| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | After a ten day break, the Huskies will be back in action on Monday to take on LSU in Hartford. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina cruised past Hampton and East Carolina as expected. They'll play Elon before SEC play begins. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame hits the road this week, but they should not have any trouble in Philadelphia against St. Joe's. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor took care of Oral Roberts and Miami. They will stay in Florida to face James Madison on Monday. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Texas | Texas got a battle from Arkansas in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, but pulled away at the end for a 61-50 victory. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Maryland | Between long breaks, Maryland went to Princess Anne to crush UMES. They play Connecticut next on 12/28. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky moved to 10-0 on the year with their strong win over Duke. They'll be off until 12/28. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes dropped 90 points on Princeton and 52 of those came from Kelsey Mitchell and Ameryst Alston. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | Florida State dominated Mercer and Murray State. Arizona State should give them more of a fight this week. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State suffered their first loss of the season in a scrappy battle at home against Tennessee. | 7 |
| 11 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State beat FGCU and Western Michigan so far in the Puerto Rico Classic. They finish with SMU on Monday. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee got a big win, on the road even, against a tough Oregon State team. They are off until 12/30. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies went to OKC, a sort of neutral site, and looked very good in an impressive win over Oklahoma. | 19 |
| 14 |  | Northwestern | The Wildcats finally lost a game. DePaul came to Evanston and beat Northwestern 77-64. | 15 |
| 15 |  | UCLA | The Bruins crushed UC Irvine and Sacramento State last week. Next up is a tough trip to Berkeley. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal beat Tennessee and Cornell. The win over Tennessee could prove huge come March. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma has ten days off to prepare for Big 12 play and think about their tough loss to Texas A&M | 13 |
| 18 |  | Duke | Duke has suffered their third loss of the season. They have a couple winnable games before ACC play begins. | 14 |
| 19 |  | South Florida | South Florida picked up yet another decent win, this one coming against Oklahoma State. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State handled Northeastern with ease. This week they host Detroit before Big Ten play begins. | 21 |
| 21 |  | DePaul | After losing at South Dakota State, DePaul went to Northwestern and came away with a huge win. | 20 |
| 22 |  | California | California had the week off to relish in their overtime victory over Nebraska. But they begin Pac-12 play vs. UCLA. | 24 |
| 23 |  | Seton Hall | Seton Hall hits the road for their first two Big East games against Providence and Creighton. | NR |
| 24 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State took care of Hartford and Marquette. The game against Florida State on Monday is big. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse had the week off and will play Jacksonville at the Carrier Dome on Monday. After that, it gets busy. | NR |
12/20 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/20/2015
