Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Connecticut | Connecticut is now 21-0 and it looks like nobody will challenge them for a while. They do play Louisville twice. | 1 | |
2 | Notre Dame | The Irish had to come from behind to beat Tennessee 86-70. Another big Monday game awaits in Maryland. | 2 | |
3 | Stanford | If Stranford is going to lose in Pac-12 play, it could come this week when they play Cal twice. | 3 | |
4 | Duke | Duke remained perfect in ACC play, but they were seriously tested by Florida State. Notre Dame awaits on Sunday. | 4 | |
5 | Louisville | Shoni Schimmel scored 25 against Houston and 29 more on Sunday afternoon against Memphis. | 6 | |
6 | North Carolina | North Carolina had no trouble with BC and Wake on the road. This week they host Syracuse and Miami. | 7 | |
7 | South Carolina | With a quality win at Vanderbilt, South Carolina has rebounded nicely from their tough OT loss to Texas A&M. | 10 | |
8 | Baylor | Baylor put their loss at Kansas behind them by beating up on K-State and winning at Okie State in an OT thriller. | 12 | |
9 | Maryland | The Terps lost their only game last week, a tough 86-72 contest at UVA. This week starts with a doozy on Monday. | 5 | |
10 | Oklahoma State | It will be interesting to see how OSU responds following their tough overtime home loss to Baylor. | 8 | |
11 | Tennessee | The Lady Vols lost to Notre Dame, but got a very, very nice win on Sunday evening at Texas A&M. | 11 | |
12 | Penn State | Penn State is emerging as the team to beat in the Big Ten, but Purdue will have something to say about that. | 13 | |
13 | LSU | The Lady Tigers are within striking distance of an SEC title, but they will have to win at Kentucky on Sunday. | 14 | |
14 | Kentucky | Kentucky's tendency to play close games caught up with them against Alabama at home. | 9 | |
15 | Arizona State | The Sun Devils emerged from the mountains with a couple close wins over Utah and Colorado. | 16 | |
16 | Texas A&M | After reeling off nine wins in a row, TAMU was one of the hottest teams. That came to an end against Tennessee. | 15 | |
17 | Purdue | Following a tough Big Ten start, Purdue has now won three in a row. This week they play Illinois, Penn St. and MSU. | 22 | |
18 | Gonzaga | After an overtime win at Loyola Marymount, the Bulldogs had a much easier time against Pepperdine. | 21 | |
19 | North Carolina State | NC State took care of business last week, but now we get to see how they perform against Maryland. | 24 | |
20 | California | Cal was upset at home by USC, but did beat UCLA. More is on the line this week with two games against Stanford. | 18 | |
21 | Iowa State | It took overtime against Texas Tech, but Iowa State finally ended their four game skid on Saturday night. | 19 | |
22 | Vanderbilt | The Commodores may have lost to South Carolina, but this is still a strong team who can beat just about anybody. | 20 | |
23 | Middle Tennessee | There are some tough teams in C-USA and MTSU plays a couple of them on the road this week. | 25 | |
24 | Nebraska | The Cornhuskers lost a shocker at Northwestern and are now a disappointing 3-3 in Big Ten play. | 17 | |
25 | West Virginia | West Virginia has played well on the road, but could not quite pull off a win in Austin, Texas. | 23 |
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Sun, 01/26/2014