| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor remained undefeated with victories over OSU and Texas. A tough road trip to TTU on Wednesday is next. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame survived road games against Georgetown and Cincy last week. This week they stay in South Bend. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford had no trouble with their first road trip to the new Pac-12 schools. This week they host UW and WSU. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Kentucky | It was a great week for Kentucky who knocked off Tennessee at home and beat South Carolina on the road. | 7 |
| 5 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee had a 36 game SEC win streak before Kentucky put an end to that. They already started a new streak. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut rebounded nicely following their loss to Notre Dame, but they have three tough games this week. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing good basketball and managed to beat MSU in East Lansing. Next they head to Lincoln. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Maryland | Maryland's lone game of the week ended in a 75-63 loss to Miami. It was their first loss of the season. | 4 |
| 9 |  | Duke | Duke cruised through a couple ACC foes last week, but a trip to Georgia Tech and a game against Maryland await. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Miami | The Hurricanes handed Maryland their first loss of the season and followed it up with a tough road win at FSU. | 15 |
| 11 |  | Rutgers | There is nothing easy about the Scarlet Knights January slate. If they can make it through, this will be a top 5 team. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Georgia | Georgia got a pair of nice wins last week and a huge matchup against Kentucky looms on Thursday night. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M stumbled against Texas, but should be able to tally some wins over the next couple of weeks. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Purdue | The Boilermakers got a couple nice wins last week and the big game this week will be at home against MSU. | 17 |
| 15 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown lost to Notre Dame, but most teams do. The next big showdown is a Sunday meeting with Louisville. | 14 |
| 16 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay hit the road to face a couple of their closest competitors in the Horizon and came away unscathed. | 18 |
| 17 |  | Delaware | Delaware keeps cruising along, but a trip to Towson on Thursday night could prove to be a tricky contest. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Texas Tech | The Lady Raiders had a tough week, losing to Oklahoma and Kansas State. It won't get any easier with Baylor. | 10 |
| 19 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska ran into a determined Penn State squad on Sunday and now have to head to Ohio State on Thursday. | 16 |
| 20 |  | Kansas State | Kansas State won at Texas Tech last weekend. This weekend they have to go to Waco to try and work their magic. | NR |
| 21 |  | DePaul | DePaul can get themselves back into the Big East mix with a win over Connecticut on Saturday night. | 25 |
| 22 |  | Louisville | Every week in the Big East provides at least one tough game. Unfortunately the Cardinals get those on the road. | 20 |
| 23 |  | Penn State | The Lady Lions had a tough time starting off Big Ten play, but they had a great week with wins over UM and NU. | NR |
| 24 |  | Virginia | Virginia will be really tested this week when they start off playing Maryland and Miami before BC this weekend. | NR |
| 25 |  | LSU | LSU got a nice win over South Carolina before falling to Florida on the road. A trip to Tennessee won't be easy. | 24 |
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Sun, 01/15/2012
