| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | South Carolina | South Carolina takes over the number one spot this week after beating Miss. State in a classic and then routing Georgia. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Baylor | Baylor got a couple of much needed tests this week as they had to work a little bit to beat TCU and Texas Tech. | 1 |
| 3 |  | Oregon | Ducks picked up their first win at Oregon State since 2010 on Sunday, beating the Beavers 66-57 to wrap up a 2-0 Civil War week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | Crystal Dangerfield and Aubrey Griffin combined for 27 points to lead UConn to a 63-45 win over Tennessee to highlight a 2-0 week. | 4 |
| 5 | 
| Stanford | Stanford survived against Colorado 76-68 and then crushed Utah 82-49 on Sunday to improve to 18-2. | 5 |
| 6 | 
| Louisville | Kylee Shook and Elizabeth Balogun each scored 12 points to lead Louisville past Pittsburgh 83-49 to improve to 20-1 on the year. | 6 |
| 7 | 
| NC State | NC State held serve at home this week as they beat Pittsburgh 88-44 and North Carolina 76-68. | 7 |
| 8 | 
| UCLA | UCLA bounced back this week from the USC loss by outlasting Washington 85-80 in overtime and rolling past WSU 66-50. | 9 |
| 9 | 
| DePaul | DePaul keeps on cruising along as they had little trouble with Villanova and Georgetown. | 11 |
| 10 | 
| Oregon State | Beavers lost two tough games against rival Oregon but will look to get back on track next week at Colorado and Utah. | 8 |
| 11 | 
| Mississippi State | Bulldogs lost a heartbreaker at South Carolina 81-79 but recovered to beat Vanderbilt and Ole Miss. | 10 |
| 12 | 
| Gonzaga | Gonzaga was locked in defensively this week as they swept Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount and they only allowed 88 points in the two games. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Florida State | Florida State secured a sweep of the season series over rival Miami as the Seminoles beat the Hurricanes 79-61 on Sunday. | 17 |
| 14 |  | Kentucky | Kentucky was off this week and will play Auburn on Monday night in the We Back Pat game at Memorial Coliseum. | 12 |
| 15 |  | Arizona | Aarion McDonald scored 24 points and collected 11 rebounds to propel Arizona past ASU 59-53 to clinch a sweep of the season series. | NR |
| 16 |  | Texas A&M | Texas A&M grinded out a 79-74 win at Alabama and then cruised past Missouri 72-53 on Sunday. | 16 |
| 17 | 
| Iowa | McKenna Warnock and Kathleen Doyle paced Iowa to a 74--57 win over Michigan State to wrap up a 2-0 week. | 22 |
| 18 |  | Maryland | Maryland had a very productive week as they beat Indiana, Illinois, and Northwestern as the Terrapins are starting to build some confidence. | 23 |
| 19 |  | Arizona State | Arizona State couldn't get enough going offensively in a 59-53 loss to Arizona down in Tucson on Friday night. | 15 |
| 20 | 
| Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast took care of business this week against Kennesaw State and NJIT to improve to 20-2 overall on the year. | 20 |
| 21 | 
| South Dakota | Monica Airens and Ciara Duffy scored 18 points each and Madison McKeever added 14 points as South Dakota beat Oral Roberts 79-56. | 21 |
| 22 | 
| Arkansas | Arkansas struggled offensively in a home loss to Georgia but bounced back to beat Florida. | 19 |
| 23 |  | Princeton | Princeton will finally get back to action on January 31 against Dartmouth as the Tigers look to take further control of the Ivy League race. | 24 |
| 24 |  | Missouri State | Missouri State got back on track this week with wins at Indiana State and Evansville. The Bears are now 6-1 in conference play. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Indiana | Hoosiers settle for a split this week as they lost at Maryland and won at Penn State to snap a three game losing streak. | 18 |
