| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor domianted the competition over the first weekend and that will not likely end any time soon. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish had a little trouble pulling away from Mississippi Valley State and Detroit and SHSU won't go away easily. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee is not going light on the schedule early in the season. This week they take on Miami and Virginia. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut had an easy time against Holy Cross and that should continue this week when Uconn hosts Pacific. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Stanford | Coming off a nice win against Texas, Stanford will tune-up for the big Uconn showdown against GU and ODU. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M had little trouble with Lamar in the season opener, but now they have a tough one against Louisville. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Louisville | A huge non-conference game that will shake up the top ten happens Tuesday as Louisville heads to Texas A&M. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Duke | Duke got all it could handle from BYU and it's home crowd. But the Blue Devils got the win. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown got bested by Maryland over the weekend and will have another tough game at LSU. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Miami | Miami got a little practice in last weekend and now they will have to travel to Tennessee for a huge top ten game. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Georgia | Georgia takes on Georgia Southern and Charleston this week and should continue their winning ways. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Penn State | Penn State tallied a couple home wins over the weekend and now will try and add to their total on the road. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | Florida State knocked off Minnesota before losing to Arkansas in the WBI Tipoff Classic. They take on Florida next. | 13 |
| 14 |  | LSU | LSU opens their season on Monday with a trip to Wichita State and hosts a good Georgetown team on Wednesday. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Maryland | Maryland had a huge win over Georgetown on Sunday and will ride that victory for a little while. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers snuck past California on Sunday and have another good game against Boston College on Wednesday. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky got past their first road game last weekend and gets to play in front of the home crowd this week. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Oklahoma | OU crushed Sacramento State during their season opener on Sunday and head to New Mexico this weekend. | 18 |
| 19 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina got a couple easy wins over Gardner-Webb and USC Upstate over the weekend. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Purdue | It took a big second half for Brittany Rayburn and Purdue to pull away from IUPUI in their season opener. | 20 |
| 21 |  | USC | USC got past Fresno State on Friday night and this Friday they will head to Lincoln for a tricky road game. | 21 |
| 22 |  | DePaul | DePaul continues to dominate the opposition at home, but this week they head to Hawaii. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Michigan State | The Spartans had a tough time on the road against Villanova, but they should get back on track at home this week. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Texas | There is no shame in losing to Stanford. Texas gets a couple easier games before the schedule toughens up again. | 24 |
| 25 |  | UCLA | UCLA got past the first two teams in Preseason WNIT. The next step will be more difficult with a trip to Waco. | 25 |
11/14 Women's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 11/13/2011
