| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | After taking care of Maryland 83-72, Connecticut started their AAC margin of victory at +62 over Cincinnati. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | After crushing Arkansas, South Carolina heads to Vanderbilt and hosts Missouri this week. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | None of them were easy, but the Irish picked up wins over Oregon State, Georgia Tech and Pitt during the week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Texas | The Longhorns are off to a 2-0 start in Big 12 play. They'll look for 4-0 this week against ISU and Oklahoma State. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes opened up Big Ten play with a win over MSU and then added an improbable road win at Maryland. | 8 |
| 6 |  | Baylor | Baylor's offense struggled in a 52-45 loss at Oklahoma State on Wednesday. They looked much better at home. | 4 |
| 7 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State had to hold on to beat a fiesty Florida team in their SEC opener. Next up are Auburn and Arkansas. | 10 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee begins SEC action this week against Missouri, Florida and Auburn. | 11 |
| 9 |  | Kentucky | After a perfect nonconference slate, UK finds themselves at 0-1 in SEC action following a surprise loss to Auburn. | 7 |
| 10 |  | Maryland | Just days after playing well against Uconn, Maryland lost their first Big Ten game ever. And it was at home. | 6 |
| 11 |  | Oregon State | Following a loss to Notre Dame on Monday, the Beavers picked up a nice conference win over USC on Sunday. | 9 |
| 12 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies held on to beat a tough Georgia team in their conference opener. Trips to Arkansas and LSU await. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Stanford | Stanford crushed Chattanooga and then held Arizona to a mere 34 points in their Pac-12 opener. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State shut down a usually explosive Cal team. This week they host Stanford before heading to Washington. | 19 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma was able to hang around against Baylor and a 10-point loss in Waco is not that bad of a result. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Syracuse | It was a busy week for the Orange, but they topped off a 4-0 week with a huge win over Duke. | 23 |
| 17 |  | Northwestern | Northwestern lost on the road to Penn State midweek, but followed it up with a great showing over Nebraska. | 13 |
| 18 |  | Florida State | Florida State was hoping to a good start to ACC action, but they went to Louisville and lost by ten points. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Seton Hall | Seton Hall managed to pick up a couple Big East road wins. But this week they play DePaul and St. John's. | 22 |
| 20 |  | Duke | Duke started conference play by getting completely out-played at Syracuse. They hope to rebound against WF. | 17 |
| 21 |  | UCLA | UCLA is off to a 2-0 Pac-12 start after beating USC and Oregon. They'll play Oregon State and USC again this week. | 24 |
| 22 |  | California | After scoring 214 points in their previous two games, Cal was held to just 49 points in a loss at Arizona State. | 18 |
| 23 |  | Missouri | Missouri got a tuneup against Charlotte on Tuesday. They need it with Tennessee, UGA and SC on the slate next. | 25 |
| 24 |  | DePaul | DePaul quickly put that loss to Loyola behind them and beat Marquette and St. John's to start Big East play 2-0. | NR |
| 25 |  | Iowa | Iowa won at Nebraska and they can make a huge statement this week with games against Rutgers and Maryland. | NR |
1/3 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 01/03/2016
