11/11 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon knocked off Team USA 93-86 on Saturday to become the first college team to beat them since 1999. 1
2 Baylor Logo Baylor Baylor cruised past New Hampshire and Grambling State this week as they scored 219 points in two games. 2
3 Connecticut Logo Connecticut UConn grinded out a 72-61 win over Cal in their season opener on Sunday.  Christyn Williams led the team with 24 points. 3
4 Stanford Logo Stanford Stanford hit the ground running offensively, scoring over 90 points twice in wins over Eastern Washington and San Francisco. 5
5 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Mikayla Pivec and Taylor Jones combined for 45 points to lead Oregon State to a 86-57 win over UC Irvine on Saturday. 6
6 Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Texas A&M picked up a good statement win on Sunday as they routed Duke 79-58. 7
7 Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Mississippi State had little trouble with Southern Miss on Saturday as the Bulldogs won 91-58. 8
8 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Gamecocks were lights out defensively in a 63-54 win over Maryland up in College Park. 11
9 Louisville Logo Louisville Louisville beat Western Kentucky and Murray State this week and do need to clean up the turnovers moving forward. 9
10 UCLA Logo UCLA Lindsey Corsaro and Lauryn Miller led a balanced attack for UCLA in a 74-52 win over LMU to improve to 2-0 on the year. 10
11 Maryland Logo  Maryland Maryland split two games this week beating Wagner and losing to South Carolina. 4
12 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky put the hammer down in the third quarter and pulled away from MTSU in a 67-52 win on Sunday. 12
13 Florida State Logo Florida State Seminoles passed their road test on Saturday at LSU as Florida State outlasted the Tigers 70-62. 14
14 North Carolina State Logo NC State Wolfpack rolled past North Carolina A&T and UNC-Wilmington and scored 80 points in both wins. 13
15 Notre Dame Logo  Notre Dame Notre Dame beat  Fordham and Loyola (MD). Mikayla Vaughn will be out 4-6 weeks with a knee sprain and that will hurt their depth. 15
16 Michigan State Logo Michigan State Michigan State is  heading to Notre Dame this week with momentum as they rolled past Eastern Michigan and Detroit. 16
17  Arizona State Logo Arizona State Ja’Tavia Tarpley’s 18 points led Arizona State to a  83-51 win over Army to wrap up a 2-0 week. 17
18 Syracuse Logo Syracuse Kiara Lewis scored 16 points to propel Syracuse to a 66-54 win over Ohio to start the 2019-20 season on a high note. 18
19 DePaul Logo DePaul Chante Stonewall and Jolene Daninger were lights out against Miami (OH) as the Blue Demons won 98-79. 19
20  Miami Logo Miami (FL) Hurricanes knocked down 11 three point shots in a 83-68 win over Jackson State on Sunday. 21
21 West Virginia Logo West Virginia West Virginia went 2-0 to start the season as they beat St. Francis and Presbyterian. 22
22 Indiana Logo Indiana Freshman Mackenzie Holmes was perfect shooting the ball on Sunday as Indiana demolished Nicholls State 111-47. NR
23 Tennessee Logo Tennessee Tennessee survived a tough battle with ETSU and routed Central Arkansas. Notre Dame is next on Monday night. 24
24 Rice Logo
Rice Owls picked up from where they left off last season as they beat Nicholls and Little Rock with easy 20 plus point wins. NR
25  Arkansas Logo Arkansas Chelsea Dungee scored 22 points and Taylah Thomas collected 21 rebounds as Arkansas beat New Orleans 82-52. 25