| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor stays on the top spot after Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims led the way over #2 Notre Dame. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame had a tough task going on the road and playing Baylor. They lost, but looked pretty good. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut rolled over Pacific last week and host a big game on Tuesday night against Stanford. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Stanford | Stanford has been tested, but has looked very good. A win at Connecticut could move the Cardinal up the rankings. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M has played great defense and added quite a few points while they were at it. Temple is in trouble. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee lost to Virginia on Sunday, but the team may learn something. They better be quick with Baylor next. | 3 |
| 7 |  | Duke | Duke found another scoring option in Tricia Liston, but they face their toughest competition this week. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Georgia | UGA got a nice win last weekend against USC and they have another good game against Georgetown this weekend. | 11 |
| 9 |  | Maryland | Maryland is now 4-0 and that record should increase to 7-0 by the end of the week. | 15 |
| 10 |  | Miami | Miami was tied at Tennessee at half time before losing by 16. The Great Alaska Shootout will be another good test. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Louisville | Louisville lost to Texas A&M last week, but that's not a bad loss. They have a big showdown with FSU this weekend. | 7 |
| 12 |  | Rutgers | Thanks to Khadijah Rushdan Rutgers beat La Salle on Saturday. Lehigh and Georgia Tech await this week. | 16 |
| 13 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky is scoring a ton of points so far this season and three relatively easy games this week won't stop that. | 17 |
| 14 |  | Penn State | Penn State lost to Elena Delle Donne and Delaware, but came back with a nice victory over South Carolina. | 12 |
| 15 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma snuck past New Mexico, but a huge game against Ohio State is on tap this Sunday. | 18 |
| 16 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina hasn't played anybody good yet and they don't this week either. They'll leave Chapel Hill sometime. | 19 |
| 17 |  | LSU | After beating Georgetown, LSU lost to Tulane in overtime. We'll learn more this week about LSU's consistency. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Purdue | The Purdue defense has been splendid and they have enough scorers to beat nearly anybody right now. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Delaware | After knocking off Penn State, Elena Delle Donne and company have Delaware making noise on the national level. | NR |
| 20 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown has a couple tough losses already this season and it won't get much easier this week. | 9 |
| 21 |  | Texas | Texas is not as good as Stanford and better than cupcakes. We'll learn more about UT this weekend in Hawaii. | 24 |
| 22 |  | Florida State | It was not a good week for FSU, who lost twice. The early schedule is tough, so do not give up on them yet. | 13 |
| 23 |  | Texas Tech | Texas Tech has a couple nice wins against New Mexico and Houston and this week they host a little tournament. | NR |
| 24 |  | USC | USC had to play catch up all game against Georgia and couldn't get the job done. The job is harder at Notre Dame. | 21 |
| 25 |  | UCLA | After a couple easy wins and a blowout loss at the hands of Baylor, we will learn more about UCLA this week. | 25 |
11/21 Women's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 11/20/2011
