| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina dropped 111 points on Hampton. This week they head to the Gopher Classic, but don't play Minnesota. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies are still enjoying their win over Notre Dame. They get back in action on Friday against DePaul. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M moved to 11-0 with a couple easy wins last week. But up next is a massive game against Texas. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Texas | The Longhorns have another huge game coming up. On Sunday they take on Texas A&M in Little Rock. | 4 |
| 5 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina has an interesting contest against another Pac-12 team. This time Oregon State comes to town. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish knocked off DePaul in a thrilling 94-93 contest and added a win over Michigan as well. | 6 |
| 7 | 
| Kentucky | UK has another interesting game on Sunday when they head to Duke. They have already beaten two top 15 teams. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | Stanford's long break came to an end Sunday night. But the big game is on Saturday in Knoxville. | 8 |
| 9 | 
| Tennessee | A strong defensive effort led Tennessee to a 55-45 win over Rutgers. The big games continue against Stanford. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Baylor | We'll see if anybody can stop Nina Davis this week when Baylor faces Syracuse and Michigan State. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska did not look like a dominate team against Creighton and CS Bakersfield last week. | 11 |
| 12 | 
| Louisville | After eight days off, Louisville hits the court again on Monday against ODU. They also travel to Cal this week. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Duke | Duke will look to end their three game losing streak against Oklahoma at home on Wednesday night. | 13 |
| 14 | 
| Georgia | Georgia had the week off and do not play again until Saturday when they host Furman. | 14 |
| 15 | 
| Maryland | The Terps play Coppin State this week and then Big Ten play begins with a home date against the Buckeyes. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Syracuse | The Orange defense has been superb the last couple of games. They play Baylor and Michigan State this weekend. | 17 |
| 17 | 
| Iowa | Iowa added another decent win to their resume by knocking off Iowa State. Up next is a trip to Drake. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Oregon State | The Beavers will finally be seriously tested this week when they head to Chapel Hill for a Tuesday tilt. | 21 |
| 19 | 
| West Virginia | WVU boosted their record to 8-1 with relatively easy wins over Duquesne and Fort Wayne. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers lost a defensive struggle against Tennessee. The Volunteers got the free-throw line and Rutgers didn't. | 16 |
| 21 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State can fly up the rankings if they can manage to beat Baylor and Syracuse this weekend. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State hasn't really played anybody outside of North Carolina. That won't change this week. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State held Southern Miss to just 8 first half points. They allowed 38 in the 2nd, but it didn't matter. | 25 |
| 24 |  | James Madison | James Madison has a tricky road trip ahead of them on Monday night when they face a pretty good Ohio team. | 24 |
| 25 | 
| California | Cal's close calls finally caught up to them at Long Beach on Saturday. They lost 58-56 in overtime. | 18 |
