| 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 |
