1/9 Women’s Basketball Top 25
January 9, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Baylor |
The Bears escaped Ames with a win on Saturday, but it may not be so easy against Texas this weekend. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish survived a thrilling overtime game against Uconn to take the early lead in the always exciting Big East. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Stanford | Stanford survived the Oregon schools coming to Palo Alto, but now they have to take the new trip out East. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Maryland | It took an overtime effort against UNC, but Maryland ended their week with three quality victories. |
5 |
| 5 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee is looking like Tennessee again, but games against Kentucky and Vanderbilt this week will be tough. |
7 |
| 6 |  |
Connecticut | The Huskies may have lost to Notre Dame on Saturday, but they will have at least one chance for revenge. |
4 |
| 7 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky has a couple huge games this week, hosting Tennessee and traveling to South Carolina. |
12 |
| 8 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State lost a tough road game at Michigan and this week they have to head back to the state of Michigan. |
6 |
| 9 |  |
Duke | Duke got the best of Virginia, Wake Forest and N.C. State last week. This week FSU and VT await. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Texas Tech | Texas Tech remained undefeated despite strong efforts from Oklahoma State and Missouri. Okie is next. |
15 |
| 11 |  |
Rutgers | Rutgers started Big East with a couple wins last week, but it’ll get tougher with Pitt and Louisville next. |
16 |
| 12 |  |
Georgia | The Bulldogs did not look at the same level as Tennessee on Thursday night, but this is still a good team. |
8 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies lost last week on the road to a surging Kansas State squad, but they won’t lose too many. |
10 |
| 14 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown followed up their loss to DePaul with a nice road win at USF. Notre Dame awaits on Tuesday. |
9 |
| 15 |  |
Miami | Miami lost a heartbreaker to UNC and have a trio of big games coming up this week. |
13 |
| 16 |  |
Nebraska | It turns out the Big Ten got a boost in basketball from the addition of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are 3-0. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Purdue | The Big Ten slate may not have started out too difficult for Purdue, but they are winning games. |
21 |
| 18 |  |
Green Bay | Green Bay keeps taking care of business, but the conference slate gets tough with trips to WSU and Detroit. |
17 |
| 19 |  |
Delaware | There are few teams in the CAA that could give Delaware a challenge, but it’s almost easy for the Blue Hens for now. |
19 |
| 20 |  |
Louisville | Louisville got tripped up on the road at Rutgers. They better fix that soon with road trips to Rutgers and G’town. |
14 |
| 21 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga has had little trouble with most teams in the WCC, but St. Mary’s is coming up on Saturday. |
20 |
| 22 |  |
South Carolina | The Gamecocks have won eight games in a row and are playing some great basketball right now. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
North Carolina | Beating Miami and Virginia and taking Maryland to overtime is enough to get the Tar Heels back into the top 25. |
NR |
| 24 |  |
LSU | LSU has yet to hit the heart of the SEC slate, but they are winning games. South Carolina and Florida are up this week. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
DePaul | DePaul had a huge victory at Georgetown on Tuesday before being upset at Providence on Saturday. |
23 |
