Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | ![]() | South Carolina | South Carolina went to Mizzou and came away with a 60-49 victory. The lone game this week is at Florida. | 1 |
2 | ![]() | Connecticut | The Huskies moved to 6-0 in AAC play and 16-1 overall with dominating home wins over Temple and USF. | 2 |
3 | ![]() | Tennessee | Tennessee has an interesting non-conference game on Monday at Notre Dame. They also host LSU and Georgia. | 3 |
4 | ![]() | Baylor | Baylor can cement their spot as the Big 12's best team with a win over Texas on Monday night. | 4 |
5 | ![]() | Louisville | Louisville should have their toughest ACC games this week when they head to Florida State and host Miami. | 5 |
6 | ![]() | Maryland | Maryland is the only remaining undefeated team in Big Ten play. MSU and IU will look to put an end to that this week. | 6 |
7 | ![]() | Texas | Texas fell at Oklahoma before slipping past Texas Tech. Now they have to head to Baylor for a tough contest. | 7 |
8 | ![]() | Texas A&M | Once again the Aggies clawed their way to an SEC win, this time over Ole Miss. This week they head to Georgia. | 8 |
9 | ![]() | Notre Dame | Brianna Turner scored 29 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in a 89-79 win at UNC. The Irish host Tennessee next. | 9 |
10 | ![]() | Stanford | Something has to give on Monday when 5-0 Stanford hosts 5-0 Arizona State on Monday afternoon. | 10 |
11 | ![]() | Oregon State | Oregon State got past WSU in the first half of their Washington series. UW could be tough too. | 12 |
12 | ![]() | Arizona State | Arizona State already beat Cal and now they head to Stanford in what should be a great Pac-12 contest. | 13 |
13 | ![]() | Duke | Duke followed up their disappointing loss at FSU with easy home wins over Virginia Tech and Miami. | 14 |
14 | ![]() | Kentucky | The injury to Janee Thompson is going to be a problem for Kentucky moving forward. They need her leadership. | 11 |
15 | ![]() | Nebraska | After their 0-2 start in conference play, Nebraska has reeled off three in a row. They'll look for #4 against Purdue. | 15 |
16 | ![]() | North Carolina | The Tar Heels lost to Notre Dame and this week they have another shot at a ranked ACC team when they host Duke. | 16 |
17 | ![]() | Iowa | Iowa can win in a variety of ways. It was the offense that took out Northwestern and the defense that beat MSU. | 17 |
18 | ![]() | Florida State | The Seminoles are 4-1 in ACC action and can make a big statement if they can knock off Louisville on Thursday. | 20 |
19 | ![]() | Princeton | Following their win over Penn, Princeton takes 20 days off. They are back in action on January 30th. | 22 |
20 | ![]() | Mississippi State | The Bulldogs suffered a tough loss to LSU, but did put an end to their little skid with a victory over Alabama. | 21 |
21 | ![]() | Georgia | Following a loss at Ole Miss, Georgia held on to beat Vandy. The next four games are absolutely brutal. | 18 |
22 | ![]() | Western Kentucky | Western Kentucky outscored FAU and FIU 161 to 85. Road trips to UTEP and UTSA should be a bit tougher. | 23 |
23 | ![]() | Syracuse | The Orange are beating who they should beat and they hope that will continue this week against Pitt and NC State. | 25 |
24 | ![]() | Rutgers | Rutgers is slipping in Big Ten play, but a win over Minnesota on Sunday would get them rolling again. | 19 |
25 | ![]() | Minnesota | The Golden Gophers have not played the toughest schedule, but 5-1 in Big Ten play is extremely impressive. | NR |