Two human polls make up the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the

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, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Due to the

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, the season ended March 12, 2020. As a result, the NCAA did not bestow a national championship. Instead, that title was de facto bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. As such,

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finished the season first in both wire rankings, on December 31, 2020, raised a banner to make a claim to such a mythical national championship. This banner is located between their 2017 and 2022 NCAA championship banners, and is of the same size as those, at their home venue,

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Legend

AP Poll

USA Today Coaches Poll

The Coaches Poll is the second oldest poll still in use after the AP Poll. It is compiled by a rotating group of 31 college Division I head coaches. The Poll operates by

Borda count The Borda method or order of merit is a positional voting rule that gives each candidate a number of points equal to the number of candidates ranked below them: the lowest-ranked candidate gets 0 points, the second-lowest gets 1 point, and so on ...

. Each voting member ranks teams from 1 to 25. Each team then receives points for their ranking in reverse order: Number 1 earns 25 points, number 2 earns 24 points, and so forth. The points are then combined and the team with the highest points is then ranked No. 1; second highest is ranked No. 2 and so forth. Only the top 25 teams with points are ranked, with teams receiving first place votes noted the quantity next to their name. The maximum points a single team can earn is 775.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Rankings * College women's basketball rankings in the United States

Legend

AP Poll

USA Today Coaches Poll

See also

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