Here is the final USA Today Coaches Poll of the season. The Cards finish 9th. UConn finishes 1st, just how we all envisioned it a few weeks ago.
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Connecticut (30) | 32-8 | 791 |
| 2 | Kentucky (1) | 29-11 | 759 |
| 3 | Florida | 36-3 | 735 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 30-8 | 704 |
| 5 | Arizona | 33-5 | 637 |
| 6 | Michigan | 28-9 | 594 |
| 7 | Wichita State (1) | 35-1 | 583 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 29-9 | 553 |
| 9 | Louisville | 31-6 | 545 |
| 10 | Virginia | 30-7 | 539 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 28-8 | 457 |
| 12 | San Diego State | 31-5 | 453 |
| 13 | Villanova | 29-5 | 367 |
| 14 | Kansas | 25-10 | 341 |
| 15 | UCLA | 28-9 | 297 |
| 16 | Duke | 26-9 | 276 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 28-6 | 263 |
| 18 | Baylor | 26-12 | 246 |
| 18 | Dayton | 26-11 | 246 |
| 20 | Creighton | 27-8 | 190 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 24-10 | 156 |
| 22 | Cincinnati | 27-7 | 126 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 24-13 | 122 |
| 24 | Stanford | 23-13 | 104 |
| 25 | Saint Louis | 27-7 | 75 |
