Baylor (4–1) | Utah (7–1) | UConn (6–3) | South Carolina (10–0) | UCLA (9–4) | Dayton (11–2) | Gonzaga (13–3) | Indiana (15–3) | Notre Dame (14–5) | South Carolina (19–2) | Wichita State (17–6) | Baylor (18–7) | Texas (17–10) | California (21–8) | SMU (25–5) | Iowa (21–10) | 25. | |
| Preseason Nov 2[1] | Week 2 Nov 16[2] | Week 3 Nov 23[3] | Week 4 Nov 30[4] | Week 5 Dec 7[5] | Week 6 Dec 14[6] | Week 7 Dec 21[7] | Week 8 Dec 28[8] | Week 9 Jan 4[9] | Week 10 Jan 11[10] | Week 11 Jan 18[11] | Week 12 Jan 25[12] | Week 13 Feb 1[13] | Week 14 Feb 8[14] | Week 15 Feb 15[15] | Week 16 Feb 22[16] | Week 17 Feb 29[17] | Week 18 Mar 7[18] | Week 19 Mar 14[19] | ||
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USA Today Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by Borda count. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked No. 1; second highest is ranked No. 2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775.
| Preseason Oct 15[20] | Week 2 Nov 16[21] | Week 3 Nov 23[22] | Week 4 Nov 30[23] | Week 5 Dec 7[24] | Week 6 Dec 14[25] | Week 7 Dec 21[26] | Week 8 Dec 28[27] | Week 9 Jan 4 [28] | Week 10 Jan 11[29] | Week 11 Jan 18[30] | Week 12 Jan 25[31] | Week 13 Feb 1[32] | Week 14 Feb 8[33] | Week 15 Feb 15[34] | Week 16 Feb 22[35] | Week 17 Feb 29[36] | Week 18 Mar 7[37] | Week 19 Mar 14[38] | Final Apr 5[39] | ||
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| 1. | North Carolina (12) т | North Carolina (2–0) (16) | Kentucky (4–0) (28) | Kentucky (6–0) (29) | Michigan State (9–0) (26) | Michigan State (11–0) (28) | Michigan State (12–0) (29) | Michigan State (13–0) (27) | Oklahoma (12–0) (20) | Kansas (14–1) (32) | Oklahoma (15–1) (26) | North Carolina (18–2) (23) | North Carolina (19–2) (18) | Villanova (20–3) (11) | Villanova (22–3) (25) | Villanova (24–3) (25) | Kansas (25–4) (31) | Kansas (27–4) (29) | Kansas (30–4) (31) | Villanova (35–5) (30) | 1. |
| 2. | Kentucky (11) т | Kentucky (2–0) (8) | Maryland (3–0) (3) | Maryland (5–0) (3) | Iowa State (6–0) (2) | Iowa State (9–0) (3) | Oklahoma (8–0) (2) | Oklahoma (11–0) (3) | Kansas (12–1) (11) | Oklahoma (13–1) | North Carolina (16–2) (4) | Oklahoma (16–2) (9) | Oklahoma (18–2) (14) | Maryland (21–3) (11) | Kansas (21–4) (7) | Kansas (23–4) (7) | Villanova (25–4) | Villanova (27–4) | Michigan State (29–5) (1) | North Carolina (33–7) | 2. |
| 3. | Maryland (5) | Maryland (1–0) (3) | Duke (4–1) | Michigan State (6–0) | North Carolina (7–1) | Oklahoma (7–0) (1) | Kansas (9–1) | Kansas (10–1) (1) | Maryland (13–1) | Maryland (15–1) | Kansas (15–2) (1) | Kansas (16–3) | Maryland (19–3) | Oklahoma (19–3) (3) | Oklahoma (20–4) | Virginia (21–5) | Michigan State (24–5) (1) | Michigan State (26–5) (1) | North Carolina (28–6) | Kansas (33–5) | 3. |
| 4. | Duke (3) | Duke (2–0) (3) | Michigan State (3–0) | Iowa State (4–0) | Kentucky (7–1) | Kentucky (9–1) | Maryland (10–1) | Maryland (11–1) | Virginia (12–1) | Michigan State (16–1) | Villanova (16–2) | Iowa (16–3) | Villanova (18–3) | Xavier (21–2) | North Carolina (21–4) | Oklahoma (21–5) | Virginia (22–6) | Virginia (24–6) | Oregon (28–6) | Oklahoma (29–8) | 4. |
| 5. | Kansas (1) | Kansas (1–0) (2) | Iowa State (2–0) | Duke (6–1) | Duke (8–1) | Kansas (8–1) | Virginia (9–1) | Virginia (10–1) | Michigan State (14–1) (1) | North Carolina (15–2) | Maryland (16–2) | Texas A&M (17–2) | Xavier (19–2) | Iowa (19–4) (3) | Maryland (22–4) | Xavier (24–3) | Xavier (25–4) | Xavier (26–4) | Virginia (26–7) | Virginia (29–8) | 5. |
| 6. | Virginia | Virginia (1–0) | Oklahoma (2–0) | Kansas (4–1) | Villanova (7–0) (2) | Duke (8–1) | Xavier (11–0) | Xavier (12–0) | Arizona (13–1) | Duke (14–2) | Xavier (16–1) | Villanova (17–3) | Kansas (17–4) | Kansas (19–4) (2) | Iowa (20–5) | North Carolina (22–5) | Oklahoma (22–6) | Oklahoma (24–6) | Villanova (29–5) | Oregon (31–7) | 6. |
| 7. | Iowa State | Iowa State (1–0) | Kansas (1–1) | Villanova (6–0) | Kansas (6–1) | Maryland (9–1) | North Carolina (9–2) | Arizona (12–1) | North Carolina (13–2) | Villanova (14–2) | West Virginia (15–2) | Maryland (17–3) | Iowa (17–4) | Virginia (19–4) | Xavier (22–3) | Michigan State (22–5) | Miami (FL) (23–5) | North Carolina (25–6) | Oklahoma (25–7) | Michigan State (29–6) | 7. |
| 8. | Oklahoma | Villanova (1–0) т | North Carolina (3–1) | Oklahoma (3–0) | Oklahoma (5–0) | Purdue (11–0) | Arizona (11–1) | North Carolina (10–2) | Kentucky (11–2) | Xavier (14–1) | Texas A&M (15-2) | Xavier (17–2) | Texas A&M (18–3) | North Carolina (19–4) (1) | Virginia (20–5) | Iowa (20–6) | North Carolina (23–6) | West Virginia (24–7) | West Virginia (26–8) | Miami (FL) (27–8) | 8. |
| 9. | Villanova | Oklahoma (0–0) т | Villanova (4–0) | North Carolina (5–1) | Maryland (7–1) (1) | Virginia (8–1) | Iowa State (9–1) | Iowa State (10–1) | Providence (14–1) | Miami (FL) (13–1) | Iowa (14–3) | West Virginia (16–3) | Virginia (17–4) | Michigan State (20–4) (1) | Michigan State (20–5) | Maryland (23–5) | West Virginia (22–7) | Oregon (25–6) | Xavier (27–5) | Indiana (27–8) | 9. |
| 10. | Arizona | Arizona (1–0) | Arizona (4–0) | Virginia (5–1) | Virginia (7–1) | Xavier (10–0) | Duke (9–2) | Butler (10–1) | Duke (12–2) | West Virginia (14–1) | Michigan State (16–3) | Providence (17–3) | Michigan State (19–4) | West Virginia (19–4) | Miami (FL) (20–4) | Arizona (22–5) | Oregon (23–6) | Indiana (25–6) | Purdue (26–8) | Syracuse (23–14) | 10. |
| 11. | Gonzaga | Wichita State (1–0) | Gonzaga (2–0) | Purdue (5–0) | Purdue (8–0) | North Carolina (7–2) | Kentucky (9–2) | Kentucky (10–2) | Miami (FL) (12–1) | Virginia (12–3) | Arizona (15–3) | Michigan State (17–4) | Providence (18–4) | Miami (FL) (18–4) | West Virginia (20–5) | Miami (FL) (21–5) | Indiana (23–6) | Miami (FL) (24–6) | Miami (FL) (25–7) | Xavier (28–6) | 11. |
| 12. | Wichita State | Gonzaga (0–0) | Virginia (4–1) | Gonzaga (4–1) | Arizona (7–1) | Arizona (9–1) | Butler (9–1) | Duke (9–2) | Xavier (13–1) | Providence (14–2) | Duke (14–4) | Virginia (15–4) | West Virginia (17–4) | Oregon (20–4) | Arizona (21–5) | West Virginia (20–7) | Maryland (23–6) | Utah (24–7) | Indiana (25–7) | Texas A&M (28–9) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan State | Michigan State (1–0) | California (3–0) | Vanderbilt (5–1) | Xavier (8–0) | Villanova (8–1) | Purdue (11–1) | Providence (12–1) | Villanova (12–2) | Kentucky (12–3) | Virginia (13-4 | Miami (FL) (15–3) | Baylor (17–4) | Texas A&M (18–5) | Dayton (21–3) | Oregon (21–6) | Purdue (22–7) т | Purdue (24–7) | Kentucky (26–8) | Maryland (27–9) | 13. |
| 14. | California | California (1–0) | Indiana (3–0) | Arizona (5–1) | West Virginia (7–0) | Baylor (7–1) т | Providence (11–1) | Purdue (12–1) | Iowa State (11–2) | Texas A&M (13–2) | Miami (FL) (13–3) | Louisville (16–3) | Iowa State (16–5) | Arizona (19–5) | Kentucky (19–6) | Kentucky (20–7) | Utah (23–7) т | Arizona (24–7) | Utah (26–8) | West Virginia (26–9) | 14. |
| 15. | Indiana | Indiana (1–0) | Purdue (5–0) | West Virginia (6–0) | Baylor (6–1) | Providence (10–1) т | Louisville (9–1) | Miami (FL) (10–1) | West Virginia (12–1) | South Carolina (15–0) | Baylor (14–3) | Arizona (16–4) | Miami (FL) (16–4) | Iowa State (17–6) | Iowa State (18–7) | Indiana (22–6) | Iowa (20–8) | Maryland (24–7) | Texas A&M (26–8) | Iowa State (23–12) | 15. |
| 16. | Utah | Utah (1–0) | Vanderbilt (3–0) | Oregon (5–0) | Vanderbilt (6–2) | Louisville (7–1) | Miami (FL) (9–1) | Villanova (9–2) | Louisville (12–2) | Arizona (13–3) | Louisville (14–3) | Iowa State (15–4) | Purdue (19–4) | Purdue (19–5) | Purdue (20–6) | Baylor (20–7) | Arizona (22–7) | Kentucky (23–8) | Arizona (25–8) | Kentucky (27–9) | 16. |
| 17. | Wisconsin | Vanderbilt (1–0) | LSU (3–0) | Cincinnati (7–0) | Gonzaga (5–2) | West Virginia (8–1) | Villanova (8–2) | West Virginia (10–1) | Texas A&M (11–2) | Pittsburgh (14–1) | Providence (15–3) | Indiana (17–3) | Oregon (18–4) | Dayton (19–3) т | Oregon (20–6) | Iowa State (19–8) | Baylor (21–8) | Texas A&M (24–7) | Maryland (25–8) | Notre Dame (24–12) | 17. |
| 18. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame (1–0) | Notre Dame (3–0) | Xavier (7–0) | Providence (8–1) | Butler (8–1) | West Virginia (9–1) | Louisville (11–2) | Purdue (13–2) | Iowa State (12–3) | South Carolina (16–1) | Baylor (15–4) | Louisville (17–4) | Providence (18–6) т | Notre Dame (18–7) | Duke (20–7) | Texas A&M (22–7) | Iowa (21–9) | Baylor (22–11) | Duke (25–11) | 18. |
| 19. | LSU | LSU (1–0) | Miami (FL) (5–0) | Syracuse (6–0) | Louisville (6–1) | Miami (FL) (8–1) | Texas A&M (9–2) | Texas A&M (9–2) | Butler (11–3) | Iowa (12–3) | Kentucky (13–4) | Kentucky (15-4 | Kentucky (16–5) | Baylor (17–6) | Duke (19–6) | Purdue (21–7) | Kentucky (21–8) | Iowa State (21–10) | Iowa State (21–11) | Purdue (26–9) | 19. |
| 20. | Vanderbilt | Butler (1–0) | Wichita State (2–1) | Texas A&M (6–1) | Miami (FL) (7–1) | Cincinnati (8–2) | George Washington (10–1) | South Carolina (11–0) | South Carolina (13–0) | Louisville (13–3) | Pittsburgh (15–2) | Duke (15–5) | Arizona (17–5) | South Carolina (20–3) | Providence (19–7) | Notre Dame (18–8) | Iowa State (20–9) | Baylor (21–10) | Duke (23–10) | Utah (27–9) | 20. |
| 21. | Baylor | Baylor (1–0) | UConn (3–0) | Miami (FL) (5–1) | Butler (6–1) | Gonzaga (6–3) | Cincinnati (10–2) | Baylor (9–2) | Pittsburgh (12–1) | Gonzaga (13–3) | Iowa State (13–4) | Purdue (17–4) | Indiana (18–4) | Kentucky (17–6) | Indiana (20–6) | Texas A&M (20–7) | Duke (21–8) | Duke (22–9) | Seton Hall (25–8) | Gonzaga (28–8) | 21. |
| 22. | Butler | West Virginia (1–0) | West Virginia (3–0) | Louisville (5–0) | Cincinnati (8–1) | George Washington (9–1) | Baylor (8–2) | Utah (10–2) | Gonzaga (12–3) | Baylor (12–3) | Purdue (15–3) | South Carolina (17–2) | Wichita St (16–5) | Indiana (19–5) | Baylor (18–7) | Dayton (21–5) | Texas (19–10) | Texas (20–11) | Texas (20–12) | Arizona (25–9) | 22. |
| 23. | West Virginia | Purdue (2–0) | Oregon (4–0) | Baylor (4–1) | Oregon (6–1) | Vanderbilt (6–3) | South Carolina (10–0) | Cincinnati (10–3) | Iowa (11–3) | Butler (12–4) | Indiana (15–3) | Pittsburgh (16–3) | South Carolina (19–2) | USC (18–5) | South Carolina (21–4) | Utah (21–7) | Wichita State (23–7) | St. Mary's (26–4) | California (23–10) | Wisconsin (22–13) | 23. |
| 24. | UConn т | UConn (1–0) | Cincinnati (4–0) | Providence (6–1) | Utah (7–1) | Texas A&M (8–2) | Gonzaga (8–3) | Gonzaga (10–3) | UConn (10–3) | Purdue (14–3) | Butler (13–4) | Oregon (16–4) | Dayton (18–3) | Wichita State (17–6) | Texas A&M (18–7) | Providence (19–8) | Saint Mary's (24–4) | California (22–9) | Iowa (21–10) | Baylor (22–12) | 24. |
| 25. | Purdue т | Michigan (1–0) | Baylor (2–1) | Butler (4–1) | Texas A&M (7–2) | South Carolina (8–0) | Vanderbilt (7–3) | Pittsburgh (10–1) | Baylor (10–3) | Indiana (14–3) | USC (15–2) | Wichita State (14–5) | Saint Mary's (18–2) | Texas (16–7) | Texas (16–9) | Texas (17–10) | California (21–8) | Wisconsin (20–11) | Saint Joseph's (27–7) | Iowa (22–11) | 25. |
| Preseason Oct 15[20] | Week 2 Nov 16[21] | Week 3 Nov 23[22] | Week 4 Nov 30[23] | Week 5 Dec 7[24] | Week 6 Dec 14[25] | Week 7 Dec 21[26] | Week 8 Dec 28[27] | Week 9 Jan 4 [28] | Week 10 Jan 11[29] | Week 11 Jan 18[30] | Week 12 Jan 25[31] | Week 13 Feb 1[32] | Week 14 Feb 8[33] | Week 15 Feb 15[34] | Week 16 Feb 22[35] | Week 17 Feb 29[36] | Week 18 Mar 7[37] | Week 19 Mar 14[38] | Final Apr 5[39] | ||
| Dropped: Wisconsin (1–1) | Dropped:
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| Dropped: Syracuse (6–2) | Dropped:
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| Dropped: UConn (11–4) | Dropped: Gonzaga (14–4) | Dropped:
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| Dropped: South Carolina (22–5) | Dropped:
| Dropped: Wichita State (24–8) | Dropped:
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See also
2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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