12/13 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 13, 2015 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Connecticut | Connecticut cruised past Colgate and Florida State. They get this week off before hosting LSU on 12/21. | 1 |
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South Carolina | The Gamecocks made easy work of Winthrop. Expect more of the same this week against Hampton and ECU. | 2 |
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Notre Dame | The Irish picked up a nice win over DePaul and added a victory over TCU as well. They’ll take this week off. | 3 |
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Baylor | After hosting Oral Roberts, Baylor is off to the Florida Sunshine Classic where they will begin against a tough Miami team. | 4 |
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Texas | Texas made a big statement by beating yet another top 25 team in Stanford. This week they play Canisius and Arkansas. | 5 |
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Maryland | The Terps dropped 97 points on Loyola and 94 on Southern. The next victim is Maryland-Eastern Shore. | 6 |
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Oregon State | Oregon State only has a couple of chances to pick up big non-conference wins and one is this weekend vs. Tennessee. | 7 |
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Kentucky | Since the victory over Louisville is not as impressive as once thought, Kentucky can add a big win against Duke this week. | 8 |
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Ohio State | Ohio State padded their win total against North Carolina A&T. Princeton will provide a tougher test on Friday. | 10 |
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Florida State | It would have been nice to see FSU put up a better fight against Connecticut, but they lost handily, 73-49. | 9 |
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Tennessee | Tennessee’s offense again struggled, but they managed to slip past Wichita State. Stanford and Oregon State await. | 11 |
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Mississippi State | MSU still haven’t beaten anybody good, but Victoria Vivians dropped 28 points on Louisiana Tech in the first half. | 12 |
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Oklahoma | Oklahoma has an interesting game this week in OKC, playing Texas A&M as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. | 13 |
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Duke | After a week to mull over the loss to South Carolina, Duke is busy this week with Umass, Liberty and Kentucky. | 14 |
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Northwestern | It was closer than hoped, but Northwestern got a win over Loyola (IL). DePaul could prove to be their toughest game yet. | 15 |
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UCLA | Behind Monique Billings 20 points and 11 rebounds, the Bruins beat Michigan 86-77 on Sunday afternoon. | 19 |
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Stanford | After a long break, Stanford could not get the job done in Austin. They have another shot for a big win on Wednesday. | 16 |
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South Florida | USF made easy work of a decent Chattanooga squad on Sunday. The big one this week is against Oklahoma State. | 21 |
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Texas A&M | Texas A&M lost to DePaul. Their lone game this week is against former conference foe OU in the SEC/Big 12 Challege. | 18 |
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DePaul | DePaul played Notre Dame tough in a 95-90 loss and followed it up with a nice win over a good Texas A&M team. | 22 |
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Michigan State | The Spartans hit the road and beat Davidson and Oakland. They will stay on the road this week and face Northeastern. | 23 |
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Princeton | Princeton beat Monmouth and Pitt. They are busy this week with games against Fordham, Ohio State and Dayton. | 24 |
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Miami (FL) | Miami enjoyed a week off, but now they are off to the Sunshine Classic where Baylor and Indiana will be waiting. | 25 |
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California | Cal snuck past Nebraska thanks to four starters scoring at least 17 points. They’ll take this week off. | NR |
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Arizona State | Arizona State went to Syracuse and came away with an impressive win. Hartford and Marquette await this week. | NR |
