| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Baylor | Not surprisingly, Baylor is off to the Big 12 Tournament final. Win or lose, they are still a #1 seed. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish knocked off Uconn, again, on Monday and are now headed to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford held on to beat UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament final and there is no doubt they will be a #1 seed. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies lost, again, to Notre Dame, but they will likely get another shot at the Irish this week. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Duke | Duke got the best of North Carolina for the third time this season and claimed the ACC tourney title in the process. | 6 |
| 6 |  | California | It was a bit of an upset when UCLA beat California in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. | 5 |
| 7 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky ran into a hot Texas A&M squad during the SEC Tournament Final, but this is a very dangerous squad. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Penn State | The Lady Lions fell to Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals, but they have greater aspirations. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee lost to Texas A&M in the SEC semi's, but that will not mean much in a couple of weeks. | 9 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels got a quality win over Maryland to reach the ACC Tournament finals, but they fell to Duke again. | 13 |
| 11 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies beat South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky in three straight days. Now that is very impressive. | 18 |
| 12 |  | Maryland | The Terps fell to North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament, but this will be a dangerous NCAA team. | 10 |
| 13 |  | UCLA | The Bruins got a huge victory against California in the Pac-12 semifinals, but they couldn't get to Stanford too. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Dayton | Dayton fell to St. Joseph's in the A-10 Tournament. It doesn't mean much to Dayton, but bad news for the bubble. | 11 |
| 15 |  | Delaware | Delaware wrapped up CAA play with a perfect 18-0 mark. They'll look to dominate the tournament this week. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Georgia | After a nice win over LSU, the Bulldogs could not even keep it close against Kentucky. | 12 |
| 17 |  | Louisville | Louisville fell to Syracuse during the regular season finale, but are off to a good start in the conference tournament. | 14 |
| 18 |  | South Carolina | The Gamecocks got a tough draw in the SEC Tournament and there is no shame in losing to a hot TAMU squad. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Colorado | Colorado lost for the third time to Stanford. This may not be a Final Four team, but they can make a run. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State could not win the Big Ten tournament, but they beat Michigan and Penn State along the way. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Green Bay | The Phoenix did not have any scares as they went for a 16-0 conference mark last week. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Iowa State | With a nice run to the Big 12 title game, Iowa State is a hot team heading into the NCAA Tournament. | NR |
| 23 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska fell short in the conference tournament, but they should feel good heading into the NCAA Tournament. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Syracuse | With a regular season win over Louisville and an ongoing run in the Big East Tournament, the Cuse are on a roll. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Purdue | The Boilermakers ended the regular season on a bit of a slide, but they put an end to that in Chicago. | NR |
3/11 Women's Basketball Top 25 Ranking
Mon, 03/11/2013
