| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut heads into its showdown with South Carolina on Monday looking to win their 100th game in a row. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Maryland | The Terrapins were dominant against Illinois and Michigan State to move on to 25-1 on the season. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State pounded Vanderbilt and Ole Miss to get to 25 wins on the season. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Florida State | Florida State held off Miami 80-71 on Monday night and then annihilated Wake Forest on Thursday. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Baylor | Bears could not overcome the hot start by Texas shooting the basketball as they lost 85-79 to the Longhorns. | 2 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Lindsay Allen scored a season high 15 points in an easy win over Louisville. | 6 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina locked down Auburn on Thursday night in an easy 60-41 win. UConn is next on Monday. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Texas | Big time performance by the Longhorns down in Waco to snap Baylor's 54 game home court winning streak. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Washington | Huskies are now in a 3-way tie for the 1st place in the Pac-12 as they swept the Arizona schools playing great defense. | 11 |
| 10 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State goes on the road and grinds out a 88-81 win over Iowa on Sunday. This Buckeye team is definitely rolling. | 13 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | Cardinal had a little bit of a letdown in a home loss to UCLA on Monday night, but responded nicely over the weekend. | 9 |
| 12 |  | Louisville | Cardinals could not slow down Notre Dame defensively, but bounced back against Virginia Tech and Boston College. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State suffered a shocking loss by 20 at home to USC but beat UCLA on Sunday. | 8 |
| 14 |  | Duke | Blue Devils destroyed Syracuse in the paint on Friday night en route to a 72-55 win over the Orange. | 15 |
| 15 |  | DePaul | DePaul was excellent defensively this week as they cruised to wins over Xavier and Butler on the road. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami ended up with a 2-1 week after beating Virginia and Clemson and falling short against Florida State. | 14 |
| 17 |  | North Carolina State | The Wolfpack avoid the post Louisville let down by sweeping Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech this week. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Oklahoma | Sooners had to work like crazy against West Virginia and Texas Tech but they found a way to win both games. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines were tested against Purdue and Wisconsin but took care of business with two wins. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky took care of business in its lone game of the week as they won on the road at Georgia, 66-56. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse settles for a split as they recovered on Sunday to overwhelm North Carolina after losing at Duke. | 19 |
| 22 |  | South Florida | Bulls pick up a nice resume building win on Sunday as they beat Tulane 66-56 to earn their 20th win of the season. | 25 |
| 23 |  | UCLA | A roller coaster week for the Bruins as they beat Stanford in Palo Alto but were swept in the state of Oregon. | 17 |
| 24 |  | Tennessee | The Lady Vols couldn’t seal the deal against Texas A&M on Sunday in a tough 61-59 loss to the Aggies. | 21 |
| 25 |  | Arizona State | A solid split for the Sun Devils this weekend up in the state of Washington. Rivalry week is up next against Arizona. | 23 |
2/13 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 02/12/2017
