| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut stepped up on the road at Notre Dame with very balanced scoring and great defensive 3rd quarter. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor keeps rolling along as they destroyed Texas State 90-24 in their lone game of the week. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame responded very nicely to the UConn loss and beat DePaul to get a split for the week. | 1 |
| 4 |  | Maryland | Terrapins dominated Towson and Saint Peter's and head for a huge showdown on December 29 against Uconn. | 4 |
| 5 |  | South Carolina | A strong response by South Carolina after the Duke loss as the Gamecocks destroyed Minnesota by 40 points. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Mississippi State | Lock down defense propelled Mississippi State to an easy 72-50 win over Southern Miss. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | Louisville outlasted Western Kentucky on Sunday 68-61 as the Hilltoppers gave the Cardinals all they wanted. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | Stanford was off this week and will return to action on December 18 at Tennessee. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Florida State | Florida State had little trouble with Florida as they rolled to an 83-58 victory in Tallahassee. | 9 |
| 10 |  | UCLA | The Bruins are on a nice roll as they controlled things very well on Sunday against Michigan. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State got back on the right track with two high scoring wins over Southern and Canisius. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Washington | Kelsey Plum is the all time leading scorer in Pac-12 history after putting up 44 points in an easy win over Boise State. | 12 |
| 13 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia is now 10-0 after crushing USC Upstate 91-33 on Saturday night in Morgantown. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Miami (FL) | The Hurricanes cruised to a stress free win over Loyola Chicago 81-43 last Tuesday night and are on a nice roll. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma bounced back from the Oral Roberts loss with two easy wins and the defense was the key. | 13 |
| 16 |  | Syracuse | The offense is clicking on all cylinders and the Orange put up 109 points against Niagara on Saturday. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Texas | The Longhorns get off the mat and pick up a much needed win over Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Colorado | Kennedy Leonard's 31 points paced Colorado to a comfortable 74-56 win over rival Colorado State. | 22 |
| 19 |  | South Florida | The Bulls are now 7-0 after dispatching of Arkansas State 78-59 on Sunday. | 20 |
| 20 |  | DePaul | Blue Demons drop a tough game to Notre Dame but all of these tough matchups will pay off for them later this year. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils survived Elon's best shot and avoided a letdown after knocking off South Carolina last weekend. | NR |
| 22 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State had no problems with Southern Utah as they rolled to a 77-38 victory on Saturday. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky drops a heartbreaker to Arizona State on Sunday in front of a huge Rupp Arena crowd. | 18 |
| 24 |  | Arizona State | Sun Devils get a big time win at Kentucky thanks to Sophie Brunner's game winning shot with 6 seconds left in OT. | NR |
| 25 |  | Auburn | Auburn crushed Savannah State in their lone game of the week. Louisiana Tech and Virginia Tech will be tougher. | 25 |
12/12 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 12/12/2016
