Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame heads into a showdown with Connecticut on fire after dominating Iowa and Valparaiso. | 1 | |
2 | Connecticut | The Huskies have now won 82 straight games after beating DePaul and Texas this week. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Baylor destroyed Tennessee in all phases of the game on Sunday in Knoxville. | 4 | |
4 | Maryland | Maryland grew up on Thursday night at Louisville as they outlasted the Cardinals for a 78-72 victory. | 5 | |
5 | South Carolina | South Carolina could not slow down Duke on Sunday defensively after getting a big win at Texas. | 3 | |
6 | Mississippi State | Bulldogs took the best shot of Iowa State and found a way to escape Hilton Coliseum with a 85-81 win. | 7 | |
7 | Louisville | Louisville fell short against a very good Maryland team in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. | 6 | |
8 | Stanford | Cardinal are in a nice rhythm defensively as they had no trouble with CS Bakersfield and UC Davis. | 10 | |
9 | Florida State | Seminoles were outstanding against Minnesota on the road as the Golden Gophers never had a shot all game long. | 11 | |
10 | UCLA | UCLA sprinted out to a big lead against Hawaii and didn’t look back in a 72-49 victory on Sunday. | 13 | |
11 | Ohio State | Ohio State fell short on the road at Miami as the Buckeyes lost 94-89 to a strong Hurricanes team. | 8 | |
12 | Washington | Offense continues to click on all cylinders for the Huskies as they torched Grand Canyon and Fresno State. | 14 | |
13 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma could not get going offensively against Kentucky and Oral Roberts as they lost both games this week. | 9 | |
14 | West Virginia | West Virginia grinded out a hard fought win against Ole Miss in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. | 15 | |
15 | Miami (FL) | Hurricanes get a signature win against Ohio State to give them a very nice infusion of confidence. | 16 | |
16 | Syracuse | A very nice response by Syracuse against Michigan State as they were excellent defensively against the Spartans. | 17 | |
17 | Texas | Longhorns have to start breaking through against this tough schedule as they lost to South Carolina and Uconn. | 12 | |
18 | Kentucky | Big win for the Wildcats over Oklahoma in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge as Kentucky was on fire offensively. | 21 | |
19 | DePaul | DePaul ran into a buzzsaw against Connecticut as the Huskies blitzed the Blue Demons 91-46. | 18 | |
20 | South Florida | Bulls are off to a 6-0 start and are in great position to be second in the AAC behind Connecticut again this year. | NR | |
21 | Marquette | Golden Eagles knocked off Western Illinois 77-61, led by Natasha Heideman's triple double. | 20 | |
22 | Colorado | Buffaloes head into their matchup with Colorado State with plenty of momentum as they are 8-0 on the season. | 22 | |
23 | | Oregon State | Oregon State responds with two solid wins against Idaho and BYU to win the Maui Classic. | 24 |
24 | Michigan | Wolverines are playing very well-rounded basketball at both ends of the court and they sit at 7-1 on the season. | NR | |
25 | Auburn | A late run by Kansas State was too much for the Tigers to overcome in a 71-66 loss to the Wildcats. | 19 | |
12/5 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 12/05/2016