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 | |
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Mon, 01/30/2017