| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Huskies swept through UCF and Houston without any problem. Texas is up next on Monday night. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Louisville | Cardinals picked up their first win at home over a top 5 team as they crushed Notre Dame 100-67. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Baylor | Bears keep on cruising through the Big 12 as they have arguably the best post play in the country. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State is now 19-0 after taking care of Alabama 75-61 on Sunday afternoon. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Tennessee | Lady Vols had an interesting week, losing to Texas A&M but controlling South Carolina 86-70 in Columbia. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Oregon | Ducks swept the Arizona schools and now have a big Civil War week with two games against Oregon State. | 9 |
| 7 |  | UCLA | Bruins took care of business on the road this week as they swept Utah and Colorado. | 13 |
| 8 |  | Notre Dame | Fighting Irish bounced back from the Louisville blowout loss with a nice win over Boston College. | 4 |
| 9 |  | South Carolina | The overall toll of injuries has set in with South Carolina as they missed A'ja Wilson in the loss to Tennessee. | 7 |
| 10 |  | Texas | Texas could not slow down TCU in a 79-77 loss in Forth Worth. The Longhorns did beat Kansas 79-62. UConn is next. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Missouri | No let down for Missouri as they went to Nashville and beat Vanderbilt 81-70. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State did a nice job defensively in a 77-62 win over Indiana. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | Seminoles were outstanding offensively in wins over Miami and Virginia Tech. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M finally knocked down the door against a ranked opponent with a win over Tennessee. | 16 |
| 15 |  | Maryland | Maryland lost Blair Watson to an ACL injury and dressed just nine players in a 82-68 loss to Michigan State. | 10 |
| 16 |  | Duke | Duke swept Wake Forest and Virginia to improve to 14-4 on the season. | 17 |
| 17 |  | West Virginia | Mountaineers split their two games this week, beating Kansas and falling to a red-hot TCU team. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Michigan | Wolverines battled it out in two tough games but finished the job with wins over Indiana and Nebraska. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Oregon State | Beavers respond well at home with two wins over the Arizona schools. Oregon is up next in the Civil War. | 25 |
| 20 |  | Iowa | Iowa couldn’t quite slowdown Purdue offensively in a 76-70 loss at home on Saturday. | 18 |
| 21 |  | Green Bay | Phoenix keep getting the job done defensively as they beat Youngstown State and Cleveland State this week. | NR |
| 22 |  | Florida Gulf Coast | Eagles are 16-3 on the season and have emerged as a top mid-major team this season with a fun style of play. | NR |
| 23 |  | Stanford | Stanford swept the Washington schools as the Cardinal are gradually getting into a groove. | 24 |
| 24 |  | California | Cal had to work for it in both games this week against Washington and Washington State, but got the job done. | NR |
| 25 |  | South Florida | Bulls picked up two good, solid wins against Temple and UCF to improve to 3-1 in AAC play and 14-4 on the year. | NR |
1/15 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/15/2018
