| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor finished up the regular season with a 31-0 record. If anybody can stop Griner, we haven't met them yet. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Stanford | Stanford had little trouble with rival California and ended up with a perfect 18-0 Pac-12 record. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish played their way into the Big East tournament semifinals with a quality win over DePaul. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut won their opening Big East tournament game. A rematch with Notre Dame is the likely final. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | Maryland took advantage of the early upsetes in the ACC Tournament and won an automatic bid to the NCAAs. | 8 |
| 6 |  | Delaware | Delaware finished the regular season with just one loss and will look to continue to dominate the CAA this week. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Duke | Duke fell in their opening ACC Tournament game, but at least they were not the only one to get upset. | 5 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee pulled together and got back where they belong by winning the SEC tournament. | 12 |
| 9 |  | Penn State | The Lady Lions did not add a Big Ten Tournament title to their impressive resume this season thanks to Purdue. | 7 |
| 10 |  | Miami | Miami was another team that fell early in the ACC Tournament. They'll be ready for the important one though. | 9 |
| 11 |  | Green Bay | Green Bay hit the road last week and came away with a couple more wins, that puts the Phoenix at 27-1. | 13 |
| 12 |  | Ohio State | OSU bowed out of the Big Ten Tournament at the hands of Nebraska, but they are eyeing the other tournament. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Georgetown | G'town lost to WVU in their first conference tournament game and suddenly are riding a losing streak into the NCAAs. | 10 |
| 14 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky ran into a surging LSU squad in the SEC Tournament and will now wait for the NCAA Tournament. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Georgia Tech | The Yellow Jackets had a nice showing in the ACC Tournament, beating UNC and NC State before falling in the final. | 17 |
| 16 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska made a nice run to the Big Ten Championship game, but fell to Purdue in double overtime. | 15 |
| 17 |  | St. John's | St. John's is getting hot at the right time. They knocked off Louisville in the Big East quarterfinals and are still going. | 21 |
| 18 |  | Purdue | Purdue knocked off Michigan State, Penn State and Nebraska in three days to win the Big Ten tournament. | 24 |
| 19 |  | St. Bonaventure | The Bonnies had little trouble with La Salle and St. Joe's en route to Monday's A-10 tournament final. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Georgia | Georgia lost to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament and will now rest up for the big one. | 19 |
| 21 |  | Louisville | Louisville fell in a thrilling overtime game to St. John's in the Big East quarterfinals. They'll rest up for the NCAAs. | 16 |
| 22 |  | Vanderbilt | The Commodores ran into Tennessee in the SEC tournament so that put an end to their little run. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga knocked Saint Mary's out of the WCC tournament and will face BYU on Monday with an auto bid on the line. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M stumbled at the end of the regular season, but there is no shame in losing to Baylor. | 18 |
| 25 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers could not hang with Connecticut in the Big East tournament, but they did win five games in a row before that. | 25 |
3/5 Women's Basketball Top 25
Sun, 03/04/2012
