Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Four straight AAC titles for the Huskies as they destroyed Temple and Memphis to improve to 28-0 on the season. | 1 | |
2 | Baylor | Bears win their rematch with Texas. Kim Mulkey wins her 500th game and ruins it with ridiculous comments afterwards. | 4 | |
3 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame makes a significant statement in the race for a number one seed by beating Florida State 79-61. | 5 | |
4 | South Carolina | Excellent road win at Texas A&M for South Carolina and they topped the week off with their fourth straight SEC title. | 7 | |
5 | Ohio State | Ohio State torches Maryland for 98 points in the game of the year in the Big Ten Conference. | 9 | |
6 | Oregon State | Oregon State sweeps the Bay Area schools in front of a raucous Gil Coliseum to win another Pac-12 title. | 12 | |
7 | Maryland | Maryland falls at Ohio State as the Buckeyes were lights out shooting the basketball at 63.2 percent from the floor. | 2 | |
8 | Mississippi State | Bulldogs drop a tough one at Kentucky and played off the one seed line with an 82-64 loss to Tennessee. | 3 | |
9 | Stanford | Cardinal could not get anything going offensively in a 50-47 loss to OSU in Corvallis but recovered to beat Oregon. | 10 | |
10 | Washington | Kelsey Plum sets the all-time NCAA women's hoops scoring record on Saturday with a 57 point masterpiece vs. Utah. | 13 | |
11 | Florida State | Seminoles will be the number two seed in the ACC Tournament after falling at Notre Dame 79-61. | 8 | |
12 | Louisville | Louisville is on a nice roll defensively as the ACC Tournament approaches next week. | 11 | |
13 | Duke | Duke crushes North Carolina and is in great position to be a very high seed in the NCAA Tournament. | 14 | |
14 | Texas | Texas drops two hard fought games at home against Baylor and Iowa State this week as they have lost three in a row. | 6 | |
15 | Oklahoma | Sooners grind out a split on the road this week as they lost to Kansas State and beat TCU to get to 13 Big 12 wins. | 15 | |
16 | Kentucky | Big time result for the Wildcats to knock off Miss. State on Thursday night and will be the 4 seed in the SEC Tourney. | 19 | |
17 | UCLA | The Bruins rip Arizona 77-56 on Friday night and grind out a defensive slugfest at Arizona State on Sunday. | 17 | |
18 | DePaul | Blue Demons pound Villanova 77-50 and hold off Georgetown to secure a share of the Big East Championship. | 16 | |
19 | Miami (FL) | Miami was relentless on the boards in a win at Virginia Tech and the seniors were huge on Sunday to finish the week 2-0. | 18 | |
20 | North Carolina State | Wolfpack rip North Carolina 80-60 on senior night and lock down a tough Virginia team on Sunday to sweep the week. | 20 | |
21 | Drake | The Bulldogs lock down the MVC regular season title after beating Northern Iowa soundly 70-57. | 21 | |
22 | Syracuse | Orange crushes Wake Forest 85-64 and pick up a solid road win at Pittsburgh for some extra momentum. | 22 | |
23 | Temple | Temple had a rough night at Connecticut, but recovered nicely to destroy Cincinnati on Saturday. | 23 | |
24 | Tennessee | Tennessee is on a nice roll with three straight wins, including a dominating victory at Miss. State on Sunday. | NR | |
25 | Creighton | Blue Jays claim a share of the Big East Championship as they cruised past Butler to finish 16-2 in league play. | NR | |
2/27 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/27/2017