1979–80 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings

1979–80 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
Season1979–80
AIAW Tournament1980
Preseason No. 1Louisiana Tech
AIAW Tournament ChampionsLouisiana Tech
AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
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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

–   Not ranked
(#)   Ranking

AP Poll

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

  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.