Lady Vols basketball first 2025-26 in-season top 25 ranking – Vols Wire

Tennessee (2-1) tipped off its 2025-26 women’s basketball season on Nov. 4.
The Lady Vols opened their season with a top-10 neutral site matchup. North Carolina State defeated Tennessee, 80-77, in the Ro Greensboro Invitational at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Tennessee recorded its first victory of the season versus ETSU at Food City Center on Nov. 7. The Lady Vols defeated East Tennessee State, 97-47.
The Lady Vols also defeated UT Martin, 72-61, Sunday in the Pat Summitt Heritage Classic at Kathleen and Tom Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee.
The first in-season USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll was released Tuesday. Tennessee is ranked No. 12, tied with TCU. The Lady Vols were ranked No. 9 during the preseason.
No. 25 Kansas State
Kansas State 38; West Virginia 24; Washington 17; South Dakota State 15; Alabama 9; Minnesota 6; Stanford 5; Fairfield 4; Richmond 3; Nebraska 2; Virginia 1; Syracuse 1
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2025-26 season: Octavia Blue, Kennesaw State; Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Jeff Cammon, Saint Mary’s; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Corry Irvin, Chicago State; Renee Jimenez, UC-Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Terry Primm, Siena; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Coquese Washington, Rutgers; Trevor Woodruff, Bucknell.
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