2/10 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings

Rank Team Comments Prior
1 South Carolina Logo South Carolina Aliyah Boston and Mikiah Herbert Harrigan combined for 43 points as South Carolina routed Arkansas 86-65 on Thursday night. 1
2 Oregon Logo Oregon Ducks are rolling as they dominated UConn, Arizona , and Arizona State, paying back for a prior loss to the Sun Devils 79-48. 3
3 Baylor Logo Baylor Baylor beat Kansas 97-44 on Wednesday night and then overcame a rough offensive night in a 54-40 win over Kansas State. 2
4 North Carolina State Logo NC State Elissa Cunane, Aislinn Konig, and Jakiah Brown-Turner all scored in double figures as NC State won 71-59 at Virginia Tech. 7
5  Mississippi State Logo Mississippi State Mississippi State cruised past Tennessee 72-55 in Knoxville and rallied to beat Texas A&M 69-57. 9
6 Connecticut Logo
Connecticut Huskies couldn’t find a way to slow down Oregon in a 74-56 home loss. They did bounce back to crush Memphis 94-55. 4
7 UCLA Logo
UCLA Michaela Onyenwere and Chantel Horvat had big time performances as UCLA upset Stanford 79-69 to highlight a 2-0 trip to the Bay Area. 14
8 Stanford Logo Stanford Stanford settles for a split this week as they lost 79-69 at home to UCLA and beat USC 79-59 on Sunday. 5
9 Arizona Logo Arizona Stanford settles for a split this week as they lost 79-69 at home to UCLA and beat USC 79-59 on Sunday. 11
10 Maryland Logo Maryland Stanford settles for a split this week as they lost 79-69 at home to UCLA and beat USC 79-59 on Sunday. 12
11 DePaul Logo DePaul DePaul survived a trip to St. John’s on Friday and then capped off the week with a win at Seton Hall to improve to 22-3 on the year. 13
12 Oregon State Logo Oregon State Oregon State outlasted Arizona State 64-62 and lost a tough one on Sunday to Arizona by a score of 65-58. 8
13 Florida State Logo Florida State Kiah Gillespie scored 25 points and collected 13 rebounds as the Seminoles picked up a huge 67-59 win at Louisville. 15
14 Gonzaga Logo Gonzaga Gonzaga beat Pacific 83-65 and then dropped one at Saint Mary’s as they lost 70-60 to the Gaels on Saturday in Moraga. 10
15 Louisville Logo Louisville Cardinals couldn’t get anything going offensively as they lost to FFSU and Syracuse and failed to score over 60 points in either game. 6
16  South Dakota Logo South Dakota Ciara Duffy, Taylor Frederick, Chloe Lamb, and Hannah Sjerven led a balanced attack for South Dakota as they crushed North Dakota. 16
17 Iowa Logo Iowa Hawkeyes bounced back nicely this week after losing to Michigan by knocking off Nebraska and Purdue to improve to 20-4. 20
18 Northwestern Logo Northwestern Wildcats were off this week but will return to action on Monday night against MSU as they are looking to pickup win number 20. NR
19 Kentucky Logo Kentucky Kentucky grinded out a 66-62 win at home against Alabama and then lost 103-85 at Arkansas on Sunday. 17
20 Florida Gulf Coast Logo Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast keeps on rolling as they won at Jacksonville 81-68 and then came home to beat North Florida 76-65. 19
21 Texas A&M Logo Texas A&M Texas A&M played well for three quarters in Starkville, but couldn’t finish the deal against Mississippi State in a 69-57 loss. 18
22 Arkansas Logo
Arkansas Alexis Tolefree went off for 30 points as Arkansas had little trouble with Kentucky to pick up a split this week after losing to South Carolina. 25
23 Missouri State Logo Missouri State Brice Calip’s 23 points and eight assists gave Missouri State another RPI boosting win as they outlasted Drake 89-83 for win number 20 on the year. 23
24 Princeton Logo Princeton Princeton has won 13 straight as they blew out Cornell 60-29 and had little trouble with Columbia in a 77-55 win on Saturday. 22
25 Indiana Logo Indiana Hoosiers lost at home against Maryland 79-69 but quickly recovered from that loss  as they beat Nebraska 57-53 in Lincoln. 24