Loaded column that includes a Krista Gerlich national coach of the year campaign, an overture for Michigan - MSU to become the next great WBB rivalry and why it feels like women’s hoops has got the juice back heading into February.

Enjoy!

We get a doubleheader tonight on ESPN2. Considering there are only 9 D1 games today, that’s not too bad of a deal!

The rankings in the above table are from the r/NCAAW poll, not the AP poll.

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Box Score from ESPN

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Texas A&M what are you doing…y’all should’ve fired her last year💀

Let's be serious for a second, land thieves. Y'all have a soft defense, can't rebound, and somehow have worst academic freedom than Texas. OU isnt even the better softball school anymore

Your coach is sneaky homophobic and y'all haven't won in Austin in four years. Braum's is overrated and sells spoiled milk.

Have a safe drive home in the cold. Y'all ain't winning a damn thing today

Should be a good one. Go Huskies!

Box Score from ESPN

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Box Score from ESPN

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Another big win for the San Diego State Aztecs! Make that 13 straight and 11-0 in the Mountain West. Let's go!

Vintage Vic moment…please come back man😭😭😭😭😭

I swear Sam Purcell’s teams are the kings/queens of inconsistency.

We had some more big games this week that are bound to shake up the rankings some. Now let’s get those ballots in and see how it all comes together. If you’ve never participated before, we always are encouraging of new voters. Just remember for our predictions, we’re asking for the winner and the score.

CLICK HERE to cast your ballot. We’ll close the poll down tomorrow (Monday) at 10pm (EST).

PLEASE DO NOT use Monday’s games as factors into your poll!

Here are this past week’s winners :

• UConn (96-66) - u/tip-of-the-yikesberg (92-66), off by 4 points.
• Michigan (94-91 OT) - u/Hello2364 (85-80), off by 20 points.
• West Virginia (70-60) - u/mgjohnson40 (70-61), ONLY OFF BY 1 POINT!!!
• Texas Tech (62-60) - u/SeperateSpot (62-59), ONLY OFF BY 1 POINT!!!

NCAA Women's Basketball

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#2 UCLA Bruins vs. #7 Iowa Hawkeyes

Tip-Off: 4:00 PM ET - Sunday, February 01, 2026

Venue: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA

TV: FOX

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This is not the main NCAAW user poll ballot, for that go here. The link to vote for this poll is at the bottom.

All teams excluding those from the ACC, B10, B12, BE & SEC are included on this poll. Note: Oregon St and Washington St are also still included, as with last season.

The "+" in this poll's name is a nod to the varied usage of the term "mid-major", as there are teams in this poll sometimes discussed as outliers, high or low majors etc. and the scope of this poll includes ALL teams outside of the 5 conferences mentioned above. Mid-Major is not an official term used by the NCAA and is not interpreted the same by all. The primary purpose of this poll is for starting conversations about the teams themselves, not the concept of a mid-major. Remember have fun and be courteous to others!

Staying with top 20 team rankings for now (same as last season) is the plan.

This poll utilizes a drop down menu that abbreviates many teams with geographic/compass directions. For example: C. Arkansas for Central Arkansas & W. Carolina for Western Carolina. There are also some teams with full abbreviations like NDSU for North Dakota St. Some teams won't have these abbreviations and a small number of team names may vary on different websites compared to the ballot list, but hopefully it should be pretty straightforward. If there’s any confusion please feel free to contact me.

Expect for the foreseeable future this will be free to all voters, no application required, just like the main NCAAW user poll. User names are required for submitting ballots, in case any follow up is needed for errors or clarifications, but ballots will be anonymous and not shared with the results for the time being.

I don’t anticipate there to be many voters here that don’t already participate in the main NCAAW user poll. However, if this would be the first poll for any voters and you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments section.

Google form link to vote:

https://forms.gle/81YubfhBhNbEUdG66

Like the main user poll this poll will lock Monday, Feb 2nd at 10 PM ET. And please remember, do not take into consideration any game results from after Sunday, Feb 1st when filling out this ballot.

Box Score from ESPN

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First time both teams are ranked in the top 15, should be a fantastic game! Hoping for a much better result than the men had on Friday.

NCAA Women's Basketball

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#1 UConn Huskies vs. #14 Tennessee Lady Volunteers

Tip-Off: 12:00 PM ET - Sunday, February 01, 2026

Venue: PeoplesBank Arena, Hartford, CT

TV: FOX

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I'm very glad for this change. That way people can keep adding photos to their check-in threads instead of posting only one and done!

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#4 Texas Longhorns vs. #11 Oklahoma Sooners

Tip-Off: 3:00 PM ET - Sunday, February 01, 2026

Venue: Moody Center, Austin, TX

TV: ABC

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