Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | South Carolina | South Carolina will tip off SEC play against Auburn and LSU this week as the top team in the country. | 1 | |
2 | Connecticut | Conference play got off to an easy start and will stay that way, but the Huskies do play Duke on Monday. | 2 | |
3 | Texas | The Longhorns have one last non-conference game against Rice before Big 12 play starts against Kansas. | 3 | |
4 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame didn't have too much trouble with UCLA in Westwood. ACC play begins against FSU and Syracuse. | 4 | |
5 | Tennessee | The Lady Vols picked up some great momentum heading into SEC play by knocking off Oregon State 74-63. | 5 | |
6 | Baylor | Baylor has an interesting Big 12 opener on Saturday against a pretty strong Oklahoma State squad. | 6 | |
7 | Texas A&M | The Aggies have a busy week with games against Washington, North Texas, Vanderbilt and Arkansas. | 7 | |
8 | Nebraska | Nebraska begins Big Ten play with a trip to Minnesota on Monday and a game against Maryland on Saturday. | 8 | |
9 | Duke | Duke gets back in action on Monday against Connecticut. They also begin ACC play this weekend against Wake. | 9 | |
10 | Louisville | The Cardinals start ACC action against Georgia Tech at home on Friday and then play at Pitt on Sunday. | 10 | |
11 | North Carolina | North Carolina hosts Albany and ETSU to finish non-conference play before hosting NC State on Sunday. | 11 | |
12 | Kentucky | Kentucky starts SEC action this weekend at Alabama and at home against Ole Miss. | 12 | |
13 | Maryland | Maryland has an interesting home game against Ohio State to start off Big Ten play and then they head to Nebraska. | 14 | |
14 | Stanford | Stanford ended their little losing skid with wins over UC Davis and UCSB. Colorado and Utah are next on the list. | 15 | |
15 | Iowa | The Hawkeyes have a lot to prove in the Big Ten and it continues with a tough trip to Rutgers on Sunday. | 16 | |
16 | Rutgers | Rutgers took care of business against Indiana in their Big Ten debut. Next up is Ohio State and Iowa. | 20 | |
17 | Oregon State | Oregon State suffered their first loss of the year at the hands of Tennessee. Next up is UCLA on Saturday. | 17 | |
18 | Georgia | Georgia was crushed by Seton Hall on Sunday and that is not the momentum they want heading into SEC action. | 13 | |
19 | Oklahoma State | The Cowgirls can make a big splash in Big 12 play if they can get past Baylor on the road on Saturday. | 21 | |
20 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff before they begin conference play against Georgia and Missouri. | 22 | |
21 | Arizona State | Arizona State grabbed a relatively easy win over Yale to move to 11-1 on the year. This week they host UW and WSU. | NR | |
22 | Syracuse | The Orange had to hold on to beat Cornell. A bigger test comes on Sunday against Notre Dame. | 25 | |
23 | James Madison | James Madison will start to garner some more national attention if they can beat Vanderbilt on Monday. | 23 | |
24 | Princeton | An undefeated Princeton squad slides up into the top 25 this week. They are off to the Fordham Holiday Classic. | NR | |
25 | Michigan State | Michigan State got off to a rough start in the Big Ten against Northwestern and now they have to hit the road. | 18 |