1/28 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
January 28, 2019 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Baylor | Lauren Cox scored her 1,000th career point as part of a near triple double in a big 84-69 win over Iowa State. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
Louisville | Louisville picked up a critical road win over Florida State as the Cardinals rolled past the Seminoles 68-49. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut took care of SMU by 40 and dispatched of UCF on Sunday and now will have a fun test at Louisville on Thursday. | 5 |
| 4 |  |
Oregon | Ducks pick up the sweep of the Washington schools as they knocked off the Huskies 76-57 on Sunday. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
NC State | Elissa Cunane and Kiara Leslie each scored 17 points to lead the Wolfpack to win number 20 on Sunday at Georgia Tech. | 8 |
| 6 |  |
Mississippi State | Bulldogs crushed Florida and in-state rival Ole Miss by controlling the game at both ends of the court. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame took care of Tennessee 77-62 on Thursday night but couldn’t slow down Paris Kea of UNC in a 78-73 loss. | 1 |
| 8 |  |
Marquette | Marquette destroyed Xavier by 46 and raced past Butler by 29 on Sunday to improve to 9-0 in Big East play. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Maryland | Kaila Charles and Stephanie Jones combined for 45 points as the Terrapins cruised past Indiana 76-56. | 12 |
| 10 |  |
Oregon State | Oregon State was lights out shooting the basketball as they annihilated Washington by 47 in Seattle and beat WSU. | 13 |
| 11 |  |
Stanford | Cardinal split in the Rocky Mountains as they beat Colorado and lost to Utah for the first time ever in program history. | 6 |
| 12 |  |
Utah | Erika Bean’s 23 points were enough to lead the Utes to the first ever win over Stanford, 75-68, on Sunday afternoon. | 21 |
| 13 |  |
Iowa | Iowa upset Rutgers and then beat Purdue in front of 9,319 fans thanks to Megan Gustafson and Hannah Stewart’s dominance. | 16 |
| 14 |  |
Texas | Texas survived a tough test at Texas Tech on Saturday 78-71 and also handled Kansas earlier in the week, 62-43. | 14 |
| 15 |  |
Rutgers | Scarlet Knights settle for a split this week on the road as they lost at Iowa and beat Penn State on Sunday. | 10 |
| 16 |  |
South Carolina | Gamecocks were in total command last Monday night against Missouri in a 79-65 win. Don’t sleep on Coach Staley’s team in March. | 20 |
| 17 |  |
Michigan State | Spartans have a solid week as they beat Illinois 77-60 and outlasted Michigan 77-73 to go 2-0 on the week. | 15 |
| 18 |  |
Gonzaga | Zykera Rice, Jill Townsend , and Chandler Smith led a balanced offensive attack to lead the Bulldogs to a 78-61 win over Santa Clara. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
Texas A&M | Kayla Wells and Chennedy Carter each scored 20 points to push the Aggies past Kentucky 73-71 to finish a 2-0 week. | 23 |
| 20 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky played great defense in a 52-41 win over Missouri and lost at Texas A&M 73-71. | 17 |
| 21 |  |
Arizona State | Arizona State lost a tough one at home to UCLA and then recovered to beat USC to salvage a split. | 11 |
| 22 |  |
Miami (FL) | Hurricanes were outstanding offensively at Syracuse as they beat the Orange 84-71 and also beat Boston College this week. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Syracuse | Orange weren’t able to slow down Miami in a 84-71 loss to the surging Hurricanes and then bounced back to beat Duke. | 18 |
| 24 |  |
Iowa State | Kristin Scott’s 31 points and 12 rebounds led the Cyclones to a 84-71 win over Oklahoma State to save a split on the road. | 24 |
| 25 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles couldn’t get enough going offensively in a 68-49 loss to Louisville, but did a nice job to get a win at Virginia Tech. | 22 |
