The University of Cincinnati women's basketball yeam is ranked 22nd in the USA TODAY/ESPN preseason coaches poll. UC is 18th in the Associated Press media poll.

The coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2001-02 record, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and final 2001-02 ranking.

1. Duke (25)	31-4	976	4
2. Tennessee (8)	29-5	944	3
3. Connecticut (6)	39-0	804	1
4. LSU	18-12	786	22
5. Kansas State	26-8	773	10
6. Stanford	32-3	755	8
7. Texas Tech	20-12	735	12
8. Purdue	24-6	665	14
9. Georgia	19-11	630	NR
10. Vanderbilt (1)	30-7	598	5
11. Texas	22-10	551	13
12. Notre Dame	20-10	535	NR
13. North Carolina	26-9	457	11
14. Penn State	23-12	403	18
15. Louisiana Tech	25-5	329	19
16. Arkansas	20-12	322	NR
17. Minnesota	22-8	306	21
18. Colorado State	24-7	217	24
19. Oklahoma	32-4	200	2
20. TCU	24-7	181	25
21. Iowa State	24-9	172	16
22. Cincinnati	27-5	166	23
23. Old Dominion	28-6	161	7
24. Boston College	23-8	156	NR
25. George Washington	21-9	124	NR

Others receiving votes: Colorado (24-10) 119; Mississippi State (19-12) 107; Virginia (17-13) 106; Tulane (24-11) 102; Oregon (21-13) 79; UC-Santa Barbara (26-6) 77; Washington (19-11) 74; South Carolina (25-7) 63; North Carolina State (14-15) 43; Clemson (17-12) 40; Florida (18-11) 32; Ohio State (14-15) 25; Southern California (16-14) 23; Houston (26-8) 22; Florida International (27-6) 21; New Mexico (22-9) 20; Baylor (27-6) 18; Liberty (23-8) 14; Brigham Young (24-9) 13; Rice (21-9) 13; Santa Clara (21-10) 7; Drake (25-8) 6; UNLV (23-8) 6; Virginia Tech (21-11) 6; Villanova (20-11) 5; Pepperdine (23-8) 4; Kent State (20-11) 2; Arizona State (25-9) 1; James Madison (16-12) 1; St. Peter's (25-5) 1; Wisconsin-Green Bay (24-7) 1.