Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Connecticut dominated South Carolina 83-58 and had no trouble with Cincinnati on Sunday. | 1 | |
2 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State survived a tough challenge from Missouri to improve to 23-0 on the season. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Baylor was pushed a little bit by Oklahoma State but the Bears pulled away for a solid victory. | 3 | |
4 | Louisville | Louisville had a very productive week with two wins at Virginia and Syracuse. | 4 | |
5 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame snapped Duke's 30 game home winning streak with a 72-54 win over the Blue Devils. | 5 | |
6 | UCLA | Bruins defended at a high level against USC as they limited the Trojans to 46 points on Friday night. | 8 | |
7 | South Carolina | Gamecocks took their best shot at Uconn, but fell short and have a big test against Miss. State on Monday. | 7 | |
8 | Texas | The Longhorns had a very nice week, beating Kansas and TCU. | 11 | |
9 | Oregon | Ducks destroyed California but couldn’t slow down Stanford late in the game on Sunday. | 6 | |
10 | Tennessee | Tennessee took it to Texas A&M in Knoxville 82-67 and then beat Vanderbilt 74-64 in Nashville. | 13 | |
11 | Maryland | Maryland routed Rutgers and held off Nebraska in Lincoln to pick up two more wins. | 12 | |
12 | Florida State | Seminoles were surprised by NC State and recovered to beat Pittsburgh. | 9 | |
13 | Texas A&M | Aggies drop a tough one at Tennessee and beat Auburn at home to salvage a split this week. | 10 | |
14 | Stanford | Cardinal are back in the mix for the Pac-12 title after sweeping the Oregon schools. | NR | |
15 | Michigan | Wolverines dropped two close games against Purdue and Rutgers this week. | 14 | |
16 | Oregon State | Oregon State dropped a heart breaker to Stanford and destroyed California. | 15 | |
17 | Ohio State | Buckeyes pick up a decisive win over Penn State and grinded one out in a win over Wisconsin. | 20 | |
18 | Georgia | Georgia suffered its first road loss at LSU and came back home to beat Ole Miss. | 16 | |
19 | Missouri | Missouri gave Mississippi State a heck of a battle but fell short 57-53. | 17 | |
20 | Duke | Blue Devils split two home games with Georgia Tech and Notre Dame. | 18 | |
21 | Green Bay | Green Bay has won ten in a row after beating Northern Kentucky and Wright State this week. | 19 | |
22 | South Florida | Bulls beat Tulsa and Tulane on the road this week to improve to 18-5 on the season. | NR | |
23 | North Carolina State | Wolfpack are now 19-5 this season as they have quietly put themselves in position to make noise in the tourney. | NR | |
24 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State performed well against Baylor in a loss and cruised past Kansas on Saturday. | 24 | |
25 | DePaul | Blue Demons have picked things up in conference play and are now at the top of the Big East standings. | NR | |
2/5 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 02/05/2018