11/14 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
November 14, 2016 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Notre Dame | Notre Dame was dominant in a 107-47 win over CMU in the first round of the Preseason WNIT on Friday. | 1 |
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Baylor | Baylor tuned up for games against UCLA and Connecticut by rolling over Houston Baptist, scoring 118 points. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina opens their 2016-17 season on Monday night in Columbus against a very tough Ohio State team. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut begins its national title defense on Monday night in Tallahassee against Florida State. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Ohio State | Good balanced scoring for the Buckeyes in a 89-69 victory over Duquesne. South Carolina visits on Monday. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Louisville | Excellent defense propelled Louisville to victories over UT-Martin and Belmont as they held both under 60 points. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Maryland | The Terrapins have little trouble with Umass-Lowell in a 100-44 rout on Sunday. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
Stanford | Briana Roberson scored 16 points to lead Stanford to a 83-55 win over Cal Poly. Texas is next on Monday night. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
Texas | Texas was off this week and will start their season on Monday night at Stanford. | 9 |
| 10 |  |
Mississippi State | A very impressive offensive performance in two games against Villanova and Maine as the Bulldogs are 2-0. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
Florida State | Florida State survived a stiff test from Jacksonville State and look forward to a visit from Connecticut. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma was excellent defensively on Sunday as they held Southern Illinois to 48 points. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Arizona State | ASU had no problem dispatching of Illinois State and San Jose State this week thanks to outstanding defense. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee took James Madison’s best shot in the opener and had little trouble with Navy to get to 2-0. | 14 |
| 15 |  |
Syracuse | Alexis Peterson scored in double-figures for the 21st straight time as Syracuse crushed Rhode Island 95-49. | 15 |
| 16 |  |
Kentucky | Wildcats put together a complete performance in knocking off a very good Miami team on Friday night. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
UCLA | The third quarter was the difference against Pacific as the Bruins outscored the Tigers 32-12 to put the game away. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Miami (FL) | Miami could not slow down Kentucky on opening night but rebounded to beat Albany on Sunday. | 16 |
| 19 |  |
Oregon State | Katie McWilliams was lights out shooting the basketball to lead Oregon State to an easy win over Lamar. | 19 |
| 20 |  |
Washington | Kelsey Plum’s 32 points led an explosive Washington offensive performance in a 100-52 win over Eastern Wash. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Missouri | Missouri had to battle against Abilene Christian but found a way to get a 52-46 win to start off their season. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
Auburn | The Tigers forced 38 turnovers in a hard fought 61-52 win over Troy. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Indiana | Hoosiers get their first regular season win over an SEC opponent since 2006 after destroying Vanderbilt 94-61. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
South Dakota State | South Dakota State held off Creighton in the opener to highlight a 2-0 weekend to start the 2016-17 season. | 24 |
| 25 |  |
Florida | DePaul wins a high scoring affair against UAB to win the Maggie Dixon Classic on Sunday. | 25 |
