Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Oregon State | Kennedy Brown scored 16 points to lead Oregon State to a 64-32 win over Hawaii in their lone game of the week. | 1 | |
2 | Connecticut | Megan Walker's double-double of 26 points and 13 rebounds led the Huskies to a 81-57 win over Notre Dame on Sunday. | 2 | |
3 | Stanford | Stanford was off all week and will resume their season next Sunday December 15 at home against Ohio State. | 4 | |
4 | Oregon | Ruthy Hebard scored 22 points to lead a red hot shooting Oregon team to a 95-56 win over South Dakota State. | 5 | |
5 | Baylor | Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith combined for 35 points and 18 rebounds as Baylor cruised past Georgia 72-38 on Wednesday. | 6 | |
6 | Florida State | Seminoles picked up two quality wins this week over MSU and Clemson. This team has the feel of an ACC title contender. | 7 | |
7 | South Carolina | South Carolina followed up their win over Baylor with a hard fought 78-71 win at Temple on Saturday to improve to 9-1. | 8 | |
8 | Louisville | Louisville split their two games this week as they lost at Ohio State and beat Northern Kentucky 85-57. | 3 | |
9 | UCLA | Michaela Onyenwere scored 23 points in a win over CSUN for her 4th consecutive game of scoring at least 20 points. | 10 | |
10 | NC State | Kai Crutchfield scored 19 points including five three pointers as NC State picked up a great 66-59 win over Maryland. | 13 | |
11 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M bounced back in a big way this week with wins over Central Arkansas and Oklahoma State. | 14 | |
12 | Kentucky | Kentucky had another dominant week as they beat Charlotte 86-39 and Samford 79-49 to improve to 9-0. | 12 | |
13 | Indiana | Jaelynn Penn scored 17 points and the Hoosiers were lights out on defense in a 58-45 win over Miami in Coral Gables. | 15 | |
14 | Maryland | Maryland dropped a tough battle at NC State 66-59 on Thursday and then routed Loyola (MD) 105-45 on Sunday. | 11 | |
15 | DePaul | Blue Demons showed some great resilience as Lexi Held's 13 points in the fourth quarter was enough to beat Green Bay. | 16 | |
16 | Missouri State | Missouri State capitalized on a 19-2 second half run to pull away from Wichita State for a 68-55 win on Wednesday. | 17 | |
17 | Arizona | Cate Reese scored 19 points and collected 17 rebounds to lead Arizona to a 54-43 win at UTEP on Saturday. | 20 | |
18 | West Virginia | Mountaineers went down to Starkville and upset Mississippi State 71-65 thanks to Kirsten Dean's career high 17 points. | NR | |
19 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State was outscored 22-10 in the fourth quarter on Sunday as they lost 71-65 to West Virginia. | 9 | |
20 | Gonzaga | Gonzaga had a solid week as they picked up two wins over Montana State and regional rival Washington State. | 21 | |
21 | Michigan State | Spartans couldn't find a way to finish down in Tallahassee as Michigan State dropped a 78-68 decision to the Seminoles. | 19 | |
22 | South Dakota | Coyotes improved to 9-1 on the season after outlasting Creighton 72-65 and routing Coppin State 82-44. | NR | |
23 | Michigan | Michigan survived a tough test from Syracuse, beating the Orange 84-76 in overtime and following that up with a win over Oakland. | NR | |
24 | Minnesota | Minnesota grinded out 75-67 win at Notre Dame and then had little trouble with American to complete a 2-0 week. | 24 | |
25 | Tennessee | The Lady Vols couldn't get anything going offensively on Sunday as they lost at home to Texas 66-60. | 18 |
12/9 Women's Basketball Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 12/09/2019