| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Notre Dame | Jackie Young's 28 points led a balanced attack for Notre Dame as they pulled away from DePaul on Saturday. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | UConn hammered Vanderbilt 80-42 for their second win of the season on Saturday. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Ducks swept their two games this week and beat a very good Buffalo team by 20 points to highlight the week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor routed Southern 94-49, led by Honesty Scott Grayson's 15 points to lead the Bears' offensive attack. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Louisville | Louisville had the week off and will get back on the court on Monday night in Boise against Boise State. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Stanford | Kianna Williams' 21 points led the Cardinal to a 96-62 win over San Francisco to improve to 3-0 on the season. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Maryland | Maryland picked up their 23rd win against a top ten team under Coach Brenda Frese as they sprinted past South Carolina 85-61. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | Lady Vols continue to dominate as they had little trouble with UNC-Asheville and Florida A&M. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Oregon State | The Beavers knocked down 15 three-point shots in a 89-56 win over Saint Mary's on Saturday night. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Mississippi State | Bulldogs were on fire offensively this week as they scored over 100 points against Lamar and Coppin State. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Texas | Two solid wins for Texas over North Texas and McNeese State as the Longhorns played very well defensively. | 10 |
| 12 |  | Iowa | Iowa was rock solid offensively this week as they blew past Western Kentucky and NC Central. | 15 |
| 13 |  | NC State | NC State continues to play good, sound basketball as they swept their two games this week to improve to 4-0. | 16 |
| 14 |  | South Florida | South Florida picked up another win over a Power Five conference school as they routed Oklahoma 87-70. | 18 |
| 15 |  | Miami (FL) | Miami picked up a nice resume building win over Marquette, 63-55, on Thursday night. | 20 |
| 16 |  | South Carolina | Gamecocks couldn't slow down Maryland in the first half as the Terrapins put the game away with a big second quarter. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse held up well against Texas A&M as the Aggies gave them a good test for four quarters. | 21 |
| 18 |  | DePaul | DePaul just didn’t have enough defensively to slow down Notre Dame in the third and fourth quarter on Saturday. | 17 |
| 19 |  | California | Cal is now 4-0 on the season after beating BYU and Pacific by double digits and were very efficient at both ends of the court. | 23 |
| 20 |  | Missouri | Missouri has some to work to do offensively as they narrowly beat Missouri State and lost to Green Bay 56-49. | 12 |
| 21 |  | Marquette | Marquette played well against Miami but just couldn’t quite get enough going offensively to win. | 19 |
| 22 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State got ready for their Louisville showdown by winning an 88-85 shootout over Arkansas in Fayetteville. | 25 |
| 23 |  | Texas A&M | Aggies dropped a hard fought neutral site game against Syracuse as they lost 75-65 to the Orange. | 22 |
| 24 |  | Minnesota | Minnesota is now 3-0 on the season as Coach Lindsay Whalen has the Golden Gophers playing well so far in 2018. | NR |
| 25 |  | Georgia | Georgia learned some valuable lessons this week in losses to UCLA and Georgia Tech. | 14 |
11/19 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/19/2018
