| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | UConn is 20-0 for the 10th time in program history after dominating Houston on Sunday. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | The Bears are putting everything together at both ends of the court as they crushed Kansas State and Oklahoma. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | Maryland had another strong week, beating Illinois and Iowa without much trouble. | 3 |
| 4 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks win the big showdown against Miss. State 64-61 in a very well played basketball game. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | Florida State survived a tough challenge on the road in Atlanta against Georgia Tech for win number 20 on the year. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Mississippi State | The Bulldogs went toe to toe with South Carolina in a tough loss but rebounded to beat Texas A&M. | 5 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals ride their defense to two road wins and they did not allow over 50 points in wins at Clemson and Pitt. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame was tested by both Duke and Virginia at home, but they found a way to win both games. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State had to battle Oregon tooth and nail twice this week but they stepped up and beat the Ducks twice. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal get a critical road sweep as they rallied to beat Washington on Sunday night in Seattle. | 12 |
| 11 |  | Texas | Texas keeps rolling along as they took care of TCU and West Virginia to extend their winning streak to 14. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Washington | The Huskies have little trouble with Cal but fall short against Stanford despite Kelsey Plum's 44 points. | 7 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | UCLA sweeps the Arizona schools to keep pace in the Pac-12 championship race. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State handled Minnesota and Nebraska to stay in contention in the Big Ten conference title race. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami responded with two wins over North Carolina and Boston College to stop a two game losing streak. | 18 |
| 16 |  | Duke | Duke couldn't slow down Brianna Turner last Thursday night at Notre Dame but did crush Wake Forest on Sunday. | 15 |
| 17 |  | DePaul | The Blue Demons win two lower scoring games on the road at Creighton and Providence to get back on track. | 17 |
| 18 |  | South Florida | The Bulls grind out two very close wins on the road at SMU and Temple to improve to 17-3. | 19 |
| 19 |  | North Carolina State | The inability to stop UNC from behind the three-point line cost them in a 83-70 loss to the Tar Heels. | 16 |
| 20 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse picked up a big resume building win at Virginia Tech as they beat the Hokies 82-72 on Sunday. | NR |
| 21 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia beat Texas Tech at home with a nice offensive performance, but struggled at Texas. | 20 |
| 22 |  | Green Bay | Phoenix go on the road and knock off Youngstown State and Cleveland State to move to 10-0 in conference play. | 24 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma started well on Sunday down in Waco but just did not have enough offensively to stay with Baylor. | 22 |
| 24 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky rides a fast start against Ole Miss to an easy 89-57 victory over the Rebels. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines cruise to an 80-54 win over a very good Northwestern team in their lone game of the week. | NR |
1/30 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/30/2017
