Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Huskies swept through UCF and Houston without any problem. Texas is up next on Monday night. | 1 | |
2 | Louisville | Cardinals picked up their first win at home over a top 5 team as they crushed Notre Dame 100-67. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Bears keep on cruising through the Big 12 as they have arguably the best post play in the country. | 3 | |
4 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is now 19-0 after taking care of Alabama 75-61 on Sunday afternoon. | 5 | |
5 | Tennessee | Lady Vols had an interesting week, losing to Texas A&M but controlling South Carolina 86-70 in Columbia. | 6 | |
6 | Oregon | Ducks swept the Arizona schools and now have a big Civil War week with two games against Oregon State. | 9 | |
7 | UCLA | Bruins took care of business on the road this week as they swept Utah and Colorado. | 13 | |
8 | Notre Dame | Fighting Irish bounced back from the Louisville blowout loss with a nice win over Boston College. | 4 | |
9 | South Carolina | The overall toll of injuries has set in with South Carolina as they missed A'ja Wilson in the loss to Tennessee. | 7 | |
10 | Texas | Texas could not slow down TCU in a 79-77 loss in Forth Worth. The Longhorns did beat Kansas 79-62. UConn is next. | 8 | |
11 | Missouri | No let down for Missouri as they went to Nashville and beat Vanderbilt 81-70. | 11 | |
12 | Ohio State | Ohio State did a nice job defensively in a 77-62 win over Indiana. | 12 | |
13 | Florida State | Seminoles were outstanding offensively in wins over Miami and Virginia Tech. | 15 | |
14 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M finally knocked down the door against a ranked opponent with a win over Tennessee. | 16 | |
15 | Maryland | Maryland lost Blair Watson to an ACL injury and dressed just nine players in a 82-68 loss to Michigan State. | 10 | |
16 | Duke | Duke swept Wake Forest and Virginia to improve to 14-4 on the season. | 17 | |
17 | West Virginia | Mountaineers split their two games this week, beating Kansas and falling to a red-hot TCU team. | 14 | |
18 | Michigan | Wolverines battled it out in two tough games but finished the job with wins over Indiana and Nebraska. | 21 | |
19 | Oregon State | Beavers respond well at home with two wins over the Arizona schools. Oregon is up next in the Civil War. | 25 | |
20 | Iowa | Iowa couldn’t quite slowdown Purdue offensively in a 76-70 loss at home on Saturday. | 18 | |
21 | Green Bay | Phoenix keep getting the job done defensively as they beat Youngstown State and Cleveland State this week. | NR | |
22 | Florida Gulf Coast | Eagles are 16-3 on the season and have emerged as a top mid-major team this season with a fun style of play. | NR | |
23 | Stanford | Stanford swept the Washington schools as the Cardinal are gradually getting into a groove. | 24 | |
24 | California | Cal had to work for it in both games this week against Washington and Washington State, but got the job done. | NR | |
25 | South Florida | Bulls picked up two good, solid wins against Temple and UCF to improve to 3-1 in AAC play and 14-4 on the year. | NR | |
1/15 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/15/2018