1/20 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

January 20, 2020 · CSM Staff

Rank	Team		Comments	Prior
1		Baylor	Moon Ursin scored a career high 22 points to lead Baylor to a 91-51 win over West Virginia for their 45th straight Big 12 win.	1
2		South Carolina	South Carolina blew out Missouri 78-45 in their lone game of the week. They host Mississippi State on Monday night.	2
3		Oregon	Oregon crushed Stanford 87-55 and dominated Cal 105-55 to head into Civil War Week with a ton of confidence.	5
4		Connecticut	UConn grinded out wins against Memphis and UCF while sprinting past Tulsa 92-34 to cap off a 3-0 week.	7
5		Stanford	Stanford survived the treacherous trip to the Oregon schools with a split, losing at Oregon 87-55 and beating OSU 61-58.	3
6		Louisville	Louisville survived a tough road trip to North Carolina as they outlasted the Tar Heels 74-67.	8
7		NC State	Elissa Cunane and Jakiah Brown-Turner led NC State to a dominant 68-51 win over Florida State to highlight a 2-0 week.	9
8		Oregon State	Beavers settle for a split against the Bay Area schools as they routed Cal 81-44 and lost a tough one to Stanford 61-58.	6
9		UCLA	UCLA lost their first game of the season on Friday night as they were shocked by rival USC 70-68 in double overtime.	4
10		Mississippi State	MSU held on to beat LSU 64-60 as the Bulldogs shot 50 percent for the game despite struggling a little bit in the 4th quarter.	11
11		DePaul	DePaul keeps on rolling as they beat Xavier and Butler to improve to 17-2 overall and 7-0 in Big East Conference play.	12
12		Kentucky	Kentucky beat up Texas A&M in a 76-54 win over the Aggies. On Sunday, they dropped a tough one at LSU 65-59.	14
13		Gonzaga	Katie Campbell and Jamie Loera combined for 24 points to lead Gonzaga to a comfortable 69-42 win at USF.	17
14		West Virginia	Mountaineers couldn’t get anything going offensively all week as they lost decisively to Oklahoma and Baylor.	13
15		Arizona State	Sun Devils avoided a letdown this week as they went on the road to UW and Washington State and took care of business.	18
16		Texas A&M	Aggies split their two games this week as they were blown out Kentucky 76-54 and then routed Florida 69-42.	10
17		Florida State	Florida State was outscored 40-24 in the paint by NC State as they lost 68-51 on the road to the Wolfpack.	16
18		Indiana	Hoosiers dropped a nail biter at home to Northwestern in a 71-69 loss on Thursday night.	15
19		Arkansas	Arkansas blew past Vanderbilt 100-66 in Nashville to improve to 15-3 overall on the season.	22
20		Florida Gulf Coast	Nasrin Ulel’s 16 points led Florida Gulf Coast to a key RPI boosting win over North Florida 72-50 on Monday.	20
21		South Dakota	South Dakota crushed North Dakota State and South Dakota State to improve to 17-2 and 6-0 in Summit League play.	21
22		Iowa	Alexis Sevillian’s three-pointer with eight seconds left gave Iowa a 76-75 win at Minnesota. The Hawkeyes also survived 85-78 at Wisconsin.	24
23		Maryland	Maryland methodically pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 87-69 win over Nebraska. Indiana visits on Monday night.	25
24		Princeton	Tigers were off for their first of two bye weeks after beating Penn 75-55 back on January 11.	23
25		Missouri State	Bears dropped a heartbreaker on the road at Southern Illinois 70-68 on a buzzer beater by the Salukis.	19

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