The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee provided the first of three regular-season top-16 rankings in seed order on Thursday evening. Texas was ranked No. 7.
The Longhorns are 14-3 on the 2017-18 season with a 5-1 mark in Big 12 Conference play. Texas has quality wins against No. 9 West Virginia, No. 12 Florida State and No. 20 Oklahoma State. The Longhorns are 3-2 against Associated Press Top-25 teams this season.
In addition, the committee designated region assignments for each of the four No. 1 seeds. If the season ended today, UConn would be the No.