University of Maryland Athletics

First Ranking: No. 15 - Nov. 25, 1976
Highest Ranking Ever: No. 1 - Preseason 2006 through Jan. 14, 2007 (10 weeks); No. 1 - Jan. 20, 1992; Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10
Years ranked consecutively in the poll: 14
Consecutive Top Five Appearances: 20 - 2007 Preseason through March 18, 2008

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The Associated Press published its 500th women's basketball poll when it released its preseason rankings prior to the 2005-06 campaign, also marking the start of the 30th season of the poll. Among the 25 teams to appear in the preseason poll, Maryland was one of two schools to appear in the 2005-06 preseason ranking and the AP's first-ever poll published in 1976. The other school was Baylor.

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2016-17 Final Poll
1.	Connecticut
2.	Notre Dame
3.	South Carolina
4.	MARYLAND
5.	Baylor
6.	Stanford
7.	Mississippi State
8.	Oregon State
9.	Duke
10.	Florida State
11.	Ohio State
12.	Washington
13.	Louisville
14.	Texas
15.	UCLA
16.	Miami
17.	NC State
18.	Kentucky
19.	DePaul
20.	Drake
21.	Syracuse
22.	West Virginia
23.	Oklahoma
24.	Kansas State
25.	Missouri
2015-16 Final Poll
1.	Connecticut
2.	Notre Dame
3.	South Carolina
4.	Baylor
5.	MARYLAND
6.	Oregon State
7.	Texas
8.	Louisville
9.	Ohio State
10.	UCLA
11.	Arizona State
12.	Kentucky
13.	Stanford
14.	Syracuse
15.	Mississippi State
16.	Michigan State
17.	Florida State
18.	Texas A&M
19.	Miami
20.	DePaul
21.	South Florida
22.	Colorado State
23.	West Virginia
24.	Oklahoma
25.	Florida
2014-15 Final Poll
1.	Connecticut
2.	Notre Dame
3.	South Carolina
4.	MARYLAND
5.	Baylor
6.	Tennessee
7.	Florida State
8.	Louisville
9.	Arizona State
10.	Oregon State
11.	Kentucky
12.	Mississippi State
13.	Princeton
14.	Stanford
15.	North Carolina
16.	Duke
17.	Chattanooga
18.	Iowa
19.	George Washington
20.	Florida Gulf Coast
21.	Texas A&M
22.	Northwestern
23.	Ohio State
24.	California
25.	South Florida
2013-14 Final Poll
1.	Connecticut
2.	Notre Dame
3.	Tennessee
4.	Louisville
5.	Baylor
6.	Stanford
7.	West Virginia
8.	South Carolina
9.	Duke
10.	Kentucky
11.	MARYLAND
12.	North Carolina
13.	Nebraska
14.	Penn State
15.	Texas A&M
16.	NC State
17.	Purdue
18.	Gonzaga
19.	Iowa
20.	Michigan State
21.	Oklahoma State
22.	Middle Tennessee
23.	DePaul
24.	California
25.	USC
2012-13 Final Poll
1.	Baylor
2.	Notre Dame
3.	Connecticut
4.	Stanford
5.	Duke
6.	California
7.	Kentucky
8.	Penn State
9.	Texas A&M
10.	Tennessee
11.	UCLA
12.	MARYLAND
13.	North Carolina
14.	Georgia
15.	Delaware
16.	Louisville
17.	South Carolina
18.	Dayton
19.	Colorado
20.	Green Bay
21.	Purdue
22.	Syracusse
23.	Iowa State
24.	Nebraska
25.	Florida State
2011-12
1.	Baylor
2.	Stanford
3.	Connecticut
4.	Notre Dame
5.	MARYLAND
6.	Duke
7.	Delaware
8.	Miami (FL)
9.	Tennessee
10.	Green Bay
11.	Penn State
12.	Kentucky
13.	Purdue
14.	St. John's
15.	Georgia Tech
16.	Ohio State
17.	Nebraska
17.	Georgetown
19.	Louisville
20.	Georgia
21.	St. Bonaventure
22.	Texas A&M
23.	Rutgers
24.	Princeton
25.	South Carolina
2010-11
1.	Connecticut
2.	Stanford
3.	Baylor
4.	Tennessee
5.	Xavier
6.	Duke
7.	UCLA
8.	Texas A&M
9.	DePaul
10.	Notre Dame
11.	Miami (FL)
12.	Michigan State
13.	Green Bay
14.	North Carolina
15.	Florida State
16.	MARYLAND
17.	Kentucky
18.	Ohio State
19.	Marist
20.	Gonzaga
21.	Oklahoma
22.	Houston
23.	Georgetown
24.	Georgia Tech
25.	Marquette
2008-09
1.	Connecticut
2.	Stanford
3.	MARYLAND
4.	Oklahoma
5.	Baylor
6.	Duke
7.	Louisville
8.	Auburn
9.	Texas A&M
10.	Ohio State
11.	North Carolina
12.	Florida State
13.	California
14.	Vanderbilt
15.	Pittsburgh
16.	South Dakota State
17.	Iowa State
18.	Tennessee
19.	Arizona State
20.	Xavier
21.	Kansas State
22.	Florida
23.	Notre Dame
24.	Virginia
25.	Texas
2007-08
1.	Connecticut
2.	North Carolina
3.	Tennessee
4.	Stanford
5.	MARYLAND
6.	LSU
7.	Rutgers
8.	Texas A&M
9.	Duke
10.	California
11.	Old Dominion
12.	Baylor
13.	Oklahoma State
14.	Oklahoma
15.	Notre Dame
16.	Kansas State
17.	West Virginia
18.	Utah
19.	Louisville
20.	George Washington
21.	Vanderbilt
22.	Marist
23.	UTEP
24.	Virginia
25.	Ohio State
2006-07
1.	Duke
2.	Connecticut
3.	North Carolina
4.	Tennessee
5.	Ohio State
6.	Stanford
7.	MARYLAND
8.	Arizona State
9.	Vanderbilt
10.	LSU
11.	Oklahoma
12.	Purdue
13.	Texas A&M
14.	Georgia
15.	George Washington
16.	Middle Tennessee State
17.	NC State
18.	Baylor
19.	Rutgers
20.	Bowling Green
21.	Marquette
22.	UW-Green Bay
23.	Louisville
24.	Michigan State
25.	Montana
2005-06
1.	North Carolina
2.	Ohio State
3.	MARYLAND
4.	Duke
5.	LSU
6.	Tennessee
7.	Oklahoma
8.	Connecticut
9.	Rutgers
10.	Baylor
11.	Purdue
12.	Georgia
13.	Stanford
13.	DePaul
15.	Arizona State
16.	Michigan State
17.	Louisiana Tech
18.	Utah
19.	Temple
20.	Texas A&M
21.	UCLA
22.	BYU
23.	Bowling Green
24.	New Mexico
25.	Minnesota
1992-93
1.	Vanderbilt
2.	Tennessee
3.	Ohio State
4.	Iowa
5.	Texas Tech
6.	Stanford
7.	Auburn
8.	Penn State
9.	Virginia
10.	Colorado
11.	MARYLAND
12.	Stephen F. Austin
13.	Western Kentucky
14.	Louisiana Tech
15.	Southern California
16	Texas
17.	North Carolina
18.	Vermont
19.	Bowling Green
20.	Miami (Fla.)
21.	Georgia
22.	Nebraska
23.	Hawaii
24.	Kansas
25.	Northern Illinois
1991-92
1.	Virginia
2.	Tennessee
3.	Stanford
4.	Stephen F. Austin
5.	Mississippi
6.	Miami (Fla.)
7.	Iowa
8.	MARYLAND
9.	Penn State
10.	SW Missouri State
11.	Purdue
12.	Texas Tech
13.	Vanderbilt
14.	West Virginia
15.	Western Kentucky
16.	George Washington
17.	Kansas
18.	Alabama
19.	Texas
20.	Clemson
21.	Creighton
22.	Houston
23.	Southern California
24.	Colorado
25.	Cal-Santa Barbara
	Vermont
1988-89
1.	Tennessee
2.	Auburn
3.	Louisiana Tech
4.	Stanford
5.	MARYLAND
6.	Texas
7.	Long Beach State
8.	Iowa
9.	Colorado
10.	Georgia
11.	Stephen F. Austin
12.	Mississippi
13.	NC State
14.	Iowa State
15.	Purdue
16.	UNLV
17.	South Carolina
18.	LaSalle
19.	Western Kentucky
20.	Old Dominion
1987-88
1.	Tennessee
2.	Iowa
3.	Auburn
4.	Texas
5.	Louisiana Tech
6.	Ohio State
7.	Long Beach State
8.	Rutgers
9.	MARYLAND
10.	Virginia
11.	Washington
12.	Mississippi
13.	Stanford
14.	James Madison
15.	Southern California
16.	Montana
17.	Georgia
18.	New Mexico State
19.	Stephen F. Austin
20.	LaSalle
1983-84
1.	Texas
2.	Louisiana Tech
3	Georgia
4.	Old Dominion
5.	Southern California
6.	Long Beach State
7.	Kansas State
8.	Louisiana State
9.	Cheyney State
10.	Mississippi
11.	Missouri
12.	Alabama
13.	Northeast Louisiana
14.	North Carolina
15.	Tennessee
16.	NC State
17.	MARYLAND
18.	Virginia
19.	Ohio State
20.	Tenn.-Chattanooga
1982-83
1.	Southern California
2.	Louisiana Tech
3.	Texas
4	Old Dominion
5.	Cheyney State
6.	Long Beach State
7.	MARYLAND
8.	Penn State
9.	Georgia
10.	Tennessee
11.	Arizona State
12.	Kentucky
13.	Mississippi
14.	Auburn
15.	Missouri
16.	NC State
17.	Kansas State
18.	North Carolina
19.	Oregon State
20.	Louisiana State
1981-82
1.	Louisiana Tech
2.	Cheyney State
3.	MARYLAND
4.	Tennessee
5.	Texas
6.	Southern California
7.	Old Dominion
8.	Rutgers
9.	Long Beach State
10.	Penn State
11.	Villanova
12.	NC State
13.	Kentucky
14.	Kansas
15.	South Carolina
16.	Drake
17.	Memphis State
18.	Arizona State
19.	Oregon
20.	Missouri
1980-81
1.	Louisiana Tech
2.	Tennessee
3.	Old Dominion
4.	Southern California
5.	Cheyney State
6.	Long Beach State
7.	UCLA
8.	MARYLAND
9.	Rutgers
10.	Kansas
11.	Kentucky
12.	Oregon
13.	NC State
14.	Stephen F. Austin
15.	Illinois State
16.	Texas
17.	Jackson State
18.	Minnesota
19.	Oregon State
20.	Clemson
1979-80
1.	Old Dominion
2.	Tennessee
3.	Louisiana Tech
4.	South Carolina
5.	Stephen F. Austin
6.	MARYLAND
7.	Texas
8.	Rutgers
9.	Long Beach State
10.	NC State
11.	Missouri
12.	Alabama
13.	Kansas State
14.	Kentucky
15.	Northwestern
16.	Mercer
17.	Oregon
18.	Central Missouri
19.	San Francisco
20.	Brigham Young
1978-79
1.	Old Dominion
2.	Louisiana Tech
3.	Tennessee
4.	Texas
5.	Stephen F. Austin
6.	UCLA
7.	Rutgers
8.	MARYLAND
9.	Cheyney State
10.	Wayland Baptist
11.	NC State
12.	Valdosta State
13.	Penn State
14.	Kansas
15.	South Carolina
16.	Northwestern
17.	UNLV
18.	Long Beach State
19.	Fordham
20.	Montclair State
1977-78
1.	Tennessee
2.	Wayland Baptist
3.	NC State
4.	Montclair State
5.	UCLA
6.	MARYLAND
7.	Queens College
8.	Valdosta State
9.	Delta State
10.	Louisiana State
11.	St. Joseph's
12.	Old Dominion
13.	Missouri
14.	Stephen F. Austin
15.	Texas
16.	Ohio State
17.	Penn State
18.	Southern Connecticut
19.	Memphis State
20.	Long Beach St. &
	Mississippi
1976-77
1.	Delta State
2.	Immaculata
3.	St. Joseph's
4.	Fullerton State
5.	Tennessee
6.	Tennessee Tech
7.	Wayland Baptist
8.	Montclair State
9.	Stephen F. Austin
10.	NC State
11.	Louisiana State
12.	Baylor
13.	UCLA
14.	Old Dominion
15.	Southeast Louisiana
16.	MARYLAND
17.	Michigan State
18.	Mississippi College
19.	Southern Connecticut
20.	Kansas State