| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Unlike their male counterparts, the Huskies have had a nice opening to American Athletic play. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish needed a strong second half to pull away from Clemson in their ACC debut. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford is off to Utah and Colorado for what could be a very important road trip with Pac-12 title implications. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Duke stays on the road this week in ACC play with a trip to Syracuse on Thursday night. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | The Terps had a tough opener at North Carolina, but once again Alyssa Thomas led the way to victory. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals are not dominating teams like Temple in AAC play, but they are off to a 3-0 start. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Baylor | The Lady Bears got off to a nice start in the Big 12 and the tougher games are still a ways away. | 12 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | After losing at home to LSU on Thursday, LSU won handily at Georgia on Sunday afternoon. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Kentucky | The Wildcats suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of the Gators. South Carolina is up next. | 7 |
| 10 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina is off to a good start in SEC play, but Kentucky will look to put an end to that. | 16 |
| 11 |  | Iowa State | It took overtime, but Iowa State came away from Oklahoma with a huge win to remain undefeated. | 13 |
| 12 |  | LSU | LSU went to Tennessee and got a huge 80-77 win. The brutal SEC continues this week with TAMU and Florida. | 17 |
| 13 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels fell at home to Maryland and the tough ACC slate continues against NC State and FSU this week. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Penn State | With a quality win at Iowa, Penn State is off to a nice start in the Big Ten. The big game this week is against Purdue. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowgirls suffered their first loss of the year at home against WVU. This week they travel to KSU and Iowa State. | 9 |
| 16 |  | Nebraska | Upsets were plentiful in the opening week of the Big Ten, but Nebraska managed to slip past Northwestern 66-65. | 15 |
| 17 |  | Colorado | Colorado got off to a tough start in Pac-12 play and it is not going to get easier with Cal and Stanford coming to town. | 11 |
| 18 |  | Florida State | Florida State won their ACC opener at Pitt, but a trip to Miami and a home game against UNC will be tougher. | 19 |
| 19 |  | California | It was not easy, but Cal swept the Oregon schools at home. This week they head east to Colorado and Utah. | 24 |
| 20 |  | North Carolina State | With a nice win over Syracuse, NC State is now 14-1. The tough games continue in the ACC. | NR |
| 21 |  | San Diego | Following victories over Saint Mary's and Pacific, San Diego is now 4-0 in WCC play and 15-0 overall. | NR |
| 22 |  | West Virginia | WVU was not garnering much attention since the schedule was easy as of late. But a win over OSU changed that. | NR |
| 23 |  | Purdue | Purdue lost at Ohio State and have games against Indiana, Northwestern and Penn State this week. | 18 |
| 24 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga finally goes back home this week, but only for two more games before another long road trip. | NR |
| 25 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State split during their road trip to Washington. This week they host USC and UCLA. | 21 |
1/5 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 01/05/2014
