| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina moves to the top spot with the loss by Connecticut. They are off to the Junkanoo Jam this week. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Tennessee | Tennessee should reach 5-0 before their first test of the season at Texas on Sunday evening. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies dropped a shocker in overtime at Stanford. They'll be back up to #1 soon enough though. | 1 |
| 4 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame beat a good Michigan State squad on Wednesday and crushed Chattanooga and Holy Cross too. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Duke | Duke has a fun contest on Sunday night against Texas A&M. That is the first of three straight ranked opponents. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies already beat DePaul earlier this season, but the game against Duke on Sunday will be very exciting. | 6 |
| 7 | 
| North Carolina | The Tar Heels have been tested early in the season, but they have responded with a 4-0 record. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Stanford | After beating Connecticut 88-86 in overtime, the Cardinal fell to Texas in overtime. Maybe the parity is here. | 8 |
| 9 | 
| Kentucky | Kentucky slipped past Central Michigan, but the big win was against Baylor earlier in the week. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Texas | Texas beat Stanford right after the Cardinal knocked off Connecticut. That's a good sign for the Longhorns. | 17 |
| 11 |  | Iowa | Iowa has a couple tough games this week, most notably in Las Vegas against Arkansas and Gonzaga. | 12 |
| 12 | 
| Louisville | This team has not been dominating the opposition for the most part, but Louisville keeps on winning. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Maryland | Maryland has yet to be seriously tested, but that will change in San Juan when they face JMU and Washington State. | 14 |
| 14 | 
| California | Cal heads back from Hawaii to host the Cal Classic with San Jose State, Cincinnati and Creighton. | 11 |
| 15 | 
| Nebraska | Nebraska is off to a strong start and beat Washington State and Utah. Next up they stay in the Pac-12 and face UCLA. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Baylor | The Lady Bears had a big lead against Kentucky, but ended up losing by ten. Nina Davis needs more help. | 10 |
| 17 | 
| Syracuse | The Orange are off to the Bahamas to take on East Carolina and then either South Carolina or Wisconsin. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Michigan State | There is nothing wrong with losing by eight to Notre Dame, even at home. MSU should have a couple easy wins next. | 15 |
| 19 | 
| Georgia | Georgia picked up a couple nice road wins last week against Ohio State and Georgia Tech. | 22 |
| 20 |  | James Madison | We will learn a lot more about James Madison this week when they face Maryland in San Juan. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Rutgers | Rutgers is off to a great start and survived a road trip to LSU. They should add a couple more wins this week. | NR |
| 22 |  | Gonzaga | Gonzaga added a couple easy wins last week. The tough one this week is against a very good Iowa team. | 24 |
| 23 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia went on the road an lost to Mississippi State on Thursday. They should add to the win total this week. | 18 |
| 24 |  | DePaul | The busy Blue Demons are 4-1 and host crosstown rival Northwestern on Saturday night. | 25 |
| 25 | 
| Oregon State | Oregon State is off to Hawaii to face Butler and BYU in the Tom Westin Invitational this weekend. | NR |
