| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina remains in the top spot after handling Florida on Monday. This week TAMU, Bama and Ole Miss await. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | The AAC is far from fair and far from entertaining when Connecticut is involved. We'll wait for the 2/9 SC game. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Baylor | Baylor played very well against Texas at home and added another win over K-State. TCU and KU should be easier. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Maryland | Maryland cruised past MSU and Indiana last week. A trip to Michigan and a tilt with Iowa are coming up next. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Notre Dame | Behind stellar play from Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame beat Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Clemson last week | 9 |
| 6 |  | Oregon State | Before grabbing a massive win at Arizona State, OSU beat UW at home and Arizona on the road. | 11 |
| 7 | 
| Tennessee | Tennessee may have lost at Notre Dame, but they did move to 7-0 in SEC play with wins over LSU and UGA. | 3 |
| 8 |  | Louisville | Louisville suffered a setback at Florida State and they have a couple very tough games coming up next. | 5 |
| 9 | 
| Duke | Not many expected Duke to lose at Boston College and then beat UNC in Chapel Hill, but that's what happened. | 13 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies suffered a tough loss at Georgia and now they have to go on the road to South Carolina. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Florida State | Florida State beat Louisville and then dropped 110 points on Wake Forest. They will compete for an ACC title. | 18 |
| 12 | 
| Stanford | The Cardinal lost on Monday night to Arizona State, but swept past the SoCal schools to pick up a couple wins. | 10 |
| 13 |  | Kentucky | Following a win over Mizzou, Kentucky will have a telling week with home games against Tennessee and Georgia. | 14 |
| 14 | 
| Arizona State | Foul trouble doomed ASU against the Beavers, but they'll get another shot at OSU in February. | 12 |
| 15 | 
| Nebraska | Nebraska had no problems with Purdue or UW. A trip to Iowa on Monday will be a much more interesting contest. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Texas | With losses to Baylor and Iowa State, Texas drops to 3-4 in Big 12 play. And it could get worse before it gets better. | 7 |
| 17 | 
| Iowa | Iowa has now won four games in a row. This week they play Nebraska, Northwestern and Maryland. | 17 |
| 18 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels fell at home to Duke in overtime and are now 4-3 in ACC play with plenty of tough games remaining. | 16 |
| 19 | 
| Princeton | The Tigers finally get back in action this weekend when they head to Harvard and Dartmouth. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State has a busy week coming up with games against Auburn, Vanderbilt and Tennessee. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Georgia | Georgia got past Texas A&M 54-51, and held close at Tennessee before losing 59-51. That is not a bad week at all. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Syracuse | The Orange have won 5 straight, but now is the time to see if this team is a serious ACC contender. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners moved to 7-0 in Big 12 play and that slow start seems very, very long ago. | NR |
| 24 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers got back into action on Sunday evening and picked up a quality win over a very good Minnesota team. | 24 |
| 25 | 
| Washington | Washington got past Colorado and Utah at home, albeit with a little more difficulty than expected. | NR |
