| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The beat goes on for the Huskies as Katie Lou Samuelson has been very assertive offensively this season. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor finally got tested in Big 12 play on Saturday as West Virginia battled the Bears well. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | The Terrapins survive a couple of hard fought battles in wins over Michigan and Rutgers. | 3 |
| 4 |  | South Carolina | Alaina Coates posted a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Gamecocks over Ole Miss. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State was able to grind out two wins over Ole Miss and Alabama to setup a huge showdown with South Carolina. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Florida State | The Seminoles are in a zone right now defensively as they knocked off Syracuse and Virginia Tech. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Washington | Chantel Osahor gathers 30 rebounds to lead Washington to an 87-44 obliteration of Washington State on Sunday. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Louisville | Louisville had an excellent week defensively in wins over Georgia Tech and South Florida. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Notre Dame | A tough loss for Notre Dame at Tennessee on We Back Pat night, but they responded with wins over BC and UNC. | 6 |
| 10 |  | Oregon State | The Beavers hold serve at home with a sweep of Utah and Colorado and Civil War week against Oregon is next. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Texas | The Longhorns keep rolling as they cruised past Oklahoma and Texas Tech this week to get to 12 wins in a row. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Stanford | Stanford started out strong against Arizona State and didn’t look back in a 66-56 win over the Sun Devils. | 12 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | UCLA now has won 23 straight games at home after surviving a tough battle against USC on Sunday. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Ohio State | It was a nice week for Ohio State, outlasting Wisconsin and routing Illinois for two more Big Ten wins. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils crush Virginia Tech 84-59 on Thursday night to get another big statement victory. | 17 |
| 16 |  | North Carolina State | Don’t sleep on NC State as they have quietly put together a nice season to this point. | 23 |
| 17 |  | DePaul | DePaul dropped a tough one to a pretty good Marquette team 102-101 on Saturday night. | 16 |
| 18 |  | Miami (FL) | The Hurricanes end up getting overwhelmed on Sunday at Syracuse in an 81-48 loss. | 15 |
| 19 |  | South Florida | South Florida just could not get rolling offensively against Louisville in a 66-52 loss on Sunday afternoon. | 18 |
| 20 |  | West Virginia | The Mountaineers get right against Kansas in a 62-51 win and held their own nicely at Baylor in a 79-73 loss. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Virginia Tech | The Hokies are starting to get worn down by the gauntlet of the ACC schedule, losing to both Duke and Florida State. | 20 |
| 22 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners split their two games this week against rivals Texas and Oklahoma State. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State survived the Bay Area road trip with a split of games with California and Stanford. | 21 |
| 24 |  | Green Bay | The defense continues to be impressive for Green Bay as they now 17-2 on the season. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky has gotten things back on track as they have now won four SEC games in a row to get to 14-6 on the season. | NR |
1/23 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 01/22/2017
