| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | UConn followed up the Notre Dame win with dominant performances against Saint Louis and Seton Hall. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor took the week off and will be back in action next week on Wednesday against Morehead State. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame got back on track with an efficient 72-56 win at Toledo on Saturday. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Louisville | Asia Durr's 32 points led the Cardinals to their 3rd straight win over Kentucky. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Mississippi State | Mississippi State picked up another quality win as they survived a tough test from Marquette in a 87-82 win. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Maryland | Maryland cruised past James Madison 87-63 on Saturday as the Terrapins scored 40 points off of 23 turnovers. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee heads into a well deserved week off with two wins over Stetson and at Texas. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Oregon State | Oregon State crushed Santa Clara 82-31 to improve to 7-1 on the season. The Beavers held the Broncos to 18.3 percent shooting. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Oregon | Oregon suffered their first loss of the season at Michigan State as the Spartans shredded the Ducks for 88 points. | 2 |
| 10 |  | NC State | NC State continues to methodically take care of business this week with wins over Hampton and Georgetown. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Stanford | Stanford was off this week and will be back in action December 15 at home against Baylor. | 10 |
| 12 |  | California | The Golden Bears had their backs against the wall at Saint Mary's but rallied from 15 down to get the win. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Minnesota | Minnesota picked up two more wins as they blew out Incarnate Word and held off a tough challenge from Boston College. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse lit up Maryland Eastern Shore with 16 three point shots as they rolled to a 96-51 win. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Texas | The Longhorns put up a much better fight this week against Tennessee than they did against Miss. State, but still fell short. | 13 |
| 16 |  | Marquette | Allazia Blockton is now the leading scorer in Marquette history as the Golden Eagles beat Northwestern to split their two games. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Iowa | Iowa outlasted Iowa State to win the annual CY-Hawk game over the Cyclones to highlight a 2-0 week. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State soundly beat Southern and Colorado State as the Sun Devils continue to dominate at the defensive end of the court. | 18 |
| 19 |  | DePaul | It was a good three game sweep of the week for DePaul as they beat Temple, Northwestern, and won at Oklahoma. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Michigan State | Jenna Allen's 27 points led Michigan State to an 88-82 win over a very explosive Oregon team on Sunday. | NR |
| 21 |  | Missouri | Missouri took care of business against UMKC and Saint Louis but it wasn’t easy. South Dakota is next up on December 15. | 24 |
| 22 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky has to settle for a split this week as they beat Rhode Island and lost a hard fought game at Louisville. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Miami (FL) | Beatrice Mompremier's 16 points led Miami to a dominant 78-38 win over New Orleans. | 25 |
| 24 |  | Iowa State | Cyclones took Iowa down to the wire but lost to the Hawkeyes 73-70. They did bounce back to rout North Dakota 87-35. | 21 |
| 25 |  | Drake | Drake dropped a tough one on the road against South Dakota State, losing 80-71 to the Jackrabbits. | 20 |
12/10 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 12/10/2018
