Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | Connecticut | Connecticut got a warm-up game against UC Davis, but the big one is on Monday when they head to Stanford. | 1 |
2 | ![]() | South Carolina | South Carolina did not dominate USC as much as expected and came away with just a 70-61 win. | 2 |
3 | ![]() | Tennessee | The Lady Vols got off to a nice start, beating Penn 97-52. This week they host Oral Roberts and Winthrop. | 3 |
4 | ![]() | Notre Dame | Notre Dame's first test will come Wednesday night when they travel to East Lansing to face Michigan State. | 4 |
5 | ![]() | Duke | Duke crushed Alabama in their season opener. The big games are still a couple of weeks away. | 5 |
6 | ![]() | Texas A&M | The Aggies are 3-0 after three days of the season, but they had to sweat out a 63-61 win over Texas-Pan American. | 6 |
7 | ![]() | North Carolina | In one of the bigger games of the first weekend of play, UNC picked up a great win over UCLA. | 7 |
8 | ![]() | Stanford | Stanford will be involved in a couple big games this week. They play Uconn on Monday and Texas on Thursday. | 8 |
9 | ![]() | Kentucky | We will learn a lot more about the high scoring Wildcats when they play Baylor on Monday night. | 9 |
10 | ![]() | Baylor | The new stars of Baylor looked good against ORU, but they will be tested at Kentucky. | 10 |
11 | ![]() | California | Cal got past Pacific in their opener and they will play Nevada, Hawaii and Missouri this week. | 12 |
12 | ![]() | Iowa | The high scoring Hawkeyes scored 107 against USC-Upstate and 85 on Robert Morris over the weekend. | 13 |
13 | ![]() | Louisville | Louisville should cruise through most of their easy non-conference slate. Their first year in the ACC will be fun though. | 14 |
14 | ![]() | Maryland | Maryland outscored Mt. St. Mary's and Wagner by a combined score of 206 to 69. | 15 |
15 | ![]() | Michigan State | Michigan State had to hold on to beat Eastern Michigan 69-61 in their season opener. Notre Dame is next. | 16 |
16 | ![]() | Nebraska | Nebraska cruised past Pepperdine and Alcorn State. This week the competition gets tougher against WSU and Utah. | 17 |
17 | ![]() | Texas | This could be a very good Texas team and we will find out this week when they play Stanford and UCLA. | 24 |
18 | ![]() | West Virginia | With a non-conference slate that includes very few tests, WVU will have plenty of time to prepare for the Big 12. | 19 |
19 | ![]() | Syracuse | Besides Alexis Peterson, the Orange offense looked sluggish in a 59-42 victory over Fordham. | 22 |
20 | ![]() | James Madison | James Madison knocked off UCLA in overtime and then handled St. Bonaventure with ease. | NR |
21 | ![]() | Purdue | Purdue has some kinks to work out as seen in their 66-60 win over Ball State. Green Bay could expose them. | 23 |
22 | ![]() | Georgia | Georgia's offense was not dominant in wins over Morgan State and TCU, but at least they were wins. | NR |
23 | ![]() | Oregon | The Ducks picked up where they left off last season, dropping 100 points on Utah State. North Carolina is up next. | NR |
24 | ![]() | Gonzaga | Gonzaga got off to a great start with a 75-65 win over fellow mid-major powerhouse Dayton. | NR |
25 | ![]() | DePaul | DePaul lost to Texas A&M, but they did follow it up with wins over Texas-Pan American and New Mexico. | 25 |