| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | Huskies survived a tough battle against Texas and slept walk against Tulsa, but still won going away. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Mississippi State | Bulldogs crushed Tennessee in Knoxville on Sunday to take command of the SEC. | 4 |
| 3 |  | Baylor | Baylor swept Iowa State and Kansas State as they continue to play outstanding defense. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Louisville | Louisville ran into a tough minded FSU that grinded the tempo down in their favor and beat the Cardinals 50-49. | 2 |
| 5 |  | Florida State | Seminoles picked up a huge win at Louisville 50-49 as they did an outstanding job against the Cardinals. | 13 |
| 6 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame did a nice job against Tennessee and dominated Clemson. | 8 |
| 7 |  | Oregon | Oregon split their two games with Oregon State this week, which is a solid overall result for the Ducks. | 6 |
| 8 |  | UCLA | UCLA grinded two wins over California and Stanford with a strong defensive effort in both games. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee couldn’t get anything going this week in two tough losses against Notre Dame and Mississippi State. | 5 |
| 10 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina was on point offensively on the road at Vanderbilt and Kentucky this week. | 9 |
| 11 |  | Texas | Texas gave UConn a great battle in Austin but fell short 75-71. They did respond by crushing Texas Tech. | 10 |
| 12 |  | Missouri | Missouri has won four in a row after sweeping Ole Miss and Arkansas this week. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies respond well after losing to Georgia by beating Alabama 73-54. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Ohio State | Buckeyes dropped their rematch at home against Michigan 84-75 and will play at Maryland on Monday. | 12 |
| 15 |  | Maryland | Maryland survived a stiff test from Indiana and now look forward to battling Ohio State on Monday night. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Michigan | Wolverines beat Ohio State 84-75 in Columbus and then demolished Illinois. | 18 |
| 17 |  | Oregon State | Beavers picked up a split against a very good Oregon team as they are continuing to get better. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Georgia | Bulldogs are now 17-2 on the season and have a huge game against Missouri on Thursday night. | NR |
| 19 |  | Duke | Blue Devils took the first game of the week at Virginia Tech, but dropped one on Sunday to North Carolina. | 16 |
| 20 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay had no problem with Detroit and Oakland this week as they scored 80 plus points in both games. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Oklahoma State | Cowgirls picked up two tough, hard fought wins against West Virginia and Oklahoma. | NR |
| 22 |  | Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast keeps on rolling as they beat USC Upstate and Kennesaw State this week. | 22 |
| 23 |  | West Virginia | Another split for West Virginia as they lost at Oklahoma State but knocked off Iowa State. | 17 |
| 24 |  | California | Golden Bears drop a tough one at UCLA and bounced back nicely against USC to win a close one. | 24 |
| 25 |  | TCU | Horned Frogs have put together a nice 13-5 start to this season and are 4-3 in Big 12 play. | NR |
1/22 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 01/22/2018
