| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Notre Dame | The defending national champs started fast against Harvard and cruised to a 103-58 win over the Crimson. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | Huskies overwhelmed Ohio State 85-53 to win their 116th consecutive regular season game. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Ducks survived a down to the wire battle against Syracuse on Saturday in a 75-73 win over the Orange. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor picked up a very good win over Arizona State as the Bears got things rolling offensively late to get the win. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Louisville | Strong start by Louisville as they rolled past Western Kentucky and Chattanooga for a 2-0 week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Stanford | The offense was in top form this week as the Cardinal scored 115 points in a win over Idaho. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | Six players scored in double figures as Tennessee scored 97 points in a win over Presbyterian. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Maryland | Terrapins hit the ground running with two confidence building wins for a young, but very talented team. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oregon State | Destiny Slocum and Mikayla Pivec scored 15 points each to lead Oregon State to a 79-54 win over Cal Poly. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Texas | Texas played great lockdown defense in their season opening win over Duquesne. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State went 2-0 this week and was dominant defensively in a 72-44 win at Virginia. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Missouri | Missouri caught fire in the second half in their season opening 89-64 win over Western Illinois. | 12 |
| 13 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina scored 94 points in a very easy win over Alabama State thanks to a very balanced offensive attack. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Georgia | Georgia was outstanding defensively this week in two very easy wins over St. Bonaventure and Winthrop. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Iowa | Iowa shot well from the perimeter as they made 12 3's in their season opening win over Oral Roberts. | 15 |
| 16 |  | NC State | NC State picked up two methodical wins over Belmont and Kent State to start the season 2-0. | 16 |
| 17 |  | DePaul | DePaul knocked off Green Bay 73-64 to win the season opener as they held the Phoenix to 26 second half points. | 17 |
| 18 |  | South Florida | South Florida dominated Ohio State in Columbus to highlight a 2-0 week for the Bulls. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Marquette | Marquette was flawless offensively this week scoring over 100 points twice. A trip to Miami is next up. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami heads into a showdown with Marquette with plenty of confidence after three wins this week. | NR |
| 21 |  | Syracuse split their two games this week beating North Dakota and giving Oregon a great battle in Eugene. | 20 | |
| 22 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies took care of business defensively as they beat Rice and Jacksonville. A game with Syracuse is up next. | 23 |
| 23 |  | California | Cal survived against Houston and went on the road against Penn State and had little trouble in a 75-58 win. | NR |
| 24 |  | Florida State | Seminoles held off their rival Florida on Sunday to finish a 2-0 week to open the 2018-19 season. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State wore down in the third and fourth quarters as they lost to Baylor 65-59 on Sunday night. | 24 |
11/12 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/12/2018
