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 |