| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor enjoyed the break atop the rankings, but Missouri and Iowa State hope to open things up a bit in the Big 12. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Waiting for the next huge women's basketball game? Notre Dame takes on Uconn on Saturday evening. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford got the sweep traveling to Southern California. The story should be the same hosting the Oregon schools. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies lost the big showdown with Baylor, but now they will get a shot at conference foe Notre Dame. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | Maryland handed Delaware their first loss of the year on Thursday and now the ACC fun begins with a trip to FSU. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes won their first conference road test at Wisconsin. This week they travel to Michigan. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | Few teams are as road tested as Tennessee, but they'll get a couple home games this week before another trip. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Georgia | We will find out if Georgia are really worthy of a top ten ranking at Tennessee on Thursday. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown resumes Big East play with what promises to be a fun one against DePaul on Tuesday night. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M opens up Big 12 play with a trip to Kansas State followed by a home game against Oklahoma. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Duke | Duke begins conference play with an interesting game agaisnt Virginia on Monday followed by a trip to Wake Forest. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky's week started off with a tough loss to Middle Tennessee, but then they got a nice win at Florida. | 8 |
| 13 |  | Miami | Miami heads to North Carolina for one of the best games in a slew of good ACC contests on Monday night. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Louisville | Louisville gets a little bit of a break early in Big East play, but few Big East games will be easy. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Texas Tech | TTU nearly had a holiday letdown Friday against San Diego, but they remain undefeated thanks to Kierra Mallard. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers will get back into the groove after playing just one game over the last couple of weeks. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay had a nice conference start, but the next three are on the road. Watch out for WSU and Detroit. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Nebraska | Last week we wondered if Nebraska was for real. They left Happy Valley with a win. Now the Big Ten tests continue. | 25 |
| 19 |  | Delaware | Delaware fell to Maryland, but this is still a team with a great resume. The RPI will dip during conference play. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga are looking strong with WCC play underway, but St. Mary's and BYU won't go down without a fight. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Purdue | Purdue snuck past Minnesota at home and will be tested at Illinois and against Wisconsin this week. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Texas | Texas finished non-conference play with a solid 10-2 record...now they want to get off to a good start in the Big 12. | 22 |
| 23 |  | DePaul | DePaul has been pretty hot lately, but they are about to run into a very hot Georgetown team on Tuesday. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Penn State | Penn State had a tough game at home against Nebraska in a 63-71 loss. A trip to Madison is up next. | 14 |
| 25 |  | Virginia | Playing Duke and North Carolina three days apart is a great way for Virginia to emerge as a real player in the ACC. | 24 |
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Sun, 01/01/2012
