11/19 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame Jackie Young’s 28 points led a balanced attack for Notre Dame as they pulled away from DePaul on Saturday. 1
2 Connecticut Logo Connecticut UConn hammered Vanderbilt 80-42 for their second win of the season on Saturday. 2
3 Oregon Logo Oregon Ducks swept their two games this week and beat a very good Buffalo team by 20 points to highlight the week. 3
4 Baylor Logo  Baylor Baylor routed Southern 94-49, led by Honesty Scott Grayson’s 15 points to lead the Bears’ offensive attack. 4
5 Louisville Logo Louisville Louisville had the week off and will get back on the court on Monday night in Boise against Boise State. 5
6 Stanford Logo
Stanford Kianna Williams’ 21 points led the Cardinal to a 96-62 win over San Francisco to improve to 3-0 on the season. 6
7 Maryland Logo
Maryland Maryland picked up their 23rd win against a top ten team under Coach Brenda Frese as they sprinted past South Carolina 85-61. 8
8 Tennessee Logo Tennessee Lady Vols continue to dominate as they had little trouble with UNC-Asheville and Florida A&M. 7
9 Oregon State Logo
Oregon State The Beavers knocked down 15 three-point shots in a 89-56 win over Saint Mary’s on Saturday night. 9
10 Mississippi State Logo
Mississippi State Bulldogs were on fire offensively this week as they scored over 100 points against Lamar and Coppin State. 11
11 Texas Logo
Texas Two solid wins for Texas over North Texas and McNeese State as the Longhorns played very well defensively. 10
12 Iowa Logo Iowa Iowa was rock solid offensively this week as they blew past Western Kentucky and NC Central. 15
13 North Carolina State Logo NC State NC State continues to play good, sound basketball as they swept their two games this week to improve to 4-0. 16
14  South Florida Logo South Florida South Florida picked up another win over a Power Five conference school as they routed Oklahoma 87-70. 18
15 Miami Logo
Miami (FL) Miami picked up a nice resume building win over Marquette, 63-55, on Thursday night. 20
16 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Gamecocks couldn’t slow down Maryland in the first half as the Terrapins put the game away with a big second quarter. 13
17 Syracuse Logo
Syracuse Syracuse held up well against Texas A&M as the Aggies gave them a good test for four quarters. 21
18 DePaul Logo DePaul DePaul just didn’t have enough defensively to slow down Notre  Dame in the third and fourth quarter on Saturday. 17
19 California Logo California Cal is now 4-0 on the season after beating BYU and Pacific by double digits and were very efficient at both ends of the court. 23
20 Missouri Logo Missouri Missouri has some to work to do offensively as they narrowly beat Missouri State and lost to Green Bay 56-49. 12
21 Marquette Logo Marquette
Marquette played well against Miami but just couldn’t quite get enough going offensively to win. 19
22 Arizona State Logo
Arizona State Arizona State got ready for their Louisville showdown by winning an 88-85 shootout over Arkansas in Fayetteville. 25
23 Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Aggies dropped a hard fought neutral site game against Syracuse as they lost 75-65 to the Orange. 22
24 Minnesota Logo Minnesota Minnesota is now 3-0 on the season as Coach Lindsay Whalen has the Golden Gophers playing well so far in 2018. NR
25  Georgia Logo Georgia Georgia learned some valuable lessons this week in losses to UCLA  and Georgia Tech. 14