| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut picked up their 83rd straight conference win after beating Memphis 97-49. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Louisville | Cardinals are now 16-0 after sweeping two tough road games at Georgia Tech and NC State. | 2 |
| 3 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina escapes at home against Texas A&M with a 61-59 victory over the Aggies. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor hit the ground running in Big 12 play as they swept Kansas State and Texas Tech. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi State | MSU did a nice job of going on the road in their SEC opener at Georgia and dominating all day long. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame continues to roll offensively as they swept Syracuse and Wake Forest this week to start ACC play. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee started fast at Kentucky and cruised to a 63-47 victory in Lexington. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Texas | Texas survived a nice test from Oklahoma and then was excellent defensively in a win over West Virginia. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | Oregon swept the Washington schools and Sabrina Ionescu set the NCAA Triple Double record on Sunday. | 11 |
| 10 |  | UCLA | UCLA lost to Stanford and recovered to thump California to secure a road split. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Maryland | Maryland swept Illinois and Penn State to start Big Ten play off on the right foot. | 12 |
| 12 |  | West Virginia | Mountaineers split their two Big 12 road games at TCU and Texas. | 9 |
| 13 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State did a nice job defensively at Nebraska and beat Indiana at home on Sunday. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Florida State | Another good week for the Seminoles as they dominated Jacksonville and North Carolina. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Missouri | Tigers grind out a tough win at Alabama to improve to 13-1 on the season. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Oregon State | Beavers keep the momentum going with two wins over Washington and Washington State. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Duke | Duke beat Liberty and fell short in a hard fought game at Miami. | 13 |
| 18 |  | Iowa | Hawkeyes pick up a nice win over Michigan and will get a shot at Maryland next week. | 22 |
| 19 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State had no problem with Texas Tech and outlasted Kansas State on Sunday. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Michigan | Michigan split their games with Penn State and Iowa as the Hawkeyes were too much offensively on Sunday. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Stanford | Cardinal return to the top 25 after sweeping UCLA and USC at home this week. | NR |
| 22 |  | California | California knocked off USC, but struggled shooting the ball in a loss on Sunday to UCLA. | 20 |
| 23 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies almost take down South Carolina in a 61-59 heartbreaking loss in Columbia. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Villanova | Villanova lost for the first time at Creighton but responded well by beating Providence. | 21 |
| 25 |  | South Florida | South Florida dominated Tulane to start AAC play as they beat the Green Wave 75-46. | 25 |
1/1 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/01/2018
