1/21 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
January 21, 2019 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame has won 11 games in a row after routing both Virginia Tech and Boston College. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Baylor | Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox led Baylor to an easy 79-47 win over West Virginia on Sunday as the Bears are now 15-1. | 4 |
| 3 |  |
Louisville | Louisville tuned up for their trip Florida State by crushing Virginia and Wake Forest. | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Oregon | Ducks outlasted Arizona State and then annihilated Arizona on Sunday with a 31-4 start in the first quarter. | 3 |
| 5 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut blitzed Tulane and Temple this week as they were dominant at both ends of the court. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Stanford | Stanford dominated the Washington schools, beating the Huskies and Cougars by an average of 29 points. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Mississippi State | Teaira McCowan’s 26 points and 24 rebounds powered the Bulldogs to a 89-74 win over South Carolina in a key SEC battle. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
NC State | NC State improved to 18-0 after holding off Virginia Tech in a 70-61 win at home on Sunday. | 8 |
| 9 |  |
Marquette | Golden Eagles are now 7-0 in Big East play as they swept Seton Hall and St. John’s this week. | 13 |
| 10 |  |
Rutgers | Stasha Carey’s career high 30 points helped lead the Scarlet Knights to a 76-62 win over MSU to a finish a 2-0 week. | 19 |
| 11 |  |
Arizona State | Sun Devils pick up an excellent road split as they upset Oregon State and battled Oregon tough. | 23 |
| 12 |  |
Maryland | Maryland didn’t have enough to slow down Michigan State, but did beat Penn State 79-67 on Sunday. | 10 |
| 13 |  |
Oregon State | OSU settles for a split as they beat Arizona with ease but lost at home in a close one against Arizona State. | 9 |
| 14 |  |
Texas | Longhorns lost 87-69 at Kansas State as the Wildcats lit up from the perimeter. Texas did respond to beat TCU on Saturday. | 11 |
| 15 |  |
Michigan State | Spartans get a nice win over Maryland and lost a tough road game against a surging Rutgers team. | 17 |
| 16 |  |
Iowa | Hawkeyes put together a very complete week of basketball as they won at Minnesota and also beat Michigan and Illinois. | 21 |
| 17 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky grinded out a 64-60 win at LSU in their lone game of the week to improve to 16-3 on the season. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
Syracuse | Syracuse rolled past Pittsburgh but was ice cold shooting the basketball in a loss at Georgia Tech. | 12 |
| 19 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga dropped a two point contest at BYU and then routed San Diego to get a road split this week. | 14 |
| 20 |  |
South Carolina | Te’a Cooper’s 27 points were not enough for the Gamecocks as they lost 89-74 at Mississippi State last Thursday night. | 16 |
| 21 |  |
Utah | Utes are 16-1 and 5-1 in Pac-12 play as they head into a big weekend against Stanford and California. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles pick up two wins against Boston College and Duke and now get their shot at Louisville next week. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Texas A&M | Chennedy Carter and N’dea Jones were dominant as the Aggies beat Georgia by ten in Athens on Sunday. | 24 |
| 24 |  |
Iowa State | Cyclones dominated Oklahoma 104-78 and dropped a hard fought game against West Virginia. | 25 |
| 25 |  |
Missouri | Tigers get ready for a critical game with South Carolina by thoroughly beating Georgia 61-35 on Thursday night. | NR |
