Ballot coverage: 30 of the official 31 ballots recovered. Marisa Ingemi’s April 6 Final ballot is unavailable. AP ranks, points and first-place votes use the full 31-voter results; ballot analysis uses the 30 recovered ballots. No choices are inferred for the unavailable ballot.
Verified School Overview and Basketball Program History →
Named ballot coverage is unavailable for VCU in the available editions. No poll placement or NR history is inferred.
The Bigger Picture · Women’s Basketball
Where VCU Finished
Final AP rankings. Poll timing varies by season; the full table identifies whether the poll came before or after the NCAA tournament. Coverage: 1989–90 through 2025–26.
Women’s Basketball · Conference Titles
1 Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship
- 2020–21
Women’s Basketball · Conference Titles
1 Atlantic 10 Regular-Season Championship
- 2018–19*
* Shared conference title
VCU has one shared Atlantic 10 regular-season championship, in 2018–19, and one Atlantic 10 tournament championship, in 2020–21. These are separate awards; NCAA, WNIT and WBIT appearances are not championships.
- Top 25 Finishes
- 0 / 37 seasons
- Top 10 Finishes
- 0 / 37 seasons
- Best Final Ranking
- —
- Last Ranked Finish
- —
Summary covers 1989–90 through 2025–26.
Higher bars mean a higher finish. NR = Not Ranked in the final Top 25, including teams receiving votes. Gold marks a school-recognized national championship; an AP No. 1 finish alone is not treated as a championship.
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- NR
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- NR
- NR
- NR
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- NR
View Every Final Ranking (1989–90–2025–26)
| Year | Final AP Result | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Not Ranked (NR)After NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2024–25 | Not Ranked (NR)After NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2023–24 | Not Ranked (NR)After NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2022–23 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2021–22 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2020–21 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2019–20 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2018–19 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2017–18 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2016–17 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2015–16 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2014–15 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2013–14 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2012–13 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2011–12 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2010–11 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2009–10 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2008–09 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2007–08 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2006–07 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2005–06 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2004–05 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2003–04 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2002–03 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2001–02 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 2000–01 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1999–00 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1998–99 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1997–98 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1996–97 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1995–96 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1994–95 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1993–94 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1992–93 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1991–92 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1990–91 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
| 1989–90 | Not Ranked (NR)Before NCAA tournament | Source ↗ |
Sources & References
- NCAA 2026 Women’s Division I Records · Complete final AP tables, PDF pp. 64–67, 117 ↗
- Associated Press · Post-tournament final polls begin with the 2023–24 season ↗
- James Madison · Complete women’s VCU opponent history with dated games and season labels ↗
- VCU · Original 2012–13 women’s cumulative statistics and dated games ↗
- VCU · Original 2013–14 women’s cumulative statistics and dated games ↗
- VCU · Complete O’Boyle years and explicit all-time conference-title count, native PDF p.11 ↗
- VCU · Final 2025–26 cumulative statistics, all 31 games as of March 4, 2026, native PDF p.1 ↗
- NCAA · Division I alignment names VCU in Sun Belt, Metro, CAA and Atlantic 10; first-entry dates not asserted ↗
- Florida 2004–05 Women’s Basketball Season Review · Complete AP Top 25 dated March 14, 2005, PDF p. 5; corroborated by UConn NCAA guide p. 6 ↗
- Texas · Complete Associated Press women’s Top 25 dated March 14, 2016; corroborated by Texas NCAA notes p. 6 and Big Ten March 29 postseason release p. 2 ↗
- Indiana · Complete Associated Press women’s Top 25 dated March 12, 2018, WNIT notes PDF p. 7; corroborated by Baylor March 23 and October 26 notes ↗
Beyond the Ballot
Meet Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university in Richmond, Virginia. Its historical roots date to 1838; the present university was created in 1968 through the merger of the Medical College of Virginia and Richmond Professional Institute. Its Rams women’s basketball program competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia
- University Type
- Public university
- Founded
- 1838
- Undergraduate Enrollment
- 21,210Fall 2024 · University undergraduate headcount, including full-time, part-time, degree-seeking and other undergraduates in credit courses. Separately reported graduate students are excluded.
- Nickname
- Rams
- Women’s Basketball Conference
- Atlantic 10 ConferenceCurrent affiliation · 2026
- Women’s Basketball Atlantic 10 Regular-Season Championships
- 12018–19
- Women’s Basketball Atlantic 10 Tournament Championships
- 12020–21
Sources & References
- NCAA Directory exact organization detail ↗
- Institution founding evidence ↗
- Dated undergraduate enrollment ↗
- NCAA · Complete Division I women’s championship history through 2025 ↗
- UCLA · 2026 NCAA women’s national championship, April 5, 2026 ↗
- NCAA · CIAW, DGWS and all AIAW championship tiers through 1982 ↗
- NCAA · Complete Division II women’s national championship history through 2026 ↗
- NCAA · Complete Division III women’s national championship history through 2026 ↗
- NAIA · Complete women’s national champions, 1981–1991, PDF p. 67 / printed p. 63 ↗
- VCU · Complete O’Boyle years and explicit all-time conference-title count, native PDF p.11 ↗
- VCU · Current retained Beth O’Boyle biography and program’s only two conference championships ↗
- VCU · Final 2025–26 cumulative statistics, all 31 games as of March 4, 2026, native PDF p.1 ↗
- NCAA · Division I alignment names VCU in Sun Belt, Metro, CAA and Atlantic 10; first-entry dates not asserted ↗
- NCAA · Complete Atlantic 10 women’s regular and tournament champions, native PDF pp.6–7 ↗
- Atlantic 10 · Women’s conference championship history through the completed 2026 tournament ↗
- VCU · Athletics joins Atlantic 10 effective July 1, 2012 ↗
- CAA · Actual 1994–95 and 1995–96 women’s final standings resolve VCU’s first league season, native PDF p.11 ↗
- VCU · Independently states CAA entry in 1995 ↗
- VCU Magazine · Women’s team creation in 1974, retained alongside earlier JMU game evidence ↗
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