| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Huskies take care of Cal and Maryland without much difficulty. UCLA is next on Tuesday night. | 1 |
| 2 |  | South Carolina | Gamecocks outlast Maryland, and dominated Clemson and Wofford. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Louisville | Cardinals add to their impressive resume with wins over Michigan and Oregon to take the Preseason WNIT title. | 5 |
| 4 |  | Texas | The offense is in high gear for the Longhorns as they destroyed McNeese State and UTSA. | 4 |
| 5 |  | UCLA | UCLA was very impressive in attacking a tough Baylor team on Saturday in Los Angeles. | 8 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Fighting Irish pick up two tough road wins at Western Kentucky and Oregon State. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Baylor | Baylor split their two games this week as they ran into a bit of buzzsaw at UCLA. They'll bounce back quickly. | 2 |
| 8 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State got the offense rolling in two easy wins over Georgia State and Southern Miss. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Ohio State | Buckeyes pick up three wins this week, but they have work to do rebounding the basketball. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee dominated James Madison as they scored 89 points. Marquette will be a tough test on Thanksgiving Day. | 12 |
| 11 |  | West Virginia | Mountaineers are in a nice groove offensively as they had no problem with Sacramento State and North Florida. | 14 |
| 12 |  | Oregon | Oregon split two tough road games at Texas A&M and Louisville. This was great prep for the postseason. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Maryland | Maryland is going to be a work in progress, but the South Carolina and UConn losses will help them grow. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Duke | Blue Devils split their two games as they beat High Point and were upset by a feisty Villanova team on Sunday. | 10 |
| 15 |  | South Florida | Bulls lit up Arkansas State for 98 points as they had 22 assists out of 34 made field goals. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Florida State | Seminoles blew past in-state rival Florida 84-54 to highlight a 2-0 week. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Stanford | Cardinal picked up the pace defensively this week as they swept UC Riverside and Cal State Bakersfield. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Michigan | Michigan couldn’t get anything going against an excellent Louisville team on Thursday night. | 16 |
| 19 |  | Marquette | Marquette dropped a nail-biter at New Mexico as the Lobos shot over 50 percent from the field. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies split their two games this week with Louisiana and Oregon. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Oregon State | Beavers torched Utah Valley and gave Notre Dame all they wanted in a hard fought 72-67 loss on Sunday. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Arizona State | ASU has some nice momentum heading into its showdown with Miss. State on Thanksgiving as they are 4-0. | 21 |
| 23 |  | Kentucky | Wildcats take care of business while out on a tricky road trip against Montana and Washington State. | NR |
| 24 |  | Missouri | Tigers grind out two wins over Wright State and Missouri State to improve to 3-1 on the season. | 25 |
| 25 |  | California | Cal could not overcome a fast start by UConn, but responded well in a win over Brown. | 23 |
11/20 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/20/2017
