| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame was dominant in a 107-47 win over CMU in the first round of the Preseason WNIT on Friday. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor tuned up for games against UCLA and Connecticut by rolling over Houston Baptist, scoring 118 points. | 2 |
| 3 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina opens their 2016-17 season on Monday night in Columbus against a very tough Ohio State team. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut begins its national title defense on Monday night in Tallahassee against Florida State. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Ohio State | Good balanced scoring for the Buckeyes in a 89-69 victory over Duquesne. South Carolina visits on Monday. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | Excellent defense propelled Louisville to victories over UT-Martin and Belmont as they held both under 60 points. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Maryland | The Terrapins have little trouble with Umass-Lowell in a 100-44 rout on Sunday. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | Briana Roberson scored 16 points to lead Stanford to a 83-55 win over Cal Poly. Texas is next on Monday night. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Texas | Texas was off this week and will start their season on Monday night at Stanford. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Mississippi State | A very impressive offensive performance in two games against Villanova and Maine as the Bulldogs are 2-0. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Florida State | Florida State survived a stiff test from Jacksonville State and look forward to a visit from Connecticut. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma was excellent defensively on Sunday as they held Southern Illinois to 48 points. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Arizona State | ASU had no problem dispatching of Illinois State and San Jose State this week thanks to outstanding defense. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee took James Madison's best shot in the opener and had little trouble with Navy to get to 2-0. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Syracuse | Alexis Peterson scored in double-figures for the 21st straight time as Syracuse crushed Rhode Island 95-49. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Kentucky | Wildcats put together a complete performance in knocking off a very good Miami team on Friday night. | 18 |
| 17 |  | UCLA | The third quarter was the difference against Pacific as the Bruins outscored the Tigers 32-12 to put the game away. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami could not slow down Kentucky on opening night but rebounded to beat Albany on Sunday. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Oregon State | Katie McWilliams was lights out shooting the basketball to lead Oregon State to an easy win over Lamar. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Washington | Kelsey Plum's 32 points led an explosive Washington offensive performance in a 100-52 win over Eastern Wash. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Missouri | Missouri had to battle against Abilene Christian but found a way to get a 52-46 win to start off their season. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Auburn | The Tigers forced 38 turnovers in a hard fought 61-52 win over Troy. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Indiana | Hoosiers get their first regular season win over an SEC opponent since 2006 after destroying Vanderbilt 94-61. | 23 |
| 24 |  | South Dakota State | South Dakota State held off Creighton in the opener to highlight a 2-0 weekend to start the 2016-17 season. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Florida | DePaul wins a high scoring affair against UAB to win the Maggie Dixon Classic on Sunday. | 25 |
11/14 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/14/2016
