| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies beat Duke and California pretty easily last week. It may be a while before the Huskies are tested. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame took care of business against Central Michigan and will take a trip to Oregon State this week. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Chiney Ogwumike scored 32 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in Stanford's 76-70 win over Tennessee. | 6 |
| 4 |  | Duke | Duke suffered their first loss of the season against Uconn, but followed it up with a win at Kentucky. | 3 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | The Terps keep cruising along and they won't be challenged until their 1/14 trip to Chapel Hill. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | Shoni Schimmel scored 30 of Louisville's 69 points in their narrow win over Colorado. | 8 |
| 7 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky has had some big wins this year, but they could not get another at home against Duke. | 5 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee fell from the ranks of the unbeatens when they lost 76-70 at Stanford. | 4 |
| 9 |  | Oklahoma State | With wins over Michigan State and Georgia Tech, OSU is just one game away from a perfect non-conference. | 9 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels have picked up a few nice wins since their upset loss to Arizona State. They are off until 1/2. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Colorado | Colorado played quite well in Louisville, but came away with their first loss of the year. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Baylor | Odyssey Sims scored 39 points in a close win over Ole Miss. McNeese State is up next on Saturday night. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State is in the middle of a 16 day break. They are back in action Saturday afternoon against Holy Cross. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Penn State | Penn State got yet another win on a Sunday afternoon. However, this one was against Alcorn State. | 16 |
| 15 |  | Nebraska | The Cornhuskers finish up non-conference play on Sunday against Oral Roberts. | 17 |
| 16 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina fell to North Carolina, but did pick up a couple more wins later in the week. | 15 |
| 17 |  | LSU | LSU lost another road game, this time to North Carolina State. The Tigers have this week off. | 12 |
| 18 |  | Purdue | It was a dogfight, but Purdue went to Green Bay and came away with a quality 49-45 victory. | 21 |
| 19 |  | Florida State | Florida State's schedule is about to get much, much more difficult with ACC play just around the corner. | 22 |
| 20 |  | Syracuse | The Orange picked up wins over Temple, Niagara and Saint Joe's last week. | 23 |
| 21 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State picked up another nice win against Miami. This time is for real as long as they remain consistent. | 24 |
| 22 |  | Iowa | Iowa finally was able to get over that tough loss to Iowa State with a 73-51 win over Drake. | 25 |
| 23 |  | Georgia | Like many other teams in the SEC, Georgia also lost this week. They play Illinois on Saturday afternoon. | 19 |
| 24 |  | California | California lost again, but this time it was against Uconn. We'll learn more about Cal in Pac-12 play. | 20 |
| 25 |  | Gonzaga | With victories over UC Riverside and Washington State, the Bulldogs are back in the top 25. | NR |
12/22 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/22/2013
