| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Notre Dame | Fighting Irish had little trouble with both Louisiana-Lafayette and TCU this week to move to 6-0. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | Katie Lou Samuelson scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Huskies to a 98-65 rout of Dayton. | 2 |
| 3 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina dominates Louisville 83-59 on Sunday to highlight a very productive week for the Gamecocks. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Bears get things back on track offensively as they rolled to the Gulf Coast Showcase title over Ohio State. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | Terrapins annihilate Arizona State and held off Washington State to cap off a great trip to Las Vegas. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals ran into a buzzsaw in South Carolina on Sunday in a 83-59 loss. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Mississippi State | The Bulldogs beat a pesky Oregon team over in Hawaii to highlight 2-0 week. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | Buckeyes get a nice win over Syracuse this week but Baylor was too much for them on Sunday night. | 5 |
| 9 |  | Oklahoma | Defense continues to lead the way for the Sooners as they beat South Dakota State and Colorado State. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Stanford | Stanford swept their three games in Cancun to win the Cancun Challenge beating Purdue 78-69. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Florida State | Florida State wins the Paradise Jam after getting wins over Winthrop, Gonzaga and Michigan. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Texas | Texas had a nice tune up win over Northwestern State to get ready for a battle with South Carolina this week. | 12 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | UCLA took care of Iowa without much trouble and received a great test from Toledo, but did go 2-0 in Cancun. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Washington | Washington kept things rolling against Seattle and Portland to continue a very solid start to the season. | 15 |
| 15 |  | West Virginia | Mountaineers get a very nice win over Auburn and are sitting at 7-0 on the season and playing very well. | 24 |
| 16 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami won its own Thanksgiving tournament this week beating Texas Tech with ease 74-56 on Sunday. | 18 |
| 17 |  | Syracuse | Orange did not defend well enough in losses to Ohio State and DePaul at the Gulf Coast Showcase. | 13 |
| 18 |  | DePaul | Blue Demons just did not have enough to slow down Baylor but DePaul is going to be a tough out all season long. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Auburn | Tigers step up with their backs against the wall and rallied to beat Indiana on Sunday after losing to WVU. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Marquette | Golden Eagles outlasted Oregon State to get their second win of the season against Pac-12 competition. | NR |
| 21 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky knocked off Morehead State and Samford to get some momentum prior to playing Oklahoma. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Colorado | Colorado is off to a 6-0 start under new head coach JR Payne and is playing excellent defensively. | NR |
| 23 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies are quietly off to a 5-0 start heading into a matchup on Wednesday with USC. | NR |
| 24 |  | Oregon State | Beavers fall short in a hard fought battle against a pretty tough Marquette team for its first loss of the season. | 19 |
| 25 |  | Tennessee | That’s two straight losses as the Lady Vols fell to Virginia Tech on Sunday 67-63. | 16 |
11/28 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/28/2016
