| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies might actually be tested again when they play Duke. We have to wait a while though. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame added quality wins over Penn State and UCLA to their already impressive resume. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Duke | Both Purdue and Oklahoma hung around with Duke, but the Blue Devils pulled both out in the end. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Tennessee | After a slow start, Tennessee came out strong in the second half to beat Texas 75-61. | 3 |
| 5 |  | Kentucky | Jennifer O'Neill dropped 43 points on Baylor in a thrilling 133-130 quadruple overtime win over Baylor. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Stanford | Stanford needs a big break for exams. They finally return to action on Saturday against Gonzaga. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Maryland | Maryland snuck past Ohio State last week. Games against Siena and Delaware State should be much easier. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Louisville | Even without Antonita Slaughter Louisville cruised to an easy victory over Wright State. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowgirls, like their men counterparts, can score a ton of points in a hurry. | 10 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina needed a big win and they finally got one against Nebraska. | 12 |
| 11 |  | Colorado | The Buffaloes had a couple close calls last week against Wyoming and Illinois, but they are 8-0. | 11 |
| 12 |  | LSU | The Tigers are the midst of nearly a two week break. They are back in action on Sunday at Arkansas-Little Rock. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Baylor | The Bears lost a four overtime thriller against Kentucky. That was certainly not a bad loss. | 9 |
| 14 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State will have their toughest game of the year when they host rival Iowa on Thursday night. | 15 |
| 15 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina is 9-0, but their toughest test of the year comes next against North Carolina. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Penn State | Maggie Lucas dropped 30 on Georgetown, but was held in check earlier in the week against Notre Dame. | 14 |
| 17 |  | California | The Golden Bears continue to struggle. It took overtime and Reshanda Gray to beat Pacific 68-66. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Iowa | Iowa can outscore anybody and that is exactly what they did versus Syracuse in a 97-91 win. | 25 |
| 19 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies got back to their winning ways last week. On Sunday afternoon they head to Penn State. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Nebraska | Nebraska lost to North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, but Jordan Hooper scored 33 against Utah State. | 17 |
| 21 |  | Gonzaga | The Bulldogs just snuck past Ohio State on Sunday. They will need to play better on the road against Stanford. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Georgia | Georgia is back in action this week against Belmont and Kennesaw State. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma played pretty well against Duke, but could not pull off a big win in the end. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Florida State | Florida State snuck past a pesky Michigan State squad on Wednesday and crushed Jacksonville over the weekend. | NR |
| 25 |  | Purdue | Purdue hung around with Duke for most of the game, but the last ten minutes or so did not go very well. | 24 |
12/8 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/08/2013
