NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Power Rankings 2026-27

All 364 NCAA Division I women's basketball teams, ranked by the Ladder Model's power rating. Tap a team for its 2026-27 schedule, results and game-by-game predictions.

Updated Nov 4, 2026 · ratings compare Division I women's teams with each other.

Also: Division I men's · Division II women's

#	Team	Conference	2026-27	Power
1	LSU	SEC	1-0	+46.8
2	Texas	SEC	0-0	+45.3
3	UConn	Big East	1-0	+45.0
4	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	+40.8
5	UCLA	Big Ten	1-0	+36.0
6	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	+35.9
7	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0	+32.6
8	Oklahoma	SEC	1-0	+32.3
9	TCU	Big 12	1-0	+31.1
10	Maryland	Big Ten	0-1	+29.9
11	Notre Dame	ACC	1-0	+29.0
12	Ohio St.	Big Ten	1-0	+29.0
13	Louisville	ACC	1-0	+28.9
14	Kentucky	SEC	1-0	+28.5
15	Duke	ACC	1-0	+28.0
16	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	+26.7
17	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	+26.6
18	Southern California	Big Ten	1-0	+26.3
19	Michigan St.	Big Ten	1-0	+25.3
20	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	+24.6
21	North Carolina	ACC	0-1	+24.5
22	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	+24.1
23	West Virginia	Big 12	1-0	+24.1
24	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	1-0	+23.6
25	Oregon	Big Ten	1-0	+23.2
26	NC State	ACC	1-0	+22.4
27	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	+22.3
28	Georgia	SEC	1-0	+21.2
29	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-0	+20.7
30	Virginia	ACC	1-0	+20.4
31	Alabama	SEC	1-0	+20.3
32	Washington	Big Ten	1-0	+20.2
33	Baylor	Big 12	1-0	+19.6
34	Mississippi St.	SEC	1-0	+19.4
35	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-0	+19.3
36	Virginia Tech	ACC	1-0	+19.0
37	Iowa St.	Big 12	1-0	+18.2
38	Colorado	Big 12	0-0	+17.8
39	Clemson	ACC	1-0	+15.8
40	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	+15.8
41	Arizona St.	Big 12	1-0	+15.5
42	Columbia	Ivy League	1-0	+15.5
43	Syracuse	ACC	1-0	+15.2
44	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	0-1	+15.1
45	Richmond	Atlantic 10	1-0	+15.1
46	Princeton	Ivy League	1-0	+15.0
47	Florida	SEC	1-0	+14.8
48	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	+14.7
49	California	ACC	1-0	+14.7
50	Villanova	Big East	0-1	+14.5
51	Miami (FL)	ACC	1-0	+14.2
52	BYU	Big 12	1-0	+13.7
53	Fairfield	MAAC	0-0	+13.4
54	South Dakota St.	Summit League	0-1	+13.3
55	Kansas St.	Big 12	1-0	+13.2
56	James Madison	Sun Belt	0-1	+13.1
57	Auburn	SEC	1-0	+12.6
58	Santa Clara	WCC	1-0	+12.3
59	St. John's (NY)	Big East	1-0	+12.3
60	Gonzaga	Pac-12	1-0	+12.2
61	George Mason	Atlantic 10	1-0	+12.0
62	Harvard	Ivy League	0-1	+12.0
63	North Dakota St.	Summit League	0-1	+11.9
64	Montana St.	Big Sky	1-0	+11.4
65	Stanford	ACC	0-1	+11.4
66	Rice	The American	1-0	+11.2
67	Colorado St.	Pac-12	1-0	+11.1
68	San Diego St.	Pac-12	1-0	+10.9
69	South Fla.	The American	1-0	+10.8
70	Creighton	Big East	1-0	+10.6
71	Murray St.	MVC	1-0	+10.6
72	Ball St.	MAC	1-0	+10.5
73	Troy	Sun Belt	1-0	+10.5
74	Utah	Big 12	1-0	+10.3
75	Davidson	Atlantic 10	0-1	+10.1
76	Miami (OH)	MAC	1-0	+10.1
77	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	+9.8
78	Arizona	Big 12	1-0	+9.7
79	Florida St.	ACC	1-0	+9.7
80	Green Bay	Horizon	0-1	+9.6
81	Portland	WCC	1-0	+9.2
82	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-0	+9.1
83	Marquette	Big East	1-0	+9.1
84	Texas A&M	SEC	1-0	+8.9
85	Seton Hall	Big East	1-0	+8.7
86	Vermont	America East	1-0	+8.5
87	Butler	Big East	1-0	+8.4
88	Georgetown	Big East	1-0	+8.2
89	Missouri St.	CUSA	1-0	+8.2
90	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-0	+8.1
91	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	0-0	+8.1
92	Marshall	Sun Belt	1-0	+7.5
93	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-0	+7.5
94	North Texas	The American	1-0	+7.3
95	UC Irvine	Big West	0-0	+7.3
96	Oregon St.	Pac-12	0-0	+7.2
97	Arkansas St.	Sun Belt	0-1	+7.1
98	Missouri	SEC	1-0	+7.1
99	Quinnipiac	MAAC	1-0	+6.8
100	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	+6.7
101	Belmont	MVC	0-1	+6.1
102	Col. of Charleston	CAA	1-0	+6.1
103	LMU (CA)	WCC	1-0	+6.1
104	Western Ill.	OVC	1-0	+5.8
105	Cincinnati	Big 12	0-0	+5.7
106	Idaho	Big Sky	1-0	+5.6
107	Penn St.	Big Ten	0-1	+5.2
108	Penn	Ivy League	1-0	+5.1
109	Tulane	The American	1-0	+5.0
110	Navy	Patriot	1-0	+4.9
111	South Dakota	Summit League	1-0	+4.7
112	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	1-0	+4.5
113	Abilene Christian	UAC	1-0	+4.4
114	Bowling Green	MAC	1-0	+4.2
115	UC San Diego	Big West	0-1	+4.2
116	UTSA	The American	0-0	+4.2
117	Central Ark.	UAC	1-0	+4.1
118	UNLV	Mountain West	0-1	+4.1
119	Massachusetts	MAC	0-1	+4.0
120	Cleveland St.	Horizon	1-0	+3.9
121	Lindenwood	OVC	0-1	+3.8
122	UMBC	America East	1-0	+3.8
123	George Washington	Atlantic 10	1-0	+3.7
124	Grand Canyon	Mountain West	0-0	+3.7
125	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-0	+3.7
126	Illinois St.	MVC	1-0	+3.6
127	Lehigh	Patriot	0-1	+3.4
128	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-0	+3.1
129	UNI	MVC	1-0	+3.0
130	California Baptist	Big West	0-0	+2.8
131	UCF	Big 12	1-0	+2.7
132	Jacksonville	ASUN	1-0	+2.6
133	Liberty	CUSA	1-0	+2.6
134	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-0	+2.6
135	FDU	NEC	0-1	+2.2
136	Austin Peay	UAC	1-0	+2.1
137	Howard	MEAC	0-1	+2.1
138	Army West Point	Patriot	1-0	+2.0
139	Boise St.	Pac-12	1-0	+2.0
140	East Carolina	The American	1-0	+1.9
141	Holy Cross	Patriot	1-0	+1.8
142	Bradley	MVC	0-1	+1.7
143	Eastern Ky.	UAC	0-1	+1.7
144	Ga. Southern	Sun Belt	0-1	+1.7
145	Northern Colo.	Big Sky	1-0	+1.7
146	Pepperdine	WCC	1-0	+1.7
147	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-0	+1.7
148	Youngstown St.	Horizon	1-0	+1.6
149	Little Rock	UAC	1-0	+1.3
150	Idaho St.	Big Sky	0-1	+1.2
151	Northwestern St.	Southland	1-0	+1.1
152	Temple	The American	0-1	+1.1
153	Xavier	Big East	1-0	+1.1
154	Central Mich.	MAC	0-1	+1.0
155	Southern Ind.	OVC	0-1	+1.0
156	Toledo	MAC	0-1	+1.0
157	Maine	America East	0-0	+0.9
158	McNeese	Southland	1-0	+0.9
159	Ohio	MAC	1-0	+0.9
160	Middle Tenn.	CUSA	1-0	+0.8
161	Hawaii	Mountain West	0-1	+0.7
162	High Point	Big South	1-0	+0.7
163	DePaul	Big East	1-0	+0.6
164	App State	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.4
165	Monmouth	CAA	1-0	+0.4
166	San Francisco	WCC	0-0	+0.1
167	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0	+0.1
168	Bryant	America East	1-0	-0.0
169	Charlotte	The American	0-1	0.0
170	Lamar University	Southland	1-0	0.0
171	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	0.0
172	UC Davis	Mountain West	1-0	-0.0
173	Fresno St.	Pac-12	0-0	-0.4
174	SFA	Southland	0-0	-0.4
175	Eastern Wash.	Big Sky	0-1	-0.5
176	La Salle	Atlantic 10	0-0	-0.5
177	Providence	Big East	1-0	-0.5
178	Kent St.	MAC	0-1	-0.7
179	Dayton	Atlantic 10	0-0	-0.9
180	SMU	ACC	1-0	-1.0
181	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	0-1	-1.1
182	Drexel	CAA	1-0	-1.2
183	Air Force	Mountain West	1-0	-1.4
184	Brown	Ivy League	0-1	-1.5
185	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-1	-1.5
186	Sacramento St.	Big West	1-0	-1.5
187	ULM	Sun Belt	0-1	-1.6
188	Saint Mary's (CA)	WCC	0-0	-1.7
189	Drake	MVC	1-0	-2.0
190	FGCU	ASUN	0-1	-2.1
191	Southern Miss.	Sun Belt	1-0	-2.3
192	Houston	Big 12	1-0	-2.4
193	Pacific	WCC	1-0	-2.4
194	Stetson	ASUN	1-0	-2.4
195	UAlbany	America East	1-0	-2.4
196	Radford	Big South	0-1	-2.5
197	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-0	-2.5
198	Elon	CAA	1-0	-2.6
199	Samford	SoCon	1-0	-2.6
200	St. Thomas (MN)	Summit League	0-1	-2.6
201	Towson	CAA	0-1	-2.6
202	Weber St.	Big Sky	1-0	-3.0
203	Chattanooga	SoCon	1-0	-3.1
204	Longwood	Big South	1-0	-3.1
205	Oakland	Horizon	1-0	-3.1
206	Southern Utah	Big Sky	1-0	-3.3
207	Utah Valley	Big West	1-0	-3.3
208	FIU	CUSA	0-1	-3.5
209	Wofford	SoCon	0-1	-3.5
210	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	0-1	-3.6
211	UAB	The American	0-0	-3.7
212	Tulsa	The American	0-1	-3.9
213	Washington St.	Pac-12	0-1	-3.9
214	UC Riverside	Big West	1-0	-4.0
215	Robert Morris	Horizon	0-0	-4.2
216	Cal St. Fullerton	Big West	0-1	-4.4
217	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-0	-4.5
218	IU Indy	Horizon	0-1	-4.6
219	Memphis	The American	1-0	-4.6
220	Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10	1-0	-4.7
221	Montana	Big Sky	1-0	-4.7
222	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	0-0	-4.7
223	UIC	MVC	0-1	-4.9
224	NJIT	America East	1-0	-5.0
225	William & Mary	CAA	1-0	-5.0
226	Boston College	ACC	0-1	-5.1
227	Morehead St.	OVC	0-1	-5.1
228	Tarleton St.	UAC	0-0	-5.2
229	UTRGV	Southland	1-0	-5.4
230	Binghamton	America East	0-1	-5.5
231	UT Martin	OVC	1-0	-5.5
232	Siena	MAAC	1-0	-5.7
233	Stony Brook	CAA	1-0	-5.7
234	Kennesaw St.	CUSA	1-0	-5.8
235	ETSU	SoCon	1-0	-5.9
236	Oral Roberts	Summit League	0-1	-5.9
237	Wichita St.	The American	0-1	-5.9
238	N.C. A&T	CAA	1-0	-6.0
239	Eastern Mich.	MAC	0-1	-6.1
240	Delaware	CUSA	0-0	-6.2
241	Fordham	Atlantic 10	1-0	-6.2
242	Utah Tech	Big Sky	1-0	-6.2
243	Fla. Atlantic	The American	0-1	-6.3
244	Furman	SoCon	0-1	-6.3
245	Hofstra	CAA	0-1	-6.4
246	New Hampshire	America East	1-0	-6.4
247	Norfolk St.	MEAC	0-1	-6.4
248	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	0-1	-6.5
249	SIUE	OVC	1-0	-6.5
250	Campbell	CAA	0-1	-6.6
251	VCU	Atlantic 10	1-0	-6.6
252	Jacksonville St.	CUSA	1-0	-6.9
253	Georgia St.	Sun Belt	0-1	-7.0
254	Northern Ariz.	Big Sky	0-0	-7.0
255	Southern U.	SWAC	0-1	-7.0
256	UIW	Southland	1-0	-7.0
257	West Ga.	UAC	0-1	-7.1
258	UT Arlington	UAC	0-1	-7.2
259	Nevada	Mountain West	0-1	-7.6
260	Northern Ky.	Horizon	1-0	-7.6
261	San Diego	WCC	1-0	-7.7
262	UTEP	Mountain West	1-0	-7.7
263	Texas St.	Pac-12	0-0	-7.8
264	Merrimack	MAAC	0-1	-7.9
265	East Texas A&M	Southland	1-0	-8.0
266	Bucknell	Patriot	0-1	-8.4
267	Wright St.	Horizon	0-1	-8.4
268	North Ala.	UAC	0-1	-8.6
269	Akron	MAC	0-1	-8.9
270	Tennessee Tech	SoCon	0-1	-9.0
271	UMES		0-1	-9.0
272	Kansas City	Summit League	1-0	-9.1
273	Milwaukee	Horizon	0-1	-9.3
274	CSUN	Big West	1-0	-9.5
275	Bethune-Cookman	SWAC	1-0	-9.6
276	UNC Greensboro	SoCon	1-0	-9.7
277	Western Ky.	CUSA	0-0	-9.7
278	Cornell	Ivy League	0-1	-9.8
279	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-1	-9.8
280	Yale	Ivy League	1-0	-9.9
281	Manhattan	MAAC	1-0	-10.0
282	UNCW	CAA	1-0	-10.1
283	Nicholls	Southland	1-0	-10.2
284	Hampton	CAA	0-1	-10.4
285	Western Mich.	MAC	0-1	-10.4
286	Grambling	SWAC	0-1	-10.5
287	Sacred Heart	MAAC	0-1	-10.6
288	Boston U.	Patriot	0-1	-10.9
289	Iona	MAAC	1-0	-10.9
290	Mercer	SoCon	1-0	-10.9
291	San Jose St.	Mountain West	0-1	-10.9
292	Southeast Mo. St.	OVC	0-1	-10.9
293	Lipscomb	ASUN	0-1	-11.0
294	Northeastern	CAA	0-1	-11.1
295	Southern Ill.	MVC	0-1	-11.1
296	Dartmouth	Ivy League	1-0	-11.3
297	Denver	WCC	0-1	-11.3
298	Evansville	MVC	0-1	-11.3
299	Loyola Maryland	Patriot	1-0	-11.3
300	Buffalo	MAC	1-0	-11.5
301	NIU	Horizon	1-0	-12.0
302	New Mexico St.	CUSA	0-1	-12.2
303	LIU	NEC	0-1	-12.4
304	Marist	MAAC	0-1	-12.4
305	Indiana St.	MVC	0-1	-12.5
306	Seattle U	WCC	1-0	-12.9
307	Cal Poly	Big West	1-0	-13.0
308	North Florida	ASUN	0-0	-13.0
309	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	1-0	-13.1
310	USC Upstate	Big South	0-1	-13.1
311	Portland St.	Big Sky	0-1	-13.5
312	Western Caro.	SoCon	1-0	-13.5
313	Morgan St.	MEAC	1-0	-13.6
314	Alcorn	SWAC	0-1	-13.8
315	Charleston So.	Big South	0-1	-14.0
316	Mount St. Mary's	MAAC	0-1	-14.1
317	CSU Bakersfield	Big West	1-0	-14.4
318	Queens (NC)	ASUN	0-1	-14.4
319	Rider	MAAC	0-1	-14.5
320	Utah St.	Pac-12	1-0	-14.5
321	UMass Lowell	America East	1-0	-14.6
322	Alabama A&M	SWAC	0-1	-15.0
323	Colgate	Patriot	1-0	-15.0
324	N.C. Central	MEAC	0-1	-15.1
325	UNC Asheville	Big South	0-0	-15.4
326	Eastern Ill.	OVC	0-1	-15.5
327	Ark.-Pine Bluff	SWAC	0-1	-15.6
328	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-0	-15.6
329	Stonehill	NEC	0-1	-15.6
330	Houston Christian		0-1	-15.7
331	Jackson St.	SWAC	0-1	-15.7
332	Mercyhurst	NEC	0-1	-16.0
333	Winthrop	Big South	1-0	-16.1
334	American	Patriot	0-0	-16.2
335	Gardner-Webb	Big South	0-0	-16.3
336	Omaha	Summit League	0-1	-16.5
337	Coppin St.	MEAC	1-0	-16.8
338	North Dakota	Summit League	0-1	-16.8
339	Long Beach St.	Big West	0-0	-17.3
340	Wagner	NEC	1-0	-17.5
341	Lafayette	Patriot	0-1	-17.8
342	Tennessee St.	OVC	1-0	-17.9
343	A&M-Corpus Christi	Southland	0-0	-18.6
344	Delaware St.	MEAC	0-1	-18.7
345	New Haven	NEC	1-0	-18.9
346	Alabama St.	SWAC	0-1	-19.0
347	Florida A&M	SWAC	0-1	-19.4
348	Canisius	MAAC	0-0	-19.5
349	West Florida	ASUN	0-1	-20.2
350	Saint Peter's	MAAC	0-1	-20.9
351	Chicago St.	NEC	0-1	-22.0
352	Southeastern La.	Southland	0-1	-22.3
353	Valparaiso	MVC	0-1	-23.6
354	Le Moyne	NEC	0-1	-24.0
355	Presbyterian	Big South	0-1	-24.1
356	Mississippi Val.	SWAC	0-1	-24.5
357	Texas Southern	SWAC	0-1	-24.9
358	South Carolina St.	MEAC	1-0	-25.2
359	Saint Francis		0-0	-25.5
360	Central Conn. St.	NEC	0-1	-26.5
361	Niagara	MAAC	0-1	-29.3
362	LSU New Orleans	Southland	0-1	-30.1
363	Bellarmine	ASUN	0-1	-30.8
364	Prairie View	SWAC	0-0	-31.0