1/16 Women’s Basketball Top 25
January 16, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Baylor |
Baylor remained undefeated with victories over OSU and Texas. A tough road trip to TTU on Wednesday is next. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame survived road games against Georgetown and Cincy last week. This week they stay in South Bend. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Stanford | Stanford had no trouble with their first road trip to the new Pac-12 schools. This week they host UW and WSU. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Kentucky | It was a great week for Kentucky who knocked off Tennessee at home and beat South Carolina on the road. |
7 |
| 5 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee had a 36 game SEC win streak before Kentucky put an end to that. They already started a new streak. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut rebounded nicely following their loss to Notre Dame, but they have three tough games this week. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State is playing good basketball and managed to beat MSU in East Lansing. Next they head to Lincoln. |
8 |
| 8 |  |
Maryland | Maryland’s lone game of the week ended in a 75-63 loss to Miami. It was their first loss of the season. | 4 |
| 9 |  |
Duke | Duke cruised through a couple ACC foes last week, but a trip to Georgia Tech and a game against Maryland await. | 9 |
| 10 |  |
Miami | The Hurricanes handed Maryland their first loss of the season and followed it up with a tough road win at FSU. |
15 |
| 11 |  |
Rutgers | There is nothing easy about the Scarlet Knights January slate. If they can make it through, this will be a top 5 team. |
11 |
| 12 |  |
Georgia | Georgia got a pair of nice wins last week and a huge matchup against Kentucky looms on Thursday night. |
12 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M | Texas A&M stumbled against Texas, but should be able to tally some wins over the next couple of weeks. |
13 |
| 14 |  |
Purdue | The Boilermakers got a couple nice wins last week and the big game this week will be at home against MSU. |
17 |
| 15 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown lost to Notre Dame, but most teams do. The next big showdown is a Sunday meeting with Louisville. |
14 |
| 16 |  |
Green Bay | Green Bay hit the road to face a couple of their closest competitors in the Horizon and came away unscathed. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Delaware | Delaware keeps cruising along, but a trip to Towson on Thursday night could prove to be a tricky contest. |
19 |
| 18 |  |
Texas Tech | The Lady Raiders had a tough week, losing to Oklahoma and Kansas State. It won’t get any easier with Baylor. | 10 |
| 19 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska ran into a determined Penn State squad on Sunday and now have to head to Ohio State on Thursday. |
16 |
| 20 |  |
Kansas State | Kansas State won at Texas Tech last weekend. This weekend they have to go to Waco to try and work their magic. |
NR |
| 21 |  |
DePaul | DePaul can get themselves back into the Big East mix with a win over Connecticut on Saturday night. |
25 |
| 22 |  |
Louisville | Every week in the Big East provides at least one tough game. Unfortunately the Cardinals get those on the road. |
20 |
| 23 |  |
Penn State | The Lady Lions had a tough time starting off Big Ten play, but they had a great week with wins over UM and NU. |
NR |
| 24 |  |
Virginia | Virginia will be really tested this week when they start off playing Maryland and Miami before BC this weekend. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
LSU | LSU got a nice win over South Carolina before falling to Florida on the road. A trip to Tennessee won’t be easy. |
24 |
