| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Baylor outscored Lamar 40-9 in the second half. The competition gets much, much tougher this week. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Connecticut | Last weekend Connecticut beat Charleston 103-39. This weekend a game against Texas A&M will be closer. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Maryland | Maryland cruised past Mount St. Mary's and Loyola (MD). This week they face St. Joseph's. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Duke will not tipoff their season until this weekend when the face the Blue Hose and the Gaels of Iona. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky got a nice warmup win over Delaware State. The warmups are over with the big early game against Baylor. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals slipped past Texas A&M by a score of 47-45 on Friday. That was a very good early season victory. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Stanford | Stanford's big early season test come on Friday night when they head to Waco to take on the reigning champs. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish started off the season with a nice win over Ohio State aboard the USS Yorktown in the Carrier Classic. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Penn State | Penn State did not look great in their win over Howard, but we will learn a lot more against Texas A&M. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Georgia | Georgia squeezed out a win over Rutgers in a defensive minded game. They should add 3 more wins this week. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma did not have much trouble against Creighton, but the competition is about to get a bit tougher. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies have a brutal start to the season. They lost to Louisville and Penn State and Connecticut is next. | 11 |
| 13 |  | California | Cal got off to a nice start with a 80-48 win over Lehigh. This week they face off against St. Mary's. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska started off their season with a couple relatively easy wins. Those wins should keep piling up this week. | 15 |
| 15 |  | Kansas | Kansas should keep adding tallies to the win column with their relatively easy non-conference slate. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Delaware | Georgetown has a good team, but few expected them to beat Delaware on Sunday. UD has some work to do. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee's first game this season was a disappointing loss, but then they knocked off a top 20 team in GT. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Iowa State | ISU should have no trouble over the next couple of weeks. They have time to develop before hitting the road. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Georgia Tech | The Yellow Jackets fell to Tennessee in their season opener. This week they face Kennesaw State and Marquette. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Green Bay | It is early of course, but Green Bay had more trouble against Northern Iowa than many expected. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Florida | The early season cupcakes come to an end this week when Florida faces off against Florida State. | 22 |
| 22 |  | St. John's | St. John's lost a tough game at Texas to kick off the 2012-2013 campaign, but they'll get some wins now. | 19 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma State | After an easy win over Cal Poly, OSU should tack on a couple more victories against Missouri St. and Weber St. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Purdue | Purdue got an easy win over USC Upstate. They'll get some more before playing UConn in a couple weeks. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Vanderbilt | Tiffany Clarke carried Vanderbilt to a win over McNeese State. This week they play Lipscomb, UAB and Dayton. | 25 |
11/12 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 11/11/2012
