| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame took Oregon State's best shot and rallied to beat the Beavers and win the Vancouver Showcase. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | A flawless week for UConn as they swept all three games at the Paradise Jam thanks to outstanding defense. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Ducks cruised to the Saint Mary's Thanksgiving Classic title routing UC Riverside and Saint Mary's. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Baylor | Baylor swept their two games at the South Point Thanksgiving shootout in Vegas to improve to 6-0. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Louisville | Louisville rolled past Boise State and Hartford and survived a nail-biter against Arizona State. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Stanford | Stanford is playing a very balanced brand of basketball as they swept all three games over in Hawaii. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Maryland | Maryland grinded out a tough win over Georgia to highlight their trip to Puerto Rico this week. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Mississippi State | MSU was on fire this week in wins over Furman and Jackson State as they scored over 100 points in both games. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State knocked off South Carolina and held up well against Notre Dame at the Vancouver Showcase. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Tennessee | It wasn't easy but Tennessee rallied from a 12 point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat UAB to win the Junkanoo Jam. | 8 |
| 11 |  | Texas | Texas survived a scare against Quinnipiac and went on to win the Gulf Coast Showcase. | 11 |
| 12 |  | NC State | NC State was tested by Michigan State and George Washington down in Cancun and rose to the occasion with two wins. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse picked up a couple of hard fought wins over Kansas State and DePaul to highlight a 3-0 week. | 17 |
| 14 |  | California | Cal beat a pretty good Tulane team to highlight a 2-0 trip to the San Diego Thanksgiving Classic. | 19 |
| 15 |  | South Florida | South Florida struggled offensively all week at the Paradise Jam and the Bulls went a disappointing 1-2. | 14 |
| 16 |  | Iowa | Iowa had an epic comeback against West Virginia, but fell short against a tough Florida State team. | 12 |
| 17 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M got back on track this week with two solid wins over Little Rock and Arkansas State. | 23 |
| 18 |  | DePaul | DePaul beat Princeton and Kansas State with relative ease, but lost a heartbreaker to Syracuse in Cancun. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Minnesota | Minnesota has plenty of confidence right now as they are 5-0 heading into a showdown with Syracuse next week. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Marquette | Marquette rolled past Illinois-Chicago as they racked up 96 points after a car crashed into their regular home court. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State nearly knocked off Louisville and rebounded to crush Southern Illinois to get a split in Las Vegas. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Miami (FL) | Hurricanes responded to the Iowa State loss by knocking off Nebraska and Temple this week. | 15 |
| 23 |  | Iowa State | Cyclones are on a roll to start the season as they are 5-0 with wins over Auburn and Miami. | NR |
| 24 |  | Missouri | Missouri went 3-1 this week as they beat Quinnipiac and Duke, but lost to Michigan down at the Gulf Coast Showcase. | 20 |
| 25 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina dropped a pair of games against Oregon State and Drake to fall to 3-3 on the season. | 16 |
11/26 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/26/2018
