1/8 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
January 8, 2018 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut annihilated East Carolina and South Florida to improve to 3-0 in AAC play. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Louisville | Louisville picked up a big win over Duke and followed it up with a win over Virginia Tech. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Baylor | Baylor was outstanding defensively in wins over Iowa State and Kansas. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame is going to have to grind it out the rest of the season as injuries are piling up for the Fighting Irish. | 6 |
| 5 |  |
Mississippi State | The Bulldogs are on fire offensively, scoring 111 points in a win over Arkansas and 83 against LSU. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Tennessee | It wasn’t easy this week for Tennessee but they found a way to beat Auburn and Vanderbilt. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
South Carolina | South Carolina split their two games this week winning at Ole Miss and losing at Missouri. | 3 |
| 8 |  |
Texas | Texas swept two very tough games against Oklahoma State and Kansas State this week. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
Oregon | Ducks pick up a sweep of the Los Angeles schools as they held off UCLA on Sunday to highlight the trip. | 9 |
| 10 |  |
Maryland | Terrapins keep on rolling as they beat Iowa and Wisconsin this week to take further control of the Big Ten race. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Missouri | Missouri picked up a big statement win over South Carolina on Sunday after losing to LSU on Thursday. | 15 |
| 12 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State had another productive week with wins over Minnesota and Michigan. | 13 |
| 13 |  |
UCLA | Bruins were very impressive against Oregon State but couldn’t get anything going offensively against the Ducks. | 10 |
| 14 |  |
West Virginia | West Virginia has work to do offensively as they failed to score over 60 points while splitting their games this week. | 12 |
| 15 |  |
Florida State | Florida State couldn’t slow down Syracuse on Sunday but they did split their road trip as they beat Clemson. | 14 |
| 16 |  |
Texas A&M | Aggies swept Kentucky and Auburn to get back on track after losing to South Carolina. | 23 |
| 17 |  |
Duke | Blue Devils bounced back on Sunday with a solid win over NC State to end a two game losing streak. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
Iowa | Iowa salvaged a split against Illinois after falling short at Maryland on Thursday night. | 18 |
| 19 |  |
Oklahoma State | Cowgirls won the first go around of Bedlam on Sunday as they beat the Sooners 96-82 in Stillwater. | 19 |
| 20 |  |
Arizona State | Sun Devils are now 4-0 in Pac-12 play after sweeping California and Stanford. | NR |
| 21 |  |
Michigan | Michigan picked up a nice win over Wisconsin and fell short against rival Ohio State on Sunday. | 20 |
| 22 |  |
Rutgers | Scarlet Knights have emerged as a sleeper in the Big Ten as they are now 16-2 on the season. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Syracuse | Orange knock off a very good Florida State team on Sunday to secure a 2-0 week. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Stanford | Cardinal settle for a split in the desert as they beat Arizona and fell short at Arizona State. | 21 |
| 25 |  |
Oregon State | Oregon State struggled at UCLA and lost a tough one at USC on Sunday. | 16 |
