| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut handled South Carolina on Monday and they narrowly beat Tulane after having an off shooting night. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Maryland | Maryland tuned up for its showdown with Ohio State by crushing Wisconsin 89-40. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State was able to grind out two wins over Georgia and Texas A&M this week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor took it to Oklahoma State on Saturday 89-67. A rematch with Texas is next on Monday. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Notre Dame | The Fighting Irish took Syracuse's best shot and got a big road win on Sunday at the Carrier Dome. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Texas | The Longhorns get a quality split of road games at Florida State and Oklahoma this week. | 8 |
| 7 |  | South Carolina | It was a tough week for South Carolina as they lost at UConn on Monday and Missouri on Sunday. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Florida State | The double overtime loss to Texas spilled over to a loss at Virginia on Thursday night. | 4 |
| 9 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes are now winners of nine straight as they cruised past Nebraska and now get ready for Maryland. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Stanford | The Cardinal get the sweep of Bay Area rival California this week in a couple of very rock solid performances. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Asia Durr's 28 points led the Cardinals to a convincing 87-57 win over North Carolina. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Oregon State | OSU used a 19-2 run to put away Utah on Sunday for their 3rd win in a row. Stanford is up next on Friday night. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Washington | UW gets out of LA with a split as they knocked off USC and couldn’t shut down a UCLA team that needed a win. | 9 |
| 14 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils are now 16-0 at home as they picked up a key ACC conference win over Miami on Sunday. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | The Sooners win their seventh straight home against Texas as Oklahoma won a nail biter 74-73 on Saturday. | 18 |
| 16 |  | DePaul | DePaul falls to Marquette for the second time this season in a 96-81 loss to the Golden Eagles on Sunday. | 15 |
| 17 |  | UCLA | The Bruins step up in a big way to beat Washington on Friday night and had little trouble with Wazzu as well. | 23 |
| 18 |  | Miami (FL) | A rough start to the third quarter was the difference in a 83-70 loss on the road against a very good Duke team. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky was relentless defensively in a 67-48 win over Florida on Sunday. Miss. State is next up on Thursday. | 20 |
| 20 |  | North Carolina State | Wolfpack split two games this week as they handled BC on the road, but couldn’t slow down Wake Forest on Sunday. | 17 |
| 21 |  | Drake | Drake is one of the hottest teams in the nation as they have won 16 straight games and are continuing to get better. | NR |
| 22 |  | Syracuse | Orange started fast against Notre Dame but just did not have enough defensively in the 4th quarter to get the win. | 21 |
| 23 |  | Temple | The Owls pick up a very important road win at USF to lock in its place as the second best team in the AAC. | NR |
| 24 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies are going to be fine in the long run despite the hard fought loss at home to Miss. State on Sunday afternoon. | NR |
| 25 |  | Michigan | The Wolverines soundly lose two games against Indiana and Michigan State, teams that were desperate for a big win. | 19 |
2/20 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/20/2017
