The USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball preseason coaches poll is out, and the team entering the campaign at No. 1 will be doing so for the first time.

Oregon gets the nod as the preseason top-ranked team. The Ducks, who return four starters from last year’s Final Four squad including national player-of-the-year candidate Sabrina Ionescu, received 24 of 32 first-place votes. Defending champion Baylor will open at No. 2, claiming the remaining eight first-place votes.

Oregon, which has never been higher than No. 3 in any poll before this one, will have its work cut out during the Pac-12 season. Four other league members are ranked in the preseason top 25, with perennial power Stanford slotted at No. 3. No. 6 Oregon State, No. 11 UCLA and No. 18 Arizona State are the others.

Connecticut, opening at No. 4, will have one last romp through the American Athletic Conference before rejoining the Big East next season. Big Ten favorite Maryland rounds out the top five.

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The SEC matches the Pac-12 with five ranked teams, headed by No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 8 Mississippi State and South Carolina at No. 10.

The ACC has the most squads in the Top 25 with six, led by No. 9 Louisville.