1979–80 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings

A single human poll represents the 1979–80 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.

The AP poll was initially a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of the Top 20 team was produced. The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when the AP took over administration of the poll from Mel Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers.[1] The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play.

Legend

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AP Poll

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Source[2]

Team 25-Nov 4-Dec 11-Dec 18-Dec 25-Dec 1-Jan 8-Jan 15-Jan 22-Jan 29-Jan 5-Feb 12-Feb 19-Feb 24-Feb 2-Mar 9-Mar 18-Mar
Old Dominion 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 T1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tennessee 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2
Louisiana Tech 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3
South Carolina 16 13 15 13 12 11 10 11 8 7 6 5 5 7 7 6 4
Stephen F. Austin 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 6 6 5 5 3 5
Maryland 11 10 10 9 7 7 12 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 9 6
Texas 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 T1 2 2 2 3 4 5 7
Rutgers 6 7 7 7 9 9 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8
Long Beach St. 9 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 9 9 9 7 9
North Carolina St. 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 10 10
Kansas 14 12 13 12 11 12 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 15 12 11
Cheyney 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 11 11 12 13 13 11 10 11 12
Kansas St. 18 18 15 15 14 13 14 13 11 11 11 12 12 14 13
Kentucky 18 18 18 17 17 15 15 15 13 11 13 14
Northwestern 18 17 16 17 20 18 18 17 16 15
Mercer 20 19 19 17 17 18 20 T20 16
Oregon 20 T20 17
Central Mo. 19 18 18
San Francisco 20 19 19 18 13 12 12 15 14 15 19
BYU 20
Clemson 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Delta St. 16 14 14 16 16 19
Detroit 18 17 16 14 13 13 12 13 12 19 19 19 19 20 19
LSU 20
Mississippi Col. 20 20
Ole Miss 19 19
Penn St. 12
Pittsburgh T20 19
Queens (NY) T20 20
Southern California 17
Tennessee Tech 13 14 19 20 20
UCLA 10 11 11 11 13 14 16 20 T20
UNLV 17 15 12 15 17 17 15 14 12 15 17 18 17 17 18
Valdosta St. 15
Villanova T20 19 18 17

References

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  1. ^ "Mel Greenberg Class of 2004/2005 – Sports Writer". Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 8 Nov 2012.
  2. ^ "Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA.org.