# 2015–16 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

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.

## 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:

## Regular season
### Conference matrix

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 |