| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies AAC opener against Cincinnati went as expected with a 67-34 victory. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame struggled early during their long road trip to Oregon State, but they came home with a 12 point win. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Stanford | Stanford begins Pac-12 action with a trip up to Oregon. The Ducks and Beavers both have something to prove. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils took the week off and begin conference play on Sunday with a trip to Georgia Tech. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Maryland | Alyssa Thomas had another great week, including a triple-double against Wofford. She'll head to UNC next. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Louisville | The Cardinals won their AAC opener over SMU. They'll head to Temple for win two on New Year's Day. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Kentucky | There were no surprises against Grambling and now Kentucky must prepare for Alabama and Florida. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee followed up their loss to Stanford with an easy win over Lipscomb. SEC play starts out tough. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Oklahoma State | With an easy 90-48 win over Texas-Pan American, the Cowgirls moved to 11-0 on the year. | 9 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina's game against Maryland highlights the first weekend of what is sure to be a fun year in the ACC. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Colorado | After the new year Colorado is off to Southern California to hope the good times keep going in conference play. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Baylor | Thanks to Odyssey Sims, nobody can contain the Baylor offense. KSU and KU will get the first chance in the Big 12. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Iowa State | Iowa State opens up conference play on the road against TCU on Thursday and Oklahoma on Sunday. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Penn State | The Lady Lions had a couple disappointments already this year and Big Ten play starts at Iowa on Sunday. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Nebraska | Jordan Hooper dropped 30 points on Oral Roberts. The lone game this week is at home against Northwestern. | 15 |
| 16 |  | South Carolina | After taking care of Savannah State, the Gamecocks start the new year against Arkansas and Vanderbilt. | 16 |
| 17 |  | LSU | LSU has a busy week coming up with games against Jackson State, Tennessee and Tulane. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Purdue | Purdue needed all 109 points to secure a win over Central Michigan. Four players scored 20 or more points. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Florida State | Natasha Howard scored 26 points as the Seminoles handled Tennessee-Martin 76-53 on Saturday. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Syracuse | On Monday Syracuse heads to Arizona State in what should be a great conclusion to non-conference action. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State can make some noise with a win over Syracuse. They also head to Washington this weekend. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Iowa | The Hawkeyes wrapped up conference play with an impressive 12-2 mark. Big Ten play begins at Indiana. | 22 |
| 23 |  | Georgia | A balanced scoring attack saw the Bulldogs take care of Illinois. Vanderbilt and Tennessee await. | 23 |
| 24 |  | California | Cal yet again did just enough to pull off a win. Things will get extremeley interesting in the Pac-12. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Oklahoma | Oklahoma's defense played great against Samford. Now they just need to pull everything together. | NR |
12/29 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Sun, 12/29/2013
