| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies are humming along offensively as they rolled past Temple and Tulsa. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor prepared well for the showdown with Texas on Monday by crushing Iowa State and Texas Tech. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | Maryland had an excellent road trip to the Hoosier state as the Terps soundly beat Purdue and Indiana. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Mississippi State | Another strong week of basketball for the Bulldogs as they were not tested at all by Auburn and Missouri. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | FSU thoroughly dominated Boston College on the road in Chestnut Hill in their lone game of the week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame soundly beat Virginia Tech in Blacksburg by a score of 76-59. | 8 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina outlasted Kentucky and crushed Arkansas on the road after getting stunned by Tennessee at home. | 4 |
| 8 |  | Oregon State | A good road sweep down in the desert for the Beavers as they held off Arizona State and Arizona this week. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Stanford | Tara Vanderveer won her 1,000th game on Friday night as the Cardinal pounded USC 58-42. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Texas | The Longhorns head down to Waco on Monday to face Baylor, riding the heels of a 16 game winning streak. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Washington | Washington crushed Utah on Friday night and had to battle to knock off Colorado on Sunday. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Louisville | Cold shooting did in Louisville against NC State as the Cardinals shot 32.4 percent from the floor in a 72-70 loss. | 7 |
| 13 |  | Ohio State | Kelsey Mitchell's 32 points paced the Buckeyes to an easy 96-68 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Miami (FL) | Hurricanes head coach Katie Meier won her 300th game on Thursday night as Miami whipped Wake Forest 79-56. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils continue to play excellent defense as they stifled Clemson and Virginia this week. | 16 |
| 16 |  | DePaul | DePaul took St. John's best shot and survived on Friday and then the Blue Demons routed Seton Hall. | 17 |
| 17 |  | UCLA | UCLA couldn’t overcome a slow start at Cal on Friday night and the Bruins fell to the Golden Bears 80-77. | 13 |
| 18 |  | North Carolina State | The Wolfpack were very efficient offensively as they got a huge win at Louisville. | 19 |
| 19 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse has now won four in a row and they are starting to put everything together at both ends of the court. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma finished the regular season sweep of Oklahoma State with a well earned 66-60 win. | 23 |
| 21 |  | Tennessee | The Lady Vols step up in a big way to shock South Carolina in Columbia, but did stumble at Georgia. | NR |
| 22 |  | Kentucky | Wildcats can't overcome a slow start against South Carolina in a 75-63 loss but responded with a win over Vandy. | 24 |
| 23 |  | Arizona State | ASU put up a nice fight against Oregon State and took care of a pretty good Oregon team for a 1-1 week. | NR |
| 24 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines had to furiously rally from behind to beat Iowa 72-70 on Sunday in a nail biter. | 25 |
| 25 |  | South Florida | The Bulls struggled big time offensively in a 62-57 upset loss at Memphis on Sunday. | 18 |
2/6 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/06/2017
