| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies dominated East Carolina 90-45 to win their 89th consecutive game. USF is next on Tuesday night. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor got two very resounding wins on the round at West Virginia and Oklahoma State this week. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | Maryland built off the UConn performance with two strong wins over Nebraska and Northwestern. | 3 |
| 4 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks get a big win on the road at Florida on Sunday but the injury to A'ja Wilson's ankle will hurt. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State continues to grow as a team and find ways to win like they did at Tennessee on Sunday. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame responded to the NC State loss in style with three conference wins, including a win at Miami. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals suffered a tough loss at Duke, but bounced back to beat Virginia and Pittsburgh. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Florida State | FSU had an up and down as they were outstanding against UNC and Duke, but were flat against NC State. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Washington | Kelsey Plum and the Huskies pick up a very nice sweep over USC and UCLA to move to 16-2 on the season. | 12 |
| 10 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State picks up their first ever win at Stanford in dramatic fashion, winning in double overtime on Sunday. | 14 |
| 11 |  | Ohio State | OSU win two hard fought games against Northwestern and Michigan to hit the ground running in Big Ten play. | 10 |
| 12 |  | Texas | The Longhorns are starting to get locked in defensively as they have now won eight games in a row. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Stanford | Stanford drops a tough one at home to Oregon State 72-69 in a very well played double overtime contest. | 11 |
| 14 |  | UCLA | It was a rough weekend in the state of Washington for the Bruins as they lost to Wazzu and Washington. | 9 |
| 15 |  | Duke | Blue Devils hold serve against Louisville at home but were dominated at Florida State on Sunday. | 16 |
| 16 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia grinded their way to a split this week as they knocked off Oklahoma on Sunday. | 15 |
| 17 |  | South Florida | South Florida heads into the UConn game with plenty of momentum after wins over Tulane and Tulsa. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami went 2-1 this week with wins at Pittsburgh and NC State and a loss at home to Notre Dame. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Virginia Tech | The Hokies are now 15-0 after two conference wins over North Carolina and Clemson. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Arizona State | Sun Devils were excellent this weekend at Utah and Colorado as the Rocky Mountain road trip is never easy. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma had to battle to the end to beat Kansas State on Wednesday and fell short at West Virginia. | 18 |
| 22 |  | DePaul | Blue Demons won three Big East games this week playing different styles tempo wise, which is a good sign. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse got defensive this week as they locked down Virginia, Clemson and Boston College without much trouble. | NR |
| 24 |  | Green Bay | The Phoenix are in a nice groove at the defensive end of the court and will be very dangerous the rest of the season. | NR |
| 25 |  | Kansas State | The Wildcats lose a tough one at Oklahoma, but salvage a split against a tough Texas Tech team. | 25 |
1/9 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/09/2017
