12/28 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 29, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina will tip off SEC play against Auburn and LSU this week as the top team in the country. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Connecticut | Conference play got off to an easy start and will stay that way, but the Huskies do play Duke on Monday. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Texas | The Longhorns have one last non-conference game against Rice before Big 12 play starts against Kansas. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame didn’t have too much trouble with UCLA in Westwood. ACC play begins against FSU and Syracuse. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Tennessee | The Lady Vols picked up some great momentum heading into SEC play by knocking off Oregon State 74-63. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Baylor | Baylor has an interesting Big 12 opener on Saturday against a pretty strong Oklahoma State squad. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies have a busy week with games against Washington, North Texas, Vanderbilt and Arkansas. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska begins Big Ten play with a trip to Minnesota on Monday and a game against Maryland on Saturday. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
Duke | Duke gets back in action on Monday against Connecticut. They also begin ACC play this weekend against Wake. | 9 |
| 10 |  |
Louisville | The Cardinals start ACC action against Georgia Tech at home on Friday and then play at Pitt on Sunday. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
North Carolina | North Carolina hosts Albany and ETSU to finish non-conference play before hosting NC State on Sunday. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky starts SEC action this weekend at Alabama and at home against Ole Miss. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Maryland | Maryland has an interesting home game against Ohio State to start off Big Ten play and then they head to Nebraska. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Stanford | Stanford ended their little losing skid with wins over UC Davis and UCSB. Colorado and Utah are next on the list. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Iowa | The Hawkeyes have a lot to prove in the Big Ten and it continues with a tough trip to Rutgers on Sunday. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Rutgers | Rutgers took care of business against Indiana in their Big Ten debut. Next up is Ohio State and Iowa. | 20 |
| 17 |  |
Oregon State | Oregon State suffered their first loss of the year at the hands of Tennessee. Next up is UCLA on Saturday. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Georgia | Georgia was crushed by Seton Hall on Sunday and that is not the momentum they want heading into SEC action. | 13 |
| 19 |  |
Oklahoma State | The Cowgirls can make a big splash in Big 12 play if they can get past Baylor on the road on Saturday. | 21 |
| 20 |  |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff before they begin conference play against Georgia and Missouri. | 22 |
| 21 |  |
Arizona State | Arizona State grabbed a relatively easy win over Yale to move to 11-1 on the year. This week they host UW and WSU. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Syracuse | The Orange had to hold on to beat Cornell. A bigger test comes on Sunday against Notre Dame. | 25 |
| 23 |  |
James Madison | James Madison will start to garner some more national attention if they can beat Vanderbilt on Monday. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Princeton | An undefeated Princeton squad slides up into the top 25 this week. They are off to the Fordham Holiday Classic. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Michigan State | Michigan State got off to a rough start in the Big Ten against Northwestern and now they have to hit the road. | 18 |
