Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | South Carolina | South Carolina and Dawn Staley kicked the door down and won the national title, holding off Mississippi St in the final. | 4 | |
2 | Mississippi State | An excellent run by the Bulldogs as they shocked UConn in the National Semifinals. | 7 | |
3 | Connecticut | UConn's streak of 111 wins in a row ended against MSU as the Bulldogs were the better team in the Final Four. | 1 | |
4 | Stanford | It was a great season for the Cardinal as they got back to the Final Four thanks to a total team effort all year long. | 6 | |
5 | Baylor | The Bears fall short again in the Elite Eight as they could not find an answer for Morgan William of Mississippi State. | 2 | |
6 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame battled Stanford to the end in the Elite Eight, but fell just short once again to the Cardinal. | 3 | |
7 | Florida State | The Seminoles made it to the Elite Eight before falling to South Carolina in the Stockton Regional. | 11 | |
8 | Maryland | Maryland ran into a buzzsaw in Oregon in the Sweet 16 as the Ducks were too difficult to slow down offensively. | 5 | |
9 | Oregon State | Offense got away from the Beavers in the Sweet 16 against Florida State but the Beavers will be a force for a while. | 8 | |
10 | Ohio State | It was a strong season for Ohio State as they got back to the Sweet 16 before falling to Notre Dame. | 9 | |
11 | Washington | The Huskies got back to the Sweet 16 before falling to Mississippi State and now are looking for a new head coach. | 12 | |
12 | Louisville | The Cardinals were overwhelmed by Baylor in the Sweet 16 as the Bears were close to unstoppable. | 13 | |
13 | UCLA | The Bruins showed well against UConn in the Sweet 16 of the Bridgeport Regional. | 14 | |
14 | Duke | Duke fell to Oregon at home in the second round as they could not slow down Ruthy Hebard of the Ducks. | 10 | |
15 | Texas | Texas has now been to three consecutive regional semifinals for the first time since the 2002-04 seasons. | 18 | |
16 | Oregon | The Ducks had a phenomenal run to the Elite Eight as Kelly Graves has this program really trending upward. | NR | |
17 | Miami (FL) | The Blue Demons were overwhelmed by Mississippi State in the round of 32 in Starkville 92-71. | 16 | |
18 | North Carolina State | The Wolfpack fall in a tough second round battle down in Austin to a very good Texas team. | 20 | |
19 | Drake | The Bulldogs end the season with a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and a first round NCAA Tourney loss. | 19 | |
20 | Creighton | The Blue Jays advanced on to the second round before falling to Oregon State in Corvallis. | 21 | |
21 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma got a nice win over Gonzaga before falling to a red hot shooting Washington team in the second round. | 22 | |
22 | West Virginia | The Mountaineers finished the 2016-17 season very nicely as they made it to the round of 32. | NR | |
23 | Quinnipiac | The Bobcats took the women's college basketball world by storm this March by advancing to the Sweet 16. | NR | |
24 | Syracuse | Syracuse fell to Connecticut in the second round as the Huskies were too tough to slow down all game long. | 25 | |
25 | Kentucky | The Wildcats advanced to the round of 32 before falling at home to Ohio State. | 15 | |
Final Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 04/10/2017