2015–16 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

2015–16 SEC Women's Basketball Season

League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
WNBA Draft
Top draft pick	Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina)
Picked by	Indiana Fever
Regular Season
Season champions	South Carolina
Season MVP	A'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Tournament
Champions	South Carolina
Runners-up	Mississippi State
Finals MVP	Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina)
Basketball seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 SEC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
No. 15 Mississippi State	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
No. 18 Texas A&M	11	–	5	.688	22	–	10	.688
No. 12 Kentucky	10	–	6	.625	25	–	8	.758
No. 25 Florida	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Georgia	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	22	–	10	.688
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	22	–	14	.611
Auburn	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vanderbilt	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Alabama	4	–	12	.250	15	–	16	.484
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323
Ole Miss	2	–	14	.125	10	–	20	.333

† 2016 SEC tournament winner As of March 27, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2016 and concluded in March with the 2016 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]

Rankings

**Legend**
#		Ranking within Top 25
RV		Not Ranked, but Received Votes
NR		Not Ranked
T		Tied for the same spot in the rankings with another school
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
Alabama	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Alabama	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Arkansas	AP	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Arkansas	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Auburn	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Auburn	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV
Florida	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	22	NR	22	16	22	NR	25	25	25
Florida	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	21	23	NR	22	18	25	NR	24	25	24
Georgia	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Georgia	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Kentucky	AP	18	13	12	11	8	7	7	6	10	9	9	12	18	18	16	15	13	12	12
Kentucky	C	17	13	11	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	12	18	18	16	14	13	13	13
LSU	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
LSU	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Mississippi State	AP	11	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	13	11	11	14	16	16	15	15
Mississippi State	C	13	11	10	9	10	9	8	8	6	6	10	13	12	11	13	18	18	16	16
Missouri	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Missouri	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Ole Miss	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Ole Miss	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
South Carolina	AP	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
South Carolina	C	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
Tennessee	AP	4	4	4	8	16	14	14	13	12	13	17	18	23	25	24	NR	NR	NR	NR
Tennessee	C	4	5	5	8	15	16	16	16	11	15	22	23	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19
Texas A&M	AP	13	12	10	12	15	18	16	16	13	15	13	10	12	15	12T	11	15	19	18
Texas A&M	C	16	12	9	11	16	18	14	13T	10	11	12	10	11	13	12	11	15	18
Vanderbilt	AP	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Vanderbilt	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Rankings source:^[2]

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Alabama	Arkansas	Auburn	Florida	Georgia	Kentucky	LSU	Mississippi State	Missouri	Ole Miss	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas A&M	Vanderbilt
vs. Alabama	–	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
vs. Arkansas	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Auburn	0–2	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Florida	0–1	0–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Georgia	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	–	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Kentucky	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
vs. LSU	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
vs. Mississippi State	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Missouri	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	–	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Ole Miss	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1
vs. South Carolina	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	–	0–1	0–2	0–1
vs. Tennessee	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	1–0	0–2
vs. Texas A&M	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	–	0–1
vs. Vanderbilt	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	–
Total	4–12	7–9	8–8	10–6	9–7	10–6	3–13	11–5	8–8	2–14	16–0	8–8	11–5	5–11

v t e Southeastern Conference women's basketball
Teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Lady Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Lady Volunteers Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores
Future teams	Oklahoma Sooners Texas Longhorns (both joining in 2025)
Championships & awards	SEC women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Conference challenges	Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge (2013–2023) ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present)
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball conference seasons
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