12/27 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
December 27, 2015 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Connecticut | The Huskies beat up on LSU. Perhaps, Maryland at MSG will give them a better game. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina remains perfect heading into SEC action. Things will get tougher, but they start against Arkansas. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish have a busy week. They host Oregon State before beginning conference play with Georgia Tech and Pitt. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Baylor | Baylor tips off Big 12 action against the Oklahoma schools after picking up their last non-conference win over JMU. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Texas | Texas heads into Big 12 play with a perfect record. This week they head to WVU and host Texas Tech. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Maryland | Maryland gets back in action on Monday against Connecticut at MSG. They play Illinois and Ohio State too. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky enjoyed the holidays after their win over Duke. They should enjoy a win over Tennessee State too. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State beat UVA to put an end to a brutal non-conference slate. The brutal B10 begins with MSU and Maryland. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
Oregon State | OSU crushed Cal Poly. This week they travel to Notre Dame and begin their series in Los Angeles. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State snuck past SMU to win the Puerto Rico Classic. This week they play SELA, USF and Florida. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee had last week off and their lone game this week is at home against Stetson. | 12 |
| 12 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies have one more cupcake before SEC play begins on Sunday at home against Georgia. | 13 |
| 13 |  |
Northwestern | A nine day break comes to an end on New Year’s Eve when Northwestern travels to Penn State. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Stanford | A trip to the desert is right around the corner, but it would not be wise to overlook Chattanooga earlier in the week. | 16 |
| 15 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma gets back into action this week with Big 12 play. It starts against Kansas before a tough trip to Waco. | 17 |
| 16 |  |
Florida State | With the loss to Arizona State on Monday, Florida State’s non-conference slate doesn’t look all that impressive. | 9 |
| 17 |  |
Duke | Duke has a couple more warm up games against WCU and UNC Wilmington before heading to Syracuse on Sunday. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
California | For the second game in a row, Cal picked up a big overtime win. This time it was in the Pac-12 opener against UCLA. | 22 |
| 19 |  |
Arizona State | The Sun Devils got a nice home win over Florida State on Monday. This week they host CSUN and Cal. | 24 |
| 20 |  |
South Florida | South Florida has a very interesting game against Mississippi State on Wednesday. It’s a great opportunity for the Bulls. | 19 |
| 21 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans handled Detroit with ease. Big Ten play begins against Ohio State and Wisconsin. | 20 |
| 22 |  |
Seton Hall | Seton Hall begins Big East play with trips to Providence and Creighton and a home game against Marquette. | 23 |
| 23 |  |
Syracuse | The Orange host Drexel, Howard, UT-Rio Grande Valley before their pick conference opener against Duke. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
UCLA | The Bruins went to Berkeley and lost a double overtime thriller. It was a tough start to conference action. | 15 |
| 25 |  |
Missouri | Missouri will look to finish up their non-conference schedule undefeated. Only Charlotte stands in the way. | NR |
