Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Connecticut annihilated East Carolina and South Florida to improve to 3-0 in AAC play. | 1 | |
2 | Louisville | Louisville picked up a big win over Duke and followed it up with a win over Virginia Tech. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Baylor was outstanding defensively in wins over Iowa State and Kansas. | 4 | |
4 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is going to have to grind it out the rest of the season as injuries are piling up for the Fighting Irish. | 6 | |
5 | Mississippi State | The Bulldogs are on fire offensively, scoring 111 points in a win over Arkansas and 83 against LSU. | 5 | |
6 | Tennessee | It wasn’t easy this week for Tennessee but they found a way to beat Auburn and Vanderbilt. | 7 | |
7 | South Carolina | South Carolina split their two games this week winning at Ole Miss and losing at Missouri. | 3 | |
8 | Texas | Texas swept two very tough games against Oklahoma State and Kansas State this week. | 8 | |
9 | Oregon | Ducks pick up a sweep of the Los Angeles schools as they held off UCLA on Sunday to highlight the trip. | 9 | |
10 | Maryland | Terrapins keep on rolling as they beat Iowa and Wisconsin this week to take further control of the Big Ten race. | 11 | |
11 | Missouri | Missouri picked up a big statement win over South Carolina on Sunday after losing to LSU on Thursday. | 15 | |
12 | Ohio State | Ohio State had another productive week with wins over Minnesota and Michigan. | 13 | |
13 | UCLA | Bruins were very impressive against Oregon State but couldn’t get anything going offensively against the Ducks. | 10 | |
14 | West Virginia | West Virginia has work to do offensively as they failed to score over 60 points while splitting their games this week. | 12 | |
15 | Florida State | Florida State couldn’t slow down Syracuse on Sunday but they did split their road trip as they beat Clemson. | 14 | |
16 | Texas A&M | Aggies swept Kentucky and Auburn to get back on track after losing to South Carolina. | 23 | |
17 | Duke | Blue Devils bounced back on Sunday with a solid win over NC State to end a two game losing streak. | 17 | |
18 | Iowa | Iowa salvaged a split against Illinois after falling short at Maryland on Thursday night. | 18 | |
19 | Oklahoma State | Cowgirls won the first go around of Bedlam on Sunday as they beat the Sooners 96-82 in Stillwater. | 19 | |
20 | Arizona State | Sun Devils are now 4-0 in Pac-12 play after sweeping California and Stanford. | NR | |
21 | Michigan | Michigan picked up a nice win over Wisconsin and fell short against rival Ohio State on Sunday. | 20 | |
22 | Rutgers | Scarlet Knights have emerged as a sleeper in the Big Ten as they are now 16-2 on the season. | NR | |
23 | Syracuse | Orange knock off a very good Florida State team on Sunday to secure a 2-0 week. | NR | |
24 | Stanford | Cardinal settle for a split in the desert as they beat Arizona and fell short at Arizona State. | 21 | |
25 | Oregon State | Oregon State struggled at UCLA and lost a tough one at USC on Sunday. | 16 | |
1/8 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/08/2018