| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor had no trouble with Oklahoma and Kansas last week and Missouri and KSU probably won't threaten either. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame punished Tennessee and are clearly the second best team behind Baylor. They might meet again. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford survived a thrilling overtime game against rival Cal. A trip to Arizona State will be tough as well. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Kentucky | The Kentucky schedule has been pretty easy by SEC standards, but that'll change with a trip to LSU on Sunday. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Connecticut | We will learn a lot about Uconn over the next couple weeks. First up is a trip to Duke before hosting Rutgers. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Duke | Duke had just one game last week, their bi-annual smacking of Clemson. On Monday Connecticut comes to town. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Tennessee | After losing to Notre Dame on Monday, the Lady Vol's rebounded with road wins against Alabama and Georgia. | 5 |
| 8 |  | Miami | Miami had no trouble beating up on some of the bottom feeders in the ACC. That continues this week with Clemson. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Ohio State | The Buckeyes lost on the road to Minnesota, opening up the Big Ten race. They should add a couple W's this week. | 8 |
| 10 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals have a couple tricky road games this week when they travel to DePaul and West Virginia. | 15 |
| 11 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas got a couple good wins last week, first knocking off a tough WVU team on the road and then beating RU. | 19 |
| 12 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay survived a road trip through the state of Indiana last week and now they'll spend some time at home. | 16 |
| 13 |  | Delaware | JMU gave Delaware all it could handle on Sunday and that could be the toughest test this team faces for a while. | 17 |
| 14 |  | Maryland | Maryland lost a shocker at home to Virginia Tech. If they lose at home to BC this week, it'll be time to worry. | 10 |
| 15 |  | Rutgers | Beating DePaul by one and having no offense against G'town was tough. Uconn and ND will be tougher. | 11 |
| 16 |  | Purdue | Purdue was surprised at Iowa on Saturday. Nebraska is up next and they are looking to get back in the title mix. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies avoided a horrible week by sneaking past Iowa State on Sunday. Texas Tech will give them a good game. | 12 |
| 18 |  | Penn State | Penn State won five games in a row between loses to MSU. They won't run into them again until possibly March. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska has a huge game at Purdue on Thursday. With a win, the Cornhuskers can start thinking Big Ten title. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga got a huge win at St. Mary's over the weekend, but they better be careful this weekend against San Diego. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Georgia | The Bulldogs have had some trouble during a tough stretch of games. This week should provide a little breather. | 14 |
| 22 |  | Kansas | Kansas got a nice win over Texas Tech before falling at Baylor. But everybody loses to Baylor so that is no surprise. | 21 |
| 23 |  | Vanderbilt | With wins over Georgia and LSU, Vanderbilt reemerged as a middle of the road SEC team that will battle for third. | NR |
| 24 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina did not get any big wins last week, but they avoided any upsets. The UVA game should be good. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech keeps taking care of business and having a great season. Their lone game this week is against NC State. | 25 |
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Sun, 01/29/2012
