Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | The Huskies are humming along offensively as they rolled past Temple and Tulsa. | 1 | |
2 | Baylor | Baylor prepared well for the showdown with Texas on Monday by crushing Iowa State and Texas Tech. | 2 | |
3 | Maryland | Maryland had an excellent road trip to the Hoosier state as the Terps soundly beat Purdue and Indiana. | 3 | |
4 | Mississippi State | Another strong week of basketball for the Bulldogs as they were not tested at all by Auburn and Missouri. | 6 | |
5 | Florida State | FSU thoroughly dominated Boston College on the road in Chestnut Hill in their lone game of the week. | 5 | |
6 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame soundly beat Virginia Tech in Blacksburg by a score of 76-59. | 8 | |
7 | South Carolina | South Carolina outlasted Kentucky and crushed Arkansas on the road after getting stunned by Tennessee at home. | 4 | |
8 | Oregon State | A good road sweep down in the desert for the Beavers as they held off Arizona State and Arizona this week. | 9 | |
9 | Stanford | Tara Vanderveer won her 1,000th game on Friday night as the Cardinal pounded USC 58-42. | 10 | |
10 | Texas | The Longhorns head down to Waco on Monday to face Baylor, riding the heels of a 16 game winning streak. | 11 | |
11 | Washington | Washington crushed Utah on Friday night and had to battle to knock off Colorado on Sunday. | 12 | |
12 | Louisville | Cold shooting did in Louisville against NC State as the Cardinals shot 32.4 percent from the floor in a 72-70 loss. | 7 | |
13 | Ohio State | Kelsey Mitchell's 32 points paced the Buckeyes to an easy 96-68 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday. | 14 | |
14 | Miami (FL) | Hurricanes head coach Katie Meier won her 300th game on Thursday night as Miami whipped Wake Forest 79-56. | 15 | |
15 | Duke | The Blue Devils continue to play excellent defense as they stifled Clemson and Virginia this week. | 16 | |
16 | DePaul | DePaul took St. John's best shot and survived on Friday and then the Blue Demons routed Seton Hall. | 17 | |
17 | UCLA | UCLA couldn’t overcome a slow start at Cal on Friday night and the Bruins fell to the Golden Bears 80-77. | 13 | |
18 | North Carolina State | The Wolfpack were very efficient offensively as they got a huge win at Louisville. | 19 | |
19 | Syracuse | Syracuse has now won four in a row and they are starting to put everything together at both ends of the court. | 20 | |
20 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma finished the regular season sweep of Oklahoma State with a well earned 66-60 win. | 23 | |
21 | Tennessee | The Lady Vols step up in a big way to shock South Carolina in Columbia, but did stumble at Georgia. | NR | |
22 | Kentucky | Wildcats can't overcome a slow start against South Carolina in a 75-63 loss but responded with a win over Vandy. | 24 | |
23 | Arizona State | ASU put up a nice fight against Oregon State and took care of a pretty good Oregon team for a 1-1 week. | NR | |
24 | Michigan | The Wolverines had to furiously rally from behind to beat Iowa 72-70 on Sunday in a nail biter. | 25 | |
25 | South Florida | The Bulls struggled big time offensively in a 62-57 upset loss at Memphis on Sunday. | 18 | |
2/6 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/06/2017