Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | The Huskies crushed Cincinnati and East Carolina by a combined score of 172 to 75. SMU and Tulane await. | 1 | |
2 | South Carolina | With wins over Tennessee and UGA, there is only one week standing between SC and a perfect SEC record. | 2 | |
3 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame wraps up the regular season with a busy week of games against FSU, Clemson and Boston College. | 3 | |
4 | Baylor | Baylor got revenge against Oklahoma State. This week they head to Oklahoma and Kansas State. | 4 | |
5 | Ohio State | The Buckeyes looked great at home against Nebraska and Illinois. They finish at Minnesota and Michigan State. | 5 | |
6 | Oregon State | Oregon State got a huge win over UCLA. The Pac-12 title will come down to their trip to Stanford and California. | 6 | |
7 | Texas | Texas needs to take care of business this week against Texas Tech and TCU to have a shot at the Big 12 title. | 8 | |
8 | Maryland | Maryland is hoping for revenge against OSU in the Big Ten Tournament, but first they host Wisconsin and Minn. | 9 | |
9 | Arizona State | ASU had no trouble against UW or WSU. A trip to Southern California should be much more difficult. | 10 | |
10 | Texas A&M | The Aggies are in sole possession of second place in the SEC, but they may need to beat Kentucky to keep it. | 11 | |
11 | Kentucky | Kentucky got a big win at Mississippi State and followed it up with a win over Arkansas. Mizzou and TAMU await. | 14 | |
12 | Florida State | FSU lost at Syracuse and things don't get much easier this week with Notre Dame, NC State and Miami. | 7 | |
13 | Stanford | Beating Oregon State on Friday wouldn't help Stanford win a conference title, but it would help their seed. | 15 | |
14 | Louisville | Louisville beat South Florida, Virginia and Boston College in a busy week. They conclude at Miami and vs Pitt. | 18 | |
15 | UCLA | The Bruins loss to Oregon State has left the the Pac-12 race down to the Beavers and Arizona State. | 12 | |
16 | Miami | It took overtime, but Miami beat Virginia Tech. They finish the regular season against Louisville and Florida State. | 16 | |
17 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State didn't put up much of a fight against Kentucky at home. But they did beat rival Ole Miss. | 13 | |
18 | Michigan State | MSU knocked off bubble teams Rugers and Minnesota last week. This week they face Illinois and Ohio State. | 23 | |
19 | DePaul | DePaul already won the Big East, but they'll look for some momentum heading to the conference tourney this week. | 21 | |
20 | Syracuse | The Orange got a huge momentum building win over FSU. They finish up the regular season at Boston College. | NR | |
21 | Oklahoma | A loss to WVU officially put OU out of the Big 12 title race, but they can still make a statement against Baylor. | 17 | |
22 | Missouri | Missouri is in the middle of a mess in the SEC standings. Beating Kentucky and Vanderbilt would pull them away. | NR | |
23 | Florida | Florida can win at home, as they did against Vanderbilt, but lost again on the road, this time to Georgia. | 19 | |
24 | Green Bay | Green Bay can clinch the Horizon League regular season title with a win against Wright State on Thursday. | 25 | |
25 | Colorado State | CSU is 24-1 on the year. Wins against UNM and Nevada this week would at least clinch a share of the MW title. | NR | |
2/21 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 02/21/2016