| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | The Bears escaped Ames with a win on Saturday, but it may not be so easy against Texas this weekend. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish survived a thrilling overtime game against Uconn to take the early lead in the always exciting Big East. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford survived the Oregon schools coming to Palo Alto, but now they have to take the new trip out East. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Maryland | It took an overtime effort against UNC, but Maryland ended their week with three quality victories. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee is looking like Tennessee again, but games against Kentucky and Vanderbilt this week will be tough. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies may have lost to Notre Dame on Saturday, but they will have at least one chance for revenge. | 4 |
| 7 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky has a couple huge games this week, hosting Tennessee and traveling to South Carolina. | 12 |
| 8 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State lost a tough road game at Michigan and this week they have to head back to the state of Michigan. | 6 |
| 9 |  | Duke | Duke got the best of Virginia, Wake Forest and N.C. State last week. This week FSU and VT await. | 11 |
| 10 |  | Texas Tech | Texas Tech remained undefeated despite strong efforts from Oklahoma State and Missouri. Okie is next. | 15 |
| 11 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers started Big East with a couple wins last week, but it'll get tougher with Pitt and Louisville next. | 16 |
| 12 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs did not look at the same level as Tennessee on Thursday night, but this is still a good team. | 8 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies lost last week on the road to a surging Kansas State squad, but they won't lose too many. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown followed up their loss to DePaul with a nice road win at USF. Notre Dame awaits on Tuesday. | 9 |
| 15 |  | Miami | Miami lost a heartbreaker to UNC and have a trio of big games coming up this week. | 13 |
| 16 |  | Nebraska | It turns out the Big Ten got a boost in basketball from the addition of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are 3-0. | 18 |
| 17 |  | Purdue | The Big Ten slate may not have started out too difficult for Purdue, but they are winning games. | 21 |
| 18 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay keeps taking care of business, but the conference slate gets tough with trips to WSU and Detroit. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Delaware | There are few teams in the CAA that could give Delaware a challenge, but it's almost easy for the Blue Hens for now. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Louisville | Louisville got tripped up on the road at Rutgers. They better fix that soon with road trips to Rutgers and G'town. | 14 |
| 21 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga has had little trouble with most teams in the WCC, but St. Mary's is coming up on Saturday. | 20 |
| 22 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks have won eight games in a row and are playing some great basketball right now. | NR |
| 23 |  | North Carolina | Beating Miami and Virginia and taking Maryland to overtime is enough to get the Tar Heels back into the top 25. | NR |
| 24 |  | LSU | LSU has yet to hit the heart of the SEC slate, but they are winning games. South Carolina and Florida are up this week. | NR |
| 25 |  | DePaul | DePaul had a huge victory at Georgetown on Tuesday before being upset at Providence on Saturday. | 23 |
1/9 Women's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 01/08/2012
