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