| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut will get a nice tune-up game against USF on Monday before ramping it up for the NCAA Tournament. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina cruised through the SEC Tournament just like they cruised through the regular season. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish head into the NCAA Tournament with their only loss coming against Connecticut on December 5th. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor will look for the season sweep over Texas on Monday in the Big 12 championship game in OKC. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | In the end, Maryland had a pretty easy time in the Big Ten Tournament, beating Iowa, Northwestern and MSU. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas | Two of Texas' three losses this season have come against Baylor. They'll look for revenge in the title game. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State was able to slip past USC and Washington before dominating UCLA in the Pac-12 title game. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Kentucky | The Wildcats knocked off LSU and Florida in the SEC Tournament before falling to South Carolina in the semifinals. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Mississippi State | MSU made a nice run in the SEC Tournament, beating Vanderbilt and Tennessee before falling in the finals. | 17 |
| 10 |  | Syracuse | The Orange made it all the way to ACC championship game after beating NC State and upsetting Louisville. | 19 |
| 11 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State has now lost three of their last four after falling to Michigan State in the Big Ten semifinals. | 9 |
| 12 |  | Michigan State | MSU's nice run in the Big Ten Tournament, with wins over Purdue and Ohio State, came to an end vs. Maryland. | 14 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | The Seminoles lost their ACC Tournament opener to Miami by 18, a team they beat at home by three a week earlier. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Arizona State | ASU was upset by Cal in the Pac-12 Tournament and after the season ending loss to UCLA, momentum is an issue. | 11 |
| 15 |  | Louisville | Louisville had a short stay in Greensboro. After knocking off Georgia Tech, they fell to Syracuse. | 13 |
| 16 |  | UCLA | UCLA knocked off Arizona and upset minded Cal in the Pac-12 Tournament. OSU was too much for them though. | 15 |
| 17 |  | DePaul | DePaul got off to a great start in the Big East Tournament by crushing Butler. They are two games away from a title. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Stanford | It was a week of upsets in the Pac-12 Tournament and Stanford fell victim to Washington in their opener. | 12 |
| 19 |  | Miami | Miami had a nice showing at the ACC Tournament, beating Pitt and Florida State before losing to Notre Dame. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M had a tough draw in the SEC Tournament and they lost to Tennessee in their opener. | 16 |
| 21 |  | South Florida | The Bulls beat SMU and Temple and get another crack at Connecticut in the AAC finals on Monday night. | 23 |
| 22 |  | Colorado State | Colorado State finished the regular season undefeated in MW play and with just one loss all season. | 25 |
| 23 |  | Florida | The Gators had to go up against Kentucky in the SEC Tournament and it did not go very well. | 21 |
| 24 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma beat rival Oklahoma State in Big 12 Tournament, but there was not much they could do against Baylor. | 22 |
| 25 |  | BYU | The WCC Tournament resumes on Monday and BYU is matched up with Santa Clara in the semifinals. | NR |
3/6 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 03/06/2016
