IRVING, Texas – South Florida received all 10 possible first place votes to emerge as the preseason favorite in American Athletic Conference women’s basketball for the second straight season, finishing atop the 2021-22 preseason coaches’ poll as voted on by The American’s 11 head coaches.
The Bulls, the defending American regular-season and tournament champions, earned the max of 100 voting points to pace the preseason predicted order of finish. Last season’s conference runner-up UCF secured a first-place vote of its own (91 points) to finish ahead of Houston (77 points) for second place in the preseason poll.