| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks took care of Auburn and LSU, but they have a tough game this week at home against Kentucky. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut played well enough to beat St. John's. Tulsa and SMU are the next unfortunate victims. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Texas | Texas survived their first conference game, but that was against KU. WVU and Iowa State will be tougher tests. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Notre Dame | They were not blowouts, but Notre Dame did beat FSU and Syracuse to get off to a 2-0 ACC start. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee picked up a couple of nice wins over Oregon State and Mizzou last week. Texas A&M is the big one this week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Baylor | Baylor took care of Oklahoma State thanks to a strong defensive effort in the second half. | 6 |
| 7 | 
| Texas A&M | No road game in the SEC is easy and Texas A&M managed to slip past Arkansas 52-50. They also beat Vandy at home. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Duke | Duke should be tested a little more this week against Syracuse at home and Florida State on the road. | 9 |
| 9 | 
| Louisville | Louisville took care of GT and Pitt last week. The tougher ACC games are still a ways away. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Maryland | The Terps picked up two nice wins last week, against Ohio State at home and a 75-47 victory at Nebraska. | 13 |
| 11 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels beat Albany, ETSU and NC State with little trouble. The story should be the same against Pitt and GT. | 11 |
| 12 | 
| Kentucky | Kentucky is 2-0 in the SEC and they should be 3-0 heading into the big game at South Carolina on Sunday afternoon. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Stanford | Thanks to Amber Orrange's 26 points against Colorado, Stanford is off to a 1-0 start in Pac-12 play. | 14 |
| 14 | 
| Iowa | Iowa went on the road and got a huge win over a very good Rutgers squad. This week they play Illinois and Purdue. | 15 |
| 15 | 
| Oregon State | The Beavers won at UCLA on Saturday night and will face off against the Trojans on Monday before playing the Ducks. | 17 |
| 16 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State had to grind out a couple more wins last week, but they are a perfect 17-0. | 20 |
| 17 | 
| Nebraska | Nebraska is off to a rough start in the Big Ten. They lost to Minnesota and got crushed by Maryland. | 8 |
| 18 |  | Arizona State | The Sun Devils are off to a 1-0 start in Pac-12 play. This week they host WSU and play Arizona home and away. | 21 |
| 19 | 
| Oklahoma State | Against Baylor the Cowgirls looked pretty good for a half. They only managed to score a dozen points in the second. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Georgia | There is nothing wrong with losing at Mississippi State. Now UGA just needs to hold serve at home. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Rutgers | Welcome to the Big Ten Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are 1-2 after losing to Ohio State and Iowa. | 16 |
| 22 |  | Princeton | Princeton moved to 15-0 after winning a couple games in Fordham. They start Ivy play this week against Penn. | 24 |
| 23 |  | California | Cal hosts Colorado on Monday and heads up to Washington to take on the Cougars and Huskies this weekend. | NR |
| 24 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse should not drop too far for hanging right in there with Notre Dame. Next up is a trip to Duke. | 22 |
| 25 | 
| Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky has wins over Colorado and Ole Miss this year and are off to a 12-2 start overall. | NR |
