Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | The Huskies went to Columbus and crushed Ohio State 100-56. This week they play K-State and Nebraska. | 1 | |
2 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame went to Brookings and came away with a quality win over South Dakota State. | 2 | |
3 | South Carolina | On their way to the Wahine Showdown, South Carolina picked up a nice win at UCLA on Sunday afternoon. | 3 | |
4 | Tennessee | Tennessee barely snuck past Syracuse, but they are now 4-0. Chattanooga visits on Monday and Texas on Sunday. | 4 | |
5 | Baylor | Baylor picked up a couple quality wins over USF and DePaul. They'll look for more at the Junkanoo Jam. | 5 | |
6 | Maryland | Maryland has crushed lesser competition thus far. This week they are off to the Paradise Jam. | 6 | |
7 | Oregon State | Oregon State is 3-0, but will face tougher competition in San Juan against Hofstra and Arkansas. | 7 | |
8 | Texas | Texas has played easy competition so far, but that will change on Sunday when they head to Knoxville. | 9 | |
9 | Texas A&M | The Aggies survived close games against Duke and TCU to move to 4-0. They play Cal and Ohio State this week. | 16 | |
10 | Ohio State | The Buckeyes finally got a couple of wins against easier competition. The big one this week is against Texas A&M. | 10 | |
11 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State has yet to be tested and it won't come this week against MVSU, Norfolk State or Savannah State. | 11 | |
12 | Kentucky | Kentucky cruised past Morehead State and Colorado last week. They take on EMU and Jackson State this week. | 13 | |
13 | Duke | Duke fell to Texas A&M on Wednesday and they will be tested again at the Cancun Challenge. | 8 | |
14 | Florida State | Florida State lost their opener to Florida, but looked better against Tulane and UAB. They should tally more wins now. | 12 | |
15 | Stanford | Stanford beat a good George Washington team on Saturday and will look for more quality wins at the Gulf Coast Showcase. | 18 | |
16 | Michigan State | The Spartans already have a nice win over Georgia. They'll look for more against Cincy and Baylor in the Bahamas. | 19 | |
17 | Oklahoma | The Sooners were shocked by North Texas on Monday, but fought back for easy wins over BYU and Bradley. | 14 | |
18 | Arizona State | Arizona State is off to Honolulu to face South Carolina, Hawaii and CSU Bakersfield. | 21 | |
19 | Dayton | Dayton crushed Vanderbilt and Wisconsin last week. They begin the Gulf Coast Showcase against Maine. | NR | |
20 | South Florida | USF went to Waco and gave Baylor a great game, losing 66-63. Even in a loss, that could should spark this team. | 17 | |
21 | Green Bay | Green Bay beat Vanderbilt and they have a few more tough games awaiting at the Paradise Jam. | 22 | |
22 | Northwestern | After a 3-0 start, Northwestern is off to the Lone Star Showcase to face EWU, Creighton and East Carolina. | 23 | |
23 | Iowa | Iowa is off to Texas to take on Wright State, George Washington and Houston in Austin. It should be interesting. | NR | |
24 | California | California has some big games coming up in Las Vegas, most notably Friday's contest against Texas A&M. | NR | |
25 | Louisville | Louisville is 0-2 on the young season after close losses to Cal and WKU. The Gulf Coast Showcase may be kinder. | 15 | |
11/22 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 11/22/2015