1/2 Women’s Basketball Top 25
January 1, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Baylor |
Baylor enjoyed the break atop the rankings, but Missouri and Iowa State hope to open things up a bit in the Big 12. |
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| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | Waiting for the next huge women’s basketball game? Notre Dame takes on Uconn on Saturday evening. |
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Stanford | Stanford got the sweep traveling to Southern California. The story should be the same hosting the Oregon schools. |
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| 4 |  |
Connecticut | The Huskies lost the big showdown with Baylor, but now they will get a shot at conference foe Notre Dame. |
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| 5 |  |
Maryland | Maryland handed Delaware their first loss of the year on Thursday and now the ACC fun begins with a trip to FSU. |
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| 6 |  |
Ohio State | The Buckeyes won their first conference road test at Wisconsin. This week they travel to Michigan. |
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| 7 |  |
Tennessee | Few teams are as road tested as Tennessee, but they’ll get a couple home games this week before another trip. |
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| 8 |  |
Georgia | We will find out if Georgia are really worthy of a top ten ranking at Tennessee on Thursday. |
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| 9 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown resumes Big East play with what promises to be a fun one against DePaul on Tuesday night. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M opens up Big 12 play with a trip to Kansas State followed by a home game against Oklahoma. |
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| 11 |  |
Duke | Duke begins conference play with an interesting game agaisnt Virginia on Monday followed by a trip to Wake Forest. |
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| 12 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky’s week started off with a tough loss to Middle Tennessee, but then they got a nice win at Florida. |
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| 13 |  |
Miami | Miami heads to North Carolina for one of the best games in a slew of good ACC contests on Monday night. |
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| 14 |  |
Louisville | Louisville gets a little bit of a break early in Big East play, but few Big East games will be easy. |
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| 15 |  |
Texas Tech | TTU nearly had a holiday letdown Friday against San Diego, but they remain undefeated thanks to Kierra Mallard. |
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| 16 |  |
Rutgers | Rutgers will get back into the groove after playing just one game over the last couple of weeks. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Green Bay | Green Bay had a nice conference start, but the next three are on the road. Watch out for WSU and Detroit. |
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| 18 |  |
Nebraska | Last week we wondered if Nebraska was for real. They left Happy Valley with a win. Now the Big Ten tests continue. |
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| 19 |  |
Delaware | Delaware fell to Maryland, but this is still a team with a great resume. The RPI will dip during conference play. |
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| 20 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga are looking strong with WCC play underway, but St. Mary’s and BYU won’t go down without a fight. |
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| 21 |  |
Purdue | Purdue snuck past Minnesota at home and will be tested at Illinois and against Wisconsin this week. |
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| 22 |  |
Texas | Texas finished non-conference play with a solid 10-2 record…now they want to get off to a good start in the Big 12. |
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| 23 |  |
DePaul | DePaul has been pretty hot lately, but they are about to run into a very hot Georgetown team on Tuesday. |
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| 24 |  |
Penn State | Penn State had a tough game at home against Nebraska in a 63-71 loss. A trip to Madison is up next. |
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| 25 |  |
Virginia | Playing Duke and North Carolina three days apart is a great way for Virginia to emerge as a real player in the ACC. |
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