12/2 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Mikayla Pivec and Destiny Slocum scored 21 and 20 points respectively to lead Oregon State to a 75-53 win at Miami. 4
2 Connecticut Logo Connecticut Megan Walker scored 23 points and collected 12 rebounds to lead UConn to an easy 75-37 win at Dayton. 3
3 Louisville Logo Louisville Kylee Shook’s 18 points and 15 rebounds led Louisville to a 72-62 win over Oregon. The Cardinals were outstanding defensively. 9
4 Stanford Logo Stanford Haley Jones, Kiana Williams and Lexie Hull led Stanford to a 67-62 win over Miss. State to win the Greater Victoria Invitational. 5
5 Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon went 2-1 at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands. They beat Oklahoma State and UTA and lost to Louisville 72-62. 1
6 Baylor Logo Baylor Baylor beat Washington State and Indiana but wore down in the fourth quarter in a 74-59 loss to South Carolina. 2
7 Florida State Logo Florida State Seminoles outlasted Florida 66-55 and then hammered Texas A&M in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 80-58 win. 13
8 South Carolina Logo South Carolina South Carolina bounced back from a tough loss to Indiana by taking care of Washington State and upsetting Baylor by 15 points. 8
9 Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Bulldogs dropped a tough 67-62 decision to Stanford in the championship game of the Greater Victoria Invitational. 7
10 UCLA Logo UCLA UCLA routed Yale 100-65 and then went back to Charlottesville and picked up two wins against UCF and Virginia. 10
11 Maryland Logo  Maryland Maryland had a highly productive trip to Daytona Beach as they beat Clemson 63-44 and Belmont 90-26. 11
12 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Rhyne Howard and KeKe McKinney led a balanced scoring attack as Kentucky routed Austin Peay 81-52 to close out a 2-0 week. 12
13 North Carolina State Logo NC State Wolfpack pick up a nice win over Texas enroute to the Rainbow Wahine Shwodown championship this week. 14
14 Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Texas A&M beat Prairie View A&M 80-38 and then were outscored 19-6 in the fourth quarter as they lost 80-58 to FSU. 6
15  Indiana Logo Indiana Brenna Wise and Ali Patberg paced Inidana’s 71-57 signature win over South Carolina. The Hoosiers went 2-1 at the Paradise Jam. 19
16 DePaul Logo  DePaul Chante Stonewall’s 25 points was enough for DePaul to beat a tough Northwestern team 70-68 for Coach Bruno’s 700th win. 17
17 Missouri State Logo
Missouri State Missouri State is 7-1 on the season after picking up a big win at South Dakota 74-66 to highlight a 2-0 week for the Bears. NR
18  Tennessee Logo Tennessee Tennssee swept both games this week as they blew out Arkansas Pine-Bluff and Air Force to improve to 7-0. 20
19 Michigan State Logo Michigan State Spartans dropped a heartbreaker to LSU 58-56 but responded nicely to beat Kansas State 65-60 to secure a split in the Bahamas. 15
20  Arizona Logo Arizona Arizona was outstanding defensively as they trounced UC-Riverside 70-27 on Friday. Aari Mcdonald scored 14 points to lead the Wildcats. 22
21 Gonzaga Logo Gonzaga Gonzaga picked up a nice 63-50 win over a tough Purdue team to win the Gulf Coast Showcase on Sunday. 23
22 LSU Logo LSU LSU is 7-1 for the first time since 2013-14 after beating Michigan State and Memphs to win the Bimini Division of the Junkanoo Jam. NR
23 Miami Logo Miami (FL) Hurricanes settle for a split this week as they lost to Oregon State by 22 and recovered to beat Miami (OH) 80-62. 21
24 Minnesota Logo
Minnesota Golden Gophers have won five straight games after beating Braynt this week. They will play Notre Dame next week in South Bend. NR
25 Syracuse Logo  Syracuse Syracuse dropped two of three in Victoria as they beat Houston and lost to Stanford and Green Bay. Michigan is next. 16