3/1 Oracle/ITA Women's Rankings Release

Ladies and gentlemen we have a new #1 and it is The Ohio State University.  The Buckeyes took over the top spot from undefeated Cal due to having four top 10 wins, one of which was a road win over then # Michigan, and a total of five wins over top 24 opponents. Cal has three top 10 wins and a total of five top 20 wins.

This week's rankings used each team's five best wins as will the next two rankings after this week.

The following teams made double-digit increases versus the last rankings :
#29 Auburn (32)
#54 Tennessee (22+)
#57 Missouri (19+)
#32 Columbia (18)
#60 TCU (16+)
#19 Clemson (15)
#52 Purdue (15)
#61 Santa Clara (15+)
#48 Florida International (14)
#49 Indiana (14)
#35 Arkansas (13)
#63 Old Dominion (13+)
#30 William & Mary (12)
#42 Northwestern (11)
#45 Minnesota (11)


These 9 teams entered the rankings after being unranked
#54 Tennessee
#57 Missouri
#60 TCU
#61 Santa Clara
#63 Old Dominion
#66 Winthrop
#67 Michigan State
#69 Nebraska
#75 West Virginia


The following teams made double-digit decreases versus the last rankings (still ranked):
#71 Florida State (28)
#64 Arizona (27)
#41 Washington (22)
#73 Brown (21)
#44 Wake Forest (17)
#72 Oklahoma (17)
#73 Texas (15)
#36 Arizona State (12)
#55 NC State (11)
#38 Alabama (10)


These 9 teams dropped out of the rankings with last week's rankings in ( ):
Harvard (57)
Penn (65)
Kansas State (70)
Boston College (71)
Louisiana Monroe (72)
Southern Mississippi (73)
East Tennessee State (73)
UNLV (75)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (75)

Rank	Avg	School	Previous Rank
1	84.47	Ohio State University	2
2	80.4	California	1
3	70.38	North Carolina	6
4	67.5	University of Michigan	3
5	57.06	Texas Tech University	8
6	55.88	Duke University	9
7	55.12	University of Georgia	5
8	54.58	Vanderbilt University	4
9	43.93	LSU	12
10	43.69	Oklahoma State University	11
11	43.08	Pepperdine	10
12	35.14	University of South Carolina	17
13	34.75	Wichita State University	21
14	33.74	Texas A&M University	20
15	31.98	University of Florida	7
16	31.45	University of Virginia	18
17	30	University of Kentucky	15
18	29.96	University of Tulsa	14
19	27.39	Clemson University	34
20	27.32	Stanford	16
21	27.14	University of Miami (Florida)	13
22	24.56	Fresno State	26
23	22.62	University of Kansas	23
24	22.3	Syracuse University	33
25	22.27	Mississippi State University	25
26	20.48	University of Mississippi	22
27	20.34	UCLA	29
28	19.98	University of Oregon	35
29	19.82	Auburn University	61
30	18.47	College of William and Mary	42
31	18.27	University of Notre Dame	30
32	17.98	Columbia University	50
33	16.72	Georgia Tech	36
34	15.4	University of South Alabama	39
35	15.37	University of Arkansas	48
36	15.32	Arizona State University	24
37	15.18	Dartmouth College	31
38	15	University of Alabama	28
39	14.58	Virginia Tech	41
40	14.07	Rice University	32
41	13.8	University of Washington	19
42	13.06	Northwestern University	53
43	12.55	Georgia State University	47
44	12.52	Wake Forest University	27
45	11.56	University of Minnesota	56
46	11.15	Baylor University	45
47	10.96	Washington State University	40
48	10.85	Florida International University (FIU)	62
49	10.06	Indiana University-Bloomington	63
50	9.84	SMU	49
51	8.92	University of New Mexico	46
52	8.77	Purdue University	67
53	8.53	DePaul University	51
54	8.47	University of Tennessee	NR
55	8.42	North Carolina State	44
56	8.26	Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa	64
57	8.15	Univ. of Missouri, Columbia	NR
58	8.07	University of Denver	54
59	7.95	University of Utah	66
60	7.45	TCU	NR
61	7.38	Santa Clara University	NR
62	7.23	San Jose State University	60
63	7.06	Old Dominion University	NR
64	6.93	University of Arizona	37
65	6.71	University of Illinois	59
66	6.68	Winthrop University	NR
67	6.32	Michigan State University	NR
68	6.28	University of North Texas	68
69	6.25	University of Nebraska	NR
70	6.16	Xavier University	69
71	6	Florida State University	43
72	5.8	University of Oklahoma	55
T73	5.67	Brown University	52
T73	5.67	University of Texas at Austin	58
75	5.61	West Virginia University	NR