| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor keeps winning and winning big. It should be no different this week against Milwaukee and St. John's. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish had little trouble last week, but Marquette and Purdue could give the Irish a couple closer games. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Connecticut | It's a big week for Uconn who host Texas A&M on Tuesday and start conference play against Seton Hall on Friday. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Stanford | Stanford has just one game this week against Princeton, but the big game against Tennessee looms. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | Maryland remains undefeated after knocking off Michigan and American last week. They should get to 11-0. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Georgia | Georgia is handling the lesser competition without any issues and got a nice victory over rival Georgia Tech. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee looked better last week, beating MTSU and Texas, but the schedule never lightens up. | 9 |
| 8 |  | Miami | Miami went to East Lansing and knocked off MSU last week. The schedule this week is highlighted by Rutgers. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M is a little down after losing on the road to Purdue. They can make up for it with a trip to Uconn. | 4 |
| 10 |  | Duke | Duke had a nice week, beating Purdue and Pittsburgh. Now they must face a solid Kentucky squad. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Kentucky | It is always a big game when Kentucky plays Louisville, but the Wildcats aboslutely dominated them on Sunday. | 13 |
| 12 |  | Purdue | Purdue faced a couple top ten teams last week, beating Duke and losing to Texas A&M. #2 ND is on Saturday. | 16 |
| 13 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers remained perfect by beating Temple and Florida last week. A trip south to take on Miami will be tougher. | 12 |
| 14 |  | Penn State | Penn State followed up their big win over UNC with a tough loss at Texas Tech. Virginia Tech awaits on Tuesday. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State has won some nailbiters, but the important thing is that they are winning. | 21 |
| 16 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown usually wins ugly, but they usually win too. A trip to Pittsburgh for the conference opener is next. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Louisville | Louisville's offense could not get going against Kentucky on Sunday. The Cardinals get some time off now. | 11 |
| 18 |  | Texas Tech | Texas Tech snuck by Penn State on Sunday and the big game this week is against another Big Ten opponent. | 22 |
| 19 |  | Delaware | Delaware does not have too many tough games on the schedule, but winning at Wake Forest would be nice. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay got a couple nice resume building wins last week against Marquette and Northern Iowa. | 23 |
| 21 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina's defense disappeared when they faced Penn State. They'll get back on the right track this week. | 15 |
| 22 |  | DePaul | DePaul has three games this week, including a huge one at Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. | 24 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma has two losses, but they were to Vanderbilt and Ohio State. Neither of those are bad losses at all. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt won a lot of games last week, but the earlier victory over Oklahoma is still the big one. | NR |
| 25 |  | Virginia | Virginia knocked off Indiana and Richmond last week to sneak into the top 25. They will need to keep winning. | NR |
12/5 Women's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 12/04/2011
