Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | South Carolina | South Carolina was tested by Texas A&M on Sunday and the Gamecocks rose to the occasion and beat a very good Aggies team 60-52. | 1 | |
2 | Oregon | Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard led their senior class to a clean sweep of the Washington schools, blitzing UWs 92-56 on Senior Day. | 2 | |
3 | Baylor | Te'a Cooper and Lauren Cox combined for 29 points as Baylor blew out West Virginia 64-39 and the Bears also beat KSU 83-58 on Saturday. | 3 | |
4 | Louisville | Louisville finished the regular season by soundly beating two good teams in BC and VT as they are the ACC regular season champion. | 4 | |
5 | Connecticut | Megan Walker and Anna Makurat led a balanced offensive attack as UConn routed Houston 92-40 to cap off a 2-0 week. | 6 | |
6 | Maryland | Maryland is on fire heading into the Big Ten Conference Tournament after rolling past Minnesota on Sunday. | 7 | |
7 | UCLA | UCLA secured the number two seed in the Pac-12 Conference tournament in Las Vegas after sweeping Colorado and Utah. | 12 | |
8 | Gonzaga | Jenn and LeAnne Wirth both scored 14 points to lead Gonzaga to a 56-42 win over Portland, which gave the Bulldogs 17 conference wins. | 9 | |
9 | Stanford | Stanford responded well after losing at Arizona 73-72 in overtime. Francesca Belibi’s 18 points led the Cardinal to a 55-44 win at ASU. | 5 | |
10 | NC State | NC State will be the number two seed in the ACC Tournament after beating Syracuse and Virginia, but losing against Duke. | 8 | |
11 | South Dakota | South Dakota wrapped up their regular season in style with a 76-47 win over North Dakota on Saturday afternoon. | 11 | |
12 | Mississippi State | Jessika Carter and Jordan Danberry scored 21 and 19 points, respectively, as the Bulldogs picked up a big win over Arkansas on Thursday. | 17 | |
13 | Northwestern | Northwestern clinched a share of the Big Ten conference title on Saturday as they defeated Illinois 75-58 to improve to 26-3. | 16 | |
14 | DePaul | DePaul didn't have enough answers for Marquette defensively as they lost 90-83 on the road to the Golden Eagles. | 10 | |
15 | Texas A&M | It was a tough week offensively for Texas A&M as they lost to Alabama at home 76-63 and then lost at South Carolina 60-52. | 13 | |
16 | Oregon State | The Beavers were pushed by Washington and Washington State but in the end got the job done and picked up two wins. | 20 | |
17 | Missouri State | Alexa Willard scores 19 points and dished out four assists as the Bears outlasted Bradley 69-66 on Sunday. | 21 | |
18 | Arizona | Arizona got a huge win over Stanford on Friday night. However, they flushed that win away with a 55-54 loss at home against California. | 14 | |
19 | Kentucky | Kentucky took care of business on senior night against Georgia, winning 88-77. On Sunday, Kentucky was shocked by Vanderbilt 70-64. | 15 | |
20 | Indiana | Ali Patberg, Jaelynn Penn, and Grace Berg all scored in double figures as IU decisively beat Michigan to end the regular season at 23-7. | 25 | |
21 | Princeton | Princeton had a slow start against Yale, but responded nicely in a 64-49 win that locked up the Ivy League Championship. | 23 | |
22 | Old Dominion | Victoria Morris, Amari Young, and Mariah Adams combined for 39 points as ODU beat FAU 60-49 to take control of the C-USA title race. | NR | |
23 | Iowa | Hawkeyes split their games this week as they beat Minnesota 90-82 on Senior night and dropped a 78-74 contest at Rutgers. | 18 | |
24 | Arkansas | Razorbacks gave Mississippi State a pretty good battle down in Starkville, but lost 92-83. They bounced back to beat LSU 75-71. | NR | |
25 | Florida Gulf Coast | Eagles lost their only game of the week. They couldn't get anything going offensively and shot 25.7 percent in a 61-55 loss to North Alabama. | 19 |