1/13 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

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1 Baylor Logo Baylor Te’a Cooper scored 27 points to lead Baylor to a convincing 74-58 win over UConn and then throttled Oklahoma State 94-48. 4
2 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Zia Cooke scored 21 points and Aliyah Boston picked up 25 rebounds as South Carolina beat Arkansas 91-82 Thursday night. 5
3 Stanford Logo Stanford Head Coach Tara Vanderverr picked up her 500th Pac-12 conference win as Stanford cruised past Cal 73-40 on Friday. 6
4 UCLA Logo UCLA UCLA blew out Utah 84-54 and then survived at Colorado on Sunday as they held off the Buffaloes 65-62 to improve to 15-0. 7
5 Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon lost down at Arizona State 72-66 as the Sun Devils outscored them 30-14 in the fourth quarter. They did beat Arizona on Sunday. 3
6 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Oregon State settles for a split down in the desert as they narrowly beat Arizona 63-61 and lost at ASU 55-47 on Sunday. 2
7 Connecticut Logo Connecticut UConn saw its 98 game homecourt winning streak snapped by Baylor in a 74-58 loss on Thursday. They did beat Houston 91-51 on Saturday. 1
8 Louisville Logo Louisville Louisville keeps on rolling as they blew out Miami (FL) 87-41 and took care of Wake Forest 75-61 on Sunday. 8
9 North Carolina State Logo NC State NC State responded nicely to the North Carolina loss by blowing out Notre Dame 90-56 on Sunday to end the week at 15-1. 9
10 Texas A&M Logo  Texas A&M Texas A&M settled for a split this week as they routed Ole Miss 79-35 and then lost a close one to LSU 57-54 on Thursday night. 10
11  Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Bulldogs win their 14th straight road game as they methodically took care of Missouri 79-64 on Thursday night. 13
12  DePaul Logo DePaul DePaul is now 5-0 in Big East Conference play as they picked up a big 74-69 win over St. John’s on Sunday afternoon. 14
13 West Virginia Logo West Virginia West Virginia is now 13-1 on the year after beating Kansas and Texas this week. 15
14 Kentucky Logo Kentucky A very productive road trip this week for Kentucky as they won at Alabama 81-71 and at Florida 65-45. 16
15 Indiana Logo  Indiana Indiana has to settle for a 2-1 week as they beat Illinois and Purdue but lost at Iowa 91-85 in double overtime. 12
16  Florida State Logo Florida State Seminoles didn’t have an answer for Georgia Tech’s Jasmine Carson in a 67-52 loss. FSU did beat North Carolina 78-64. 11
17 Gonzaga Logo
Gonzaga Jenn Wirth notched a double-double as Gonzaga escaped at home against Pacific by a score of 68-67 on Saturday. 17
18  Arizona State Logo Arizona State Arizona State collected two huge wins for their NCAA Tournament resume as they knocked off both OU and OSU this week. NR
19 Missouri State Logo Missouri State Sydney Manning’s game winning three-point shot at the buzzer gave the Bears a 69-67 win over Drake on Friday night to highlight a 2-0 week. 19
20  Florida Gulf Coast Logo Florida Gulf Coast Nasrin Ulel and Davion Wingate scored 19 points apiece to lead FGCU to a 89-47 win over Stetson on Saturday afternoon. 22
21 South Dakota Logo South Dakota Ciara Duffy scored 16 points and dished out ten assists to lead South Dakota to a 77-44 win over Omaha on Saturday. 23
22 Arkansas Logo Arkansas Chelsea Dungee’s 38 points propelled Arkansas to a 90-73 win over Missouri to end the week with a split. 21
23 Princeton Logo Princeton Bella Alarie and Taylor Baur teamed up for 40 points and 24 rebounds as Princeton dominated Penn 75-55 in the Ivy League opener. 24
24 Iowa Logo
Iowa Iowa has now won 30 games in a row at Carver Hawkeye Arena as they beat Maryland and Indiana in dramatic fashion. NR
25 Maryland Logo Maryland Terrapins  end up settling for a split this week as they lost at Iowa 66-61 and beat Michigan 77-49 on Sunday. 20