1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
1987–88 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Season	1987–88
NCAA Tournament	1988
Preseason No. 1	Tennessee
NCAA Tournament Champions	Louisiana Tech
NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
← 1986–87	1988–89 →

Two human polls comprise the 1987–88 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

–		Not ranked
(#)		Ranking

AP Poll

Source^[1]

Team	23-Nov	30-Nov	7-Dec	14-Dec	21-Dec	28-Dec	4-Jan	11-Jan	18-Jan	25-Jan	1-Feb	8-Feb	15-Feb	22-Feb	1-Feb	7-Mar	14-Mar
Tennessee	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1
Iowa	6	6	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Auburn	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3
Texas	2	2	2	1	1	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Louisiana Tech	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5
Ohio St.	11	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	6
Long Beach St.	4	4	7	9	11	11	12	12	9	9	14	14	12	12	10	8	7
Rutgers	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	9	10	14	8	6	6	6	7	9	8
Maryland	–	–	–	20	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	13	13	11	10	9
Virginia	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	9	9	7	10
Washington	15	15	16	15	14	14	17	16	12	11	11	12	11	11	13	12	11
Ole Miss	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	10	12	13	12
Stanford	20	17	15	14	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	11	13
James Madison	–	–	20	18	19	19	–	–	–	20	18	19	18	17	16	15	14
Southern California	13	13	18	–	–	–	–	18	16	15	19	18	15	16	15	14	15
Montana	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	16
Georgia	10	11	12	12	17	17	13	13	15	13	13	13	16	15	17	17	17
New Mexico St.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	19	18	18	18	18
Stephen F. Austin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	17	–	19	19	19	19
La Salle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–	20	20
Clemson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	–	–
DePaul	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	–
Duke	19	18	14	13	10	10	9	11	13	17	17	–	–	–	–	–	–
Houston	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Illinois	–	–	–	19	20	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Old Dominion	18	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Penn St.	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Saint Joseph’s	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Southern Ill.	16	14	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
UNLV	–	–	19	17	18	18	16	17	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vanderbilt	14	19	17	16	15	15	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wake Forest	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	18	16	16	20	–	–	–	–
Western Ky.	12	12	11	11	13	13	14	15	17	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

USA Today Coaches poll