| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies crushed Cincinnati and East Carolina by a combined score of 172 to 75. SMU and Tulane await. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | With wins over Tennessee and UGA, there is only one week standing between SC and a perfect SEC record. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame wraps up the regular season with a busy week of games against FSU, Clemson and Boston College. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor got revenge against Oklahoma State. This week they head to Oklahoma and Kansas State. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes looked great at home against Nebraska and Illinois. They finish at Minnesota and Michigan State. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State got a huge win over UCLA. The Pac-12 title will come down to their trip to Stanford and California. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Texas | Texas needs to take care of business this week against Texas Tech and TCU to have a shot at the Big 12 title. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Maryland | Maryland is hoping for revenge against OSU in the Big Ten Tournament, but first they host Wisconsin and Minn. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Arizona State | ASU had no trouble against UW or WSU. A trip to Southern California should be much more difficult. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies are in sole possession of second place in the SEC, but they may need to beat Kentucky to keep it. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky got a big win at Mississippi State and followed it up with a win over Arkansas. Mizzou and TAMU await. | 14 |
| 12 |  | Florida State | FSU lost at Syracuse and things don't get much easier this week with Notre Dame, NC State and Miami. | 7 |
| 13 |  | Stanford | Beating Oregon State on Friday wouldn't help Stanford win a conference title, but it would help their seed. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Louisville | Louisville beat South Florida, Virginia and Boston College in a busy week. They conclude at Miami and vs Pitt. | 18 |
| 15 |  | UCLA | The Bruins loss to Oregon State has left the the Pac-12 race down to the Beavers and Arizona State. | 12 |
| 16 |  | Miami | It took overtime, but Miami beat Virginia Tech. They finish the regular season against Louisville and Florida State. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State didn't put up much of a fight against Kentucky at home. But they did beat rival Ole Miss. | 13 |
| 18 |  | Michigan State | MSU knocked off bubble teams Rugers and Minnesota last week. This week they face Illinois and Ohio State. | 23 |
| 19 |  | DePaul | DePaul already won the Big East, but they'll look for some momentum heading to the conference tourney this week. | 21 |
| 20 |  | Syracuse | The Orange got a huge momentum building win over FSU. They finish up the regular season at Boston College. | NR |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma | A loss to WVU officially put OU out of the Big 12 title race, but they can still make a statement against Baylor. | 17 |
| 22 |  | Missouri | Missouri is in the middle of a mess in the SEC standings. Beating Kentucky and Vanderbilt would pull them away. | NR |
| 23 |  | Florida | Florida can win at home, as they did against Vanderbilt, but lost again on the road, this time to Georgia. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay can clinch the Horizon League regular season title with a win against Wright State on Thursday. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Colorado State | CSU is 24-1 on the year. Wins against UNM and Nevada this week would at least clinch a share of the MW title. | NR |
2/21 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 02/21/2016
