Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

NCAA WBB rankings

Here is the full rank-ordered list of NCAA women’s Division I basketball rankings using Laura Albert’s composite Markov chain rankings on January 13, 2025:

1 South Carolina
2 UCLA
3 USC
4 Texas
5 LSU
6 Connecticut
7 Kansas St
8 TCU
9 Notre Dame
10 Ohio St
11 North Carolina
12 Maryland
13 Georgia Tech
14 Kentucky
15 Oklahoma
16 Alabama
17 Duke
18 California
19 Minnesota
20 Tennessee
21 Michigan St
22 Utah
23 NC State
24 Mississippi St
25 Oklahoma St
26 Michigan
27 Nebraska
28 West Virginia
29 Iowa
30 Baylor
31 Florida St
32 Indiana
33 Creighton
34 Oregon
35 Vanderbilt
36 Louisville
37 Illinois
38 S Dakota St
39 Virginia Tech
40 Richmond
41 Quinnipiac
42 Washington
43 UNLV
44 Mississippi
45 James Madison
46 Iowa St
47 Harvard
48 Montana St
49 Portland
50 Princeton
51 Clemson
52 Colorado
53 Grand Canyon
54 Stanford
55 UT San Antonio
56 Seton Hall
57 Texas Tech
58 South Florida
59 Kansas
60 Ball St
61 Florida
62 Miami FL
63 Norfolk St
64 Marquette
65 St Joseph’s PA
66 Columbia
67 George Mason
68 Missouri
69 MTSU
70 Northern Arizona
71 Arizona
72 Wisconsin
73 Cincinnati
74 Villanova
75 SMU
76 Purdue
77 Auburn
78 FGCU
79 Belmont
80 BYU
81 Fairfield
82 Butler
83 Penn St
84 St John’s
85 Texas A&M
86 SF Austin
87 Drake
88 Rutgers
89 SUNY Albany
90 Colorado St
91 Virginia
92 Boston College
93 Oral Roberts
94 Temple
95 Missouri St
96 San Diego St
97 Gonzaga
98 Northwestern
99 Northern Iowa
100 Syracuse
101 Murray St
102 Arkansas
103 DePaul
104 Col Charleston
105 Tulane
106 WI Green Bay
107 Buffalo
108 Toledo
109 Georgetown
110 Duquesne
111 North Texas
112 SE Louisiana
113 Lehigh
114 New Mexico
115 Arizona St
116 N Dakota St
117 Georgia
118 Boise St
119 East Carolina
120 Lamar
121 Old Dominion
122 Cleveland St
123 Hawaii
124 Liberty
125 Washington St
126 Coastal Car
127 VCU
128 Rice
129 San Francisco
130 Troy
131 PFW
132 Fordham
133 Davidson
134 Vermont
135 Wyoming
136 Long Beach St
137 Oregon St
138 Coppin St
139 Navy
140 Pittsburgh
141 Dayton
142 UC Davis
143 Providence
144 Kent
145 Southern Indiana
146 Fresno St
147 UC Irvine
148 Wake Forest
149 UCF
150 Army
151 Illinois St
152 Colgate
153 New Mexico St
154 Idaho
155 WKU
156 Abilene Chr
157 Holy Cross
158 F Dickinson
159 Tulsa
160 UAB
161 Miami OH
162 Bowling Green
163 Louisiana
164 St Mary’s CA
165 FL Atlantic
166 E Illinois
167 Rhode Island
168 Massachusetts
169 Tarleton St
170 Wichita St
171 Alabama A&M
172 Santa Clara
173 Penn
174 Detroit
175 Howard
176 Nicholls St
177 E Kentucky
178 Pacific
179 Manhattan
180 NC A&T
181 UTRGV
182 Bucknell
183 UNC Greensboro
184 Air Force
185 Louisiana Tech
186 South Dakota
187 Houston
188 Maine
189 Longwood
190 IL Chicago
191 Bellarmine
192 Akron
193 Brown
194 ULM
195 Lindenwood
196 Cent Arkansas
197 Tennessee Tech
198 Loyola-Chicago
199 Elon
200 TN Martin
201 Hofstra
202 Arkansas St
203 St Louis
204 UC Santa Barbara
205 Cal Poly
206 Bradley
207 Jacksonville
208 Texas St
209 Xavier
210 Binghamton
211 Montana
212 Stony Brook
213 Nevada
214 Lipscomb
215 San Jose St
216 NE Omaha
217 Wofford
218 N Colorado
219 UTEP
220 Austin Peay
221 Georgia St
222 Ark Little Rock
223 TAM C. Christi
224 Drexel
225 Charleston So
226 N Kentucky
227 Appalachian St
228 Ga Southern
229 Campbell
230 Denver
231 Mercer
232 UT Arlington
233 Marist
234 N Illinois
235 E Washington
236 Memphis
237 Charlotte
238 Utah Valley
239 Florida Intl
240 High Point
241 Cal Baptist
242 Pepperdine
243 Furman
244 G Washington
245 Siena
246 ETSU
247 Marshall
248 Dartmouth
249 Cornell
250 Loy Marymount
251 Lafayette
252 Iona
253 W Michigan
254 UC Riverside
255 La Salle
256 Merrimack
257 St Thomas MN
258 NJIT
259 Oakland
260 Jacksonville St
261 C Michigan
262 Stetson
263 Idaho St
264 W Illinois
265 UNC Wilmington
266 Boston Univ
267 CS Sacramento
268 Bryant
269 UMBC
270 Southern Univ
271 W Carolina
272 Monmouth NJ
273 Loyola MD
274 UC San Diego
275 North Alabama
276 Northwestern LA
277 West Georgia
278 North Dakota
279 Jackson St
280 Incarnate Word
281 Chattanooga
282 Robert Morris
283 St Peter’s
284 Delaware
285 MD E Shore
286 Towson
287 Wright St
288 Mt St Mary’s
289 WI Milwaukee
290 Ohio
291 Weber St
292 St Bonaventure
293 William & Mary
294 Southern Miss
295 Sacred Heart
296 Winthrop
297 New Hampshire
298 Indiana St
299 IUPUI
300 Stonehill
301 Kennesaw
302 Valparaiso
303 Sam Houston St
304 Chicago St
305 Rider
306 Hampton
307 Morgan St
308 Portland St
309 Youngstown St
310 Morehead St
311 NC Central
312 San Diego
313 Utah St
314 Gardner Webb
315 E Michigan
316 Canisius
317 MA Lowell
318 Yale
319 Florida A&M
320 New Orleans
321 Central Conn
322 Southern Utah
323 CS Fullerton
324 Radford
325 TX Southern
326 South Alabama
327 Missouri KC
328 St Francis PA
329 Utah Tech
330 SE Missouri St
331 Queens NC
332 Houston Chr
333 Tennessee St
334 LIU Brooklyn
335 North Florida
336 Evansville
337 Samford
338 McNeese St
339 East Texas A&M
340 CS Bakersfield
341 Grambling
342 Alabama St
343 Alcorn St
344 MS Valley St
345 Presbyterian
346 S Illinois
347 Mercyhurst
348 CS Northridge
349 Bethune-Cookman
350 S Carolina St
351 Seattle
352 American Univ
353 Le Moyne
354 SIUE
355 Wagner
356 Delaware St
357 SC Upstate
358 UNC Asheville
359 Northeastern
360 Niagara
361 Ark Pine Bluff
362 Prairie View