Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | The Huskies cruised past Louisville to move to 25-0 on the year. The two meet again on March 3rd. | 1 | |
2 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is just about keeping up with the Huskies at 23-0. They'll get number 24 at BC on Thursday. | 2 | |
3 | Duke | Duke rebounded nicely from their loss to Notre Dame, but five of their last six games are against ranked teams. | 5 | |
4 | South Carolina | The Gamecocks had an easy week by SEC standards, but next up is a trip to LSU on Sunday afternoon. | 6 | |
5 | Stanford | Stanford was shocked by Washington on Sunday evening, losing their only game since 11/11 vs Connecticut. | 3 | |
6 | Louisville | Louisville fell at Connecticut 81-64, but playing the Huskies at least twice before the NCAAs is not a bad thing. | 4 | |
7 | Baylor | Baylor had an easier time beating Oklahoma State at home and have now won six games in a row. | 7 | |
8 | Tennessee | It's a big week for the Lady Vols. They host Vanderbilt on Monday night and Kentucky on Sunday. | 8 | |
9 | Maryland | In their two games last week, Maryland outscored Pittsburgh and Clemson 189 to 89. | 10 | |
10 | Penn State | Following a tough mid-week loss at home to Iowa, Penn State looked impressive in Columbus. | 9 | |
11 | North Carolina State | It was close against Wake Forest and Virginia Tech, but NC State got two more wins and is sitting at 21-3. | 16 | |
12 | Arizona State | Arizona State split their two games against Arizona and now they have to head to Northern California. | 11 | |
13 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State had an opportunity to tie for the conference lead, but winning at Baylor was asking too much. | 12 | |
14 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M is still in the hunt for an SEC title and the schedule is about as easy as it could get moving forward. | 17 | |
15 | LSU | Once again LSU held serve at home and lost on the road. The home win will be very tough against South Carolina. | 14 | |
16 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels are now on a three game losing streak and playing at Duke on Monday won't likely end it. | 13 | |
17 | West Virginia | Thanks to 31 points by Bria Holmes, WVU absolutely crushed Kansas State. On Thursday they head to Norman. | 18 | |
18 | Kentucky | The Wildcats have fallen to 5-5 in SEC play and four of their last six games are against fellow ranked teams. | 15 | |
19 | Gonzaga | The Zags have not been tested for a while, but that should change at San Diego and BYU this week. | 19 | |
20 | Vanderbilt | After a quiet week for Vandy, they have three games coming up. It starts with a trip to Tennessee on Monday. | 20 | |
21 | Nebraska | With a win at Wisconsin and against Michigan State, the Cornhuskers are still in the Big Ten title race. | 22 | |
22 | Purdue | For all practical purposes, Purdue is out of the Big Ten title race, but they got a couple big wins last week. | 24 | |
23 | California | Unlike Stanford, Cal went to the state of Washington and came away with two victories. | 25 | |
24 | St. John's | St. John's has won 11 in a row after falling in the Big East opener. Their lone game this week is against Villanova. | NR | |
25 | Wichita State | The Shockers don't have many big wins on the schedule, but they are 20-2 and 11-0 in MVC play. | NR |
2/9 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 02/09/2014