1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Season	1989–90
NCAA Tournament	1990
Preseason No. 1	Louisiana Tech, Tennessee (tie)
NCAA Tournament Champions	Stanford
NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
← 1988–89	1990–91 →

Two human polls comprise the 1989–90 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. The poll produced a list of the top 20 teams from the inception through the 1988–89 season.^[1] In 1989–90, the change was made to produce a list of the top 25 teams.^[2]

Legend

–		No votes
(#)		Ranking

AP Poll

Source^[3]

Team	20-Nov	27-Nov	4-Dec	11-Dec	18-Dec	24-Dec	1-Jan	8-Jan	14-Jan	21-Jan	28-Jan	5-Feb	12-Feb	19-Feb	26-Feb	5-Mar	12-Mar
Louisiana Tech	T1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Stanford	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Washington	16	13	15	15	15	12	11	7	10	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	3
Tennessee	T1	1	1	2	4	7	5	5	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	4
UNLV	10	9	13	13	13	9	8	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	5	5	5
Stephen F. Austin	12	12	10	11	10	15	14	13	11	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6
Georgia	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	7	4	4	7	7	6	7	7
Texas	5	11	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Auburn	7	6	5	7	7	13	16	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	12	11	9
Iowa	11	10	7	5	5	4	7	10	13	13	13	16	14	13	11	10	10
North Carolina St.	6	5	9	9	9	8	6	8	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	11
Virginia	15	15	12	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	12	12	10	10	15	13	12
Northwestern	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	23	20	19	15	15	16	13	15	13
Long Beach St.	9	7	8	8	8	6	9	9	8	6	8	8	12	12	10	14	14
Purdue	8	8	11	10	11	11	13	11	7	10	10	10	13	15	16	16	15
Hawaii	–	25	25	24	21	18	17	17	19	17	17	17	16	14	14	12	16
Northern Ill.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	24	23	23	22	18	18	17
Providence	–	–	–	–	–	23	23	20	–	–	–	24	22	23	22	20	18
South Carolina	19	17	17	20	19	20	18	18	17	15	15	19	19	20	17	17	19
Southern Miss.	–	–	–	25	22	21	21	22	20	19	18	18	17	17	20	22	20
Tennessee Tech	20	20	20	22	20	19	19	19	18	21	20	20	20	18	23	21	21
Arkansas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	19	19	22
LSU	13	14	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	14	18	19	21	24	23
Ole Miss	14	19	19	17	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	–	25	24
Saint Joseph's	21	21	23	21	18	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	24	23	25
DePaul	–	–	22	19	24	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kentucky	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Maryland	17	18	14	14	14	14	12	14	15	23	23	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ohio St.	–	–	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Old Dominion	18	16	18	23	23	22	22	21	24	25	25	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oregon	T23	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Penn St.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	21	18	22	22	–	–	25	–	–
Rutgers	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
UConn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	24	–	–	–
Vanderbilt	22	23	21	18	17	17	20	–	25	–	–	25	–	–	–	–	–
Western Ky.	T23	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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