Teams will be added to the Top 25 Rankings as the Top 44 Previews are revealed
Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Here we are again. Top to bottom, nobody comes close to having as much talent as the Huskies. | ||
2 | South Carolina | Tiffany Mitchell, a solid group of returnees and the best freshman of 2014, makes this the team to compete with UConn. | ||
3 | Tennessee | Tennessee has experience and depth. That is enough to get this squad back to the Final Four. | ||
4 | Notre Dame | Jewell Loyd will have to find a few new stars to work with, but she can carry this team on her own too. | ||
5 | Duke | Duke is very young around center Elizabeth Williams, but of course this group does not lack in talent. | ||
6 | Texas A&M | Seniors Courtney Walker and Courtney Williams lead a very experienced Texas A&M squad. | ||
7 | North Carolina | Losing Diamond DeShields was a massive blow, but there is other young talent ready to take the headlines. | ||
8 | Stanford | For the first time in a long time, Stanford will be a perimeter oriented team. Amber Orrange is ready for that. | ||
9 | Kentucky | Jennifer O'Neill is a great floor leader and Bria Goss can score. If Azia Bishop lives up to her potential, watch out. | ||
10 | Baylor | Odyssey Sims is gone, but this program has proven they can replace superstars already. Nina Davis next in line. | ||
11 | UCLA | UCLA is coming off of a terribly disappointing season. If they can put that behind them, there is talent here. | ||
12 | California | There are not many duos better than Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd in all of college basketball. | ||
13 | Iowa | Samantha Logic is poised for a huge season and this team should be even better than they were in 2013-2014. | ||
14 | Louisville | It is time to move on for Louisville and now they will reload around Sara Hammond and Bria Smith. | ||
15 | Maryland | Maryland will be a dangerous team during their first year in the Big Ten, even without Alyssa Thomas. | ||
16 | Michigan State | The Big Ten is going to be fun up top and the Spartans, with leader Aerial Powers, will be right in the mix | ||
17 | Nebraska | Losing Jordan Hooper hurts, but Nebraska has a lot of talent and experience returning, led by Rachel Theriot. | ||
18 | LSU | It is easy to overlook LSU after their 7-9 SEC performance, but this was a Sweet Sixteen team a year ago. | ||
19 | West Virginia | WVU's season ended a little earlier than they hoped, but Bria Holmes and company get another shot this year. | ||
20 | Penn State | Maggie Lucas is gone so this team should take a step back, but don't count them out of anything just yet. | ||
21 | Dayton | If you are looking for a team to watch outside of the big conferences, look no further than Dayton. | ||
22 | Syracuse | If Syracuse can find consistency in the frontcourt, this is a team that can win more than one NCAA Tournament game. | ||
23 | Purdue | Following an 11-5 finish in the Big Ten last year, the Boilermakers are again ready to compete for a conference title. | ||
24 | Texas | Texas made a big turnaround last season and, with a dominating frontcourt, they are ready to take the next step. | ||
25 | DePaul | The Balanced DePaul attack has them favored to win the Big East. Brittany Hrynko is ready for the national radar. |