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Florida State earns program's highest final national ranking.

April 5, 2007

The Florida State women's basketball team finished the 2006-07 season 24-10 and advanced to the program's first Sweet Sixteen and the Seminoles now add yet another "first" to their resume. Florida State was listed No. 19 in the final USA Today/ESPN women's basketball coaches' poll, marking the program's highest national finish.

In the 2000-01 season, Florida State finished the season at No. 25, the first-ever final national ranking for the Seminoles following the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990-91.

The No. 19 ranking also matches FSU's highest-ever national ranking. The Seminoles were ranked No. 19 in the Coaches' Poll back on January 25, 2005 and reached that mark back on March 6, 1983 in the AP Poll.

Head Coach Sue Semrau has led Florida State to 20 or more wins in three straight seasons which is also a program first. The current three-year span is FSU's most successful and when the Seminoles advanced to the NCAA Tournament this season, it was also a program-first third straight time. Since 1973-74 when season records were kept, FSU has recorded seven 20-win seasons and with three times, only Semrau has led a team to this accomplishment more than twice.

Florida State is one of five ACC teams among the nation's final Top 25.

Final USA TODAY/ESPN women's basketball coaches' poll

April 4, 2007

Rank	School (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Final regular-season rank
1.	Tennessee (31)	34-3	775	4
2.	Rutgers	27-9	727	18
3.	North Carolina	34-4	724	2
4.	LSU	30-8	678	11
5.	Connecticut	32-4	630	3
6.	Duke	32-2	597	1
7.	Purdue	31-6	569	12
8.	Arizona State	31-5	549	9
9.	Oklahoma	28-4	474	10
10	Mississippi	24-11	434	NR
11.	George Washington	28-4	408	13
12.	N.C. State	25-10	404	20
13.	Georgia	27-7	387	14
14.	Maryland	28-6	368	6
15.	Bowling Green	31-4	306	19
16.	Stanford	29-5	298	5
17.	Vanderbilt	28-6	271	8
18.	Ohio State	28-4	201	7
19.	Florida State	24-10	198	NR
20.	Baylor	26-8	189	17
21.	Texas A&M	25-7	181	15
22.	Marist	29-6	137	NR
23.	Middle Tennessee	30-4	104	16
24.	Louisville	27-8	92	24
25.	Michigan State	24-9	79	23