Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | South Carolina | It was a good methodical, take care of business type of week for South Carolina as they beat LSU 63-48 and won at Kentucky 67-58. | 1 | |
2 | Oregon | Oregon crushed California 93-61 on Friday night and are looking to finish the Bay Area sweep on Monday night at Stanford. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Coach Kim Mulkey picked up her 600th win on Tuesday night as Baylor pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 77-62 win at Texas Tech. | 3 | |
4 | Louisville | Jazmine Jones, Dana Evans, and Kylee Shook combined for 45 points as Louisville beat Georgia Tech 58-47 on Thursday night. | 4 | |
5 | Stanford | Kiana Williams scored 24 points and Maya Dodson's excellent defense led Stanford to a 63-60 win over Oregon State. | 5 | |
6 | Connecticut | Megan Walker scored 20 points and collected 11 rebounds as UConn beat UCF 66-53 to secure their 7th straight AAC regular season title. | 6 | |
7 | Maryland | Kaila Charles led Maryland in scoring with 16 points as the Terrapins routed Wisconsin 85-56 for their 12th straight win. | 7 | |
8 | NC State | It wasn't easy game for NC State down in Coral Gables on Thursday night but the Wolfpack got back on track with a 50-48 victory. | 12 | |
9 | Gonzaga | Jill Townsend, Melody Kempton, and Jessie Loera all scored in double figures as Gonzaga beat Pepperdine 64-50 on Saturday. | 14 | |
10 | DePaul | Sonya Morris scored 22 points and Chante Stonewall added 20 as DePaul beat Georgetown 87-69 before losing 76-58 at Villanova. | 10 | |
11 | South Dakota | South Dakota locked up the Summit League regular season title as they beat South Dakota State 77-67 on Saturday afternoon. | 15 | |
12 | UCLA | UCLA had an up and down week as they beat Oregon State on Monday night and beat Wazzu but were then upset by Washington 74-68. | 8 | |
13 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M continued to strengthen its case to be a 1st and 2nd round NCAA Tournament host as they beat Georgia and Auburn this week. | 19 | |
14 | Arizona | Arizona settled for a split this week as they beat Utah 85-69 and were outscored 15-0 down the stretch by Colorado in a 50-38 loss. | 9 | |
15 | Kentucky | Kentucky shot 50.7 percent in a 94-52 win at Ole Miss and they also lost 67-58 at home on Sunday against top ranked South Carolina. | 13 | |
16 | Northwestern | Northwestern keeps on rolling as they beat Nebraska 82-65 and Wisconsin 82-66 to improve to 24-3 overall on the season. | 17 | |
17 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State beat Auburn 92-85 and couldn't finish the job against Alabama as they lost 66-64 to the Crimson Tide on Sunday. | 11 | |
18 | Iowa | Monika Czinano and Kathleen Doyle combined for 41 points to lead Iowa to a 100-57 win over Penn State to improve to 22-5 on the season. | 21 | |
19 | Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast picked up their 200th all-time Atlantic Sun Conference win on Saturday as they defeated NJIT 68-39. | 20 | |
20 | Oregon State | Beavers got back on track on Sunday as they beat Cal 76-63, snapping a four game losing streak that included losses to UCLA and Stanford. | 16 | |
21 | Missouri State | Missouri State held serve at home this week as they took care of Evansville 76-62 and then cruised past Indiana State 82-58 on Sunday. | 23 | |
22 | Florida State | Florida State beat Wake Forest 78-67 but went on the road to Georgia Tech and lost a nail biter to the Yellow Jackets 65-62 on Sunday. | 18 | |
23 | Princeton | Bella Alarie and Grace Stone paced Princeton to a 87-55 win over Dartmouth as the Tigers pulled away in the second half for the victory. | 24 | |
24 | TCU | TCU did an excellent job defensively this week as they beat Kansas State 54-52 and Oklahoma State 49-37 to improve to 20-5 overall. | NR | |
25 | Indiana | Ali Patberg's 29 points was just enough for Indiana as they went up to Minnesota and beat the Golden Gophers 75-69 on Saturday. | NR |