1/6 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

January 6, 2020 · CSM Staff
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1 Connecticut Logo Connecticut Christyn Williams scored 21 points and Megan Walker added 15 to lead Uconn to a 80-42 win at SMU to secure a 2-0 week. 1
2 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Oregon State picked up two solid wins over Utah and Colorado to improve to 14-0 on the year. 2
3 Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon was outstanding all weekend long as they blasted Colorado 104-46 and Utah 88-51. 3
4 Baylor Logo Baylor Baylor swept both games this week as they routed Morehead State and beat Oklahoma 77-56. 4
5 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Brea Beal and Zia Cooke scored 15 points apiece to lead South Carolina to  a huge 99-72 win over Kentucky. 6
6 Stanford Logo Stanford Stanford was very methodical this week against the Washington schools as they beat both with ease this week. 7
7 UCLA Logo UCLA UCLA survived the best shot from ASU and survived for a 68-66 victory. On Sunday, they pulled away from Arizona for a 70-58 win. 8
8 Louisville Logo Louisville Jazmine Jones scores a career high 26 points to lead Louisville past Duke 60-55 on Sunday. 9
9 North Carolina State Logo NC State Wolfpack held serve at home this week as they beat Virginia Tech and Virginia to improve to 14-0. 10
10 Texas A&M Logo  Texas A&M Chennedy Carter and N’dea Jones led Texas A&M to a huge 84-77 road win against a tough Arkansas squad. 11
11  Florida State Logo Florida State Seminoles settle for a split as they lost to Syracuse on a buzzer beater in overtime. They bounced back to beat Miami. 5
12  Indiana Logo Indiana Indiana grinded out a 66-56 win on the road at Rutgers thanks Jaelyn Penn’s 14 points that sent her past the 1,000 point mark for her career. 14
13 Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Mississippi State hit the ground running in SEC play by crushing Florida 93-47 and winning at Georgia 73-66. 18
14 DePaul Logo DePaul Chante Stonewall did a great job of defending Jaylyn Agnew of Creighton as DePaul beat the Bluejays 74-71. 16
15  West Virginia Logo West Virginia WVU picked up two more wins this week as they held off Cornell and outlasted Kansas State to boost their record to 11-1. 17
16  Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky lost at South Carolina 99-72 but recovered to beat Tennessee 80-76 on Sunday afternoon. 12
17 Gonzaga Logo
 Gonzaga Jessie Loera scored 13 points to lead Gonzaga to a 57-42 win at San Diego to wrap up a two game road sweep this week. 19
18  Arizona Logo Arizona Arizona settles for a split in Los Angeles as they beat USC 65-57 and fell short at UCLA 70-58 on Sunday afternoon. 15
19 Missouri State Logo Missouri State Alexa Willard scored 21 points and Jasmine Franklin’s buzzer beater helped Missouri State escape with a 74-72 win at Loyola (IL). 21
20  Maryland Logo Maryland Maryland did not have any answer for Northwestern defensively as they lost 81-58 on New Year’s Eve. 13
21 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Arkansas showed some nice resilience after losing to Texas A&M on Thursday by going on the road and winning at Auburn. 20
22 Florida Gulf Coast Logo Florida Gulf Coast Tytonia Adderly surpassed the 1,000 career rebound mark on Saturday as FGCU pulled away to beat Lipscomb 82-56. NR
23 South Dakota Logo South Dakota South Dakota took care of Fort Wayne 62-41 and Denver 104-61 to improve to 14-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play. 23
24 Princeton Logo
 Princeton Princeton was off this week and will start off Ivy play on Saturday against Penn as they finished non-conference play at 12-1. NR
25 Michigan Logo Michigan Michigan bounced back from the Maryland loss with two emphatic wins over Penn State and Michigan State this week. NR