1/23 Women’s Basketball Top 25
January 23, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Baylor |
The Bears remained undefeated and took out a couple ranked teams last week. The Bears make it look easy. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish are blowing everybody out. They will not be able to blow out Tennessee on Monday night. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Stanford | If there is a team in the Pac-12 that can stop Stanford, it is probably the visiting team from right across the bay. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky held off Georgia and Florida last week, but should have an easier time against Auburn and Alabama. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee hits the road this week for another tough non-conference game. This one is against #2 Notre Dame. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Connecticut | Like the Irish, Uconn are making easy work of some good teams. The blowouts will continue this week. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Duke | Duke got a nice win over Maryland on Sunday afternoon and just have one game this week at Clemson. |
9 |
| 8 |  |
Ohio State | The Buckeyes hit the road this week for games in Bloomington and Minneapolis. Those are both very winnable. | 7 |
| 9 |  |
Miami | Miami hit the road last week and got a couple quality wins, most notably over UVA. The next two are at home. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Maryland | Maryland went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and gave the Blue Devils a good game. They’ll meet again soon. |
8 |
| 11 |  |
Rutgers | Rutgers has a tough week ahead with an angry DePaul team coming to town followed by a trip to Georgetown. |
11 |
| 12 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies got a big win in Lawrence to stay within striking distance of Baylor atop the Big 12 standings. |
13 |
| 13 |  |
Purdue | The Boilermakers just had one game last week, but they face MSU, Northwestern and Iowa this week. |
14 |
| 14 |  |
Georgia | Georgia could not overcome Kentucky at home and they have more tough games this week in Vandy and UT. |
12 |
| 15 |  |
Louisville | Louisville got a nice road win at Georgetown, albeit slightly controversial. This week their lone game is vs. Nova. |
22 |
| 16 |  |
Green Bay | Green Bay had no trouble with Youngstown State and Cleveland State last week. Next up is a two game road trip. | 16 |
| 17 |  |
Delaware | Drexel did not make things easy for Delaware this week, but the Blue Hens remain undefeated in conference play. |
17 |
| 18 |  |
Penn State | PSU got a couple nice wins last week, but they will need to sweep a road trip through Michigan to keep pace. | 23 |
| 19 |  |
Georgetown | The Hoyas can move on from their loss to Louisville by beating West Virginia and Rutgers this week. |
15 |
| 20 |  |
Nebraska | Nebraska couldn’t hang with OSU on the road, but they beat Minnesota and are still in a position to surprise. |
19 |
| 21 |  |
Kansas | Kansas suffered a tough home loss to Texas A&M and now they can become a contender with a win this week. |
NR |
| 22 |  |
Gonzaga | Not long ago Gonzaga lost at home to St. Mary’s. This Saturday they will get an opportunity for revenge. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Texas Tech | The Lady Raiders have now lost four games in a row and they need to get back on track before they fall too far. |
18 |
| 24 |  |
North Carolina | Following a losing skid, the Tar Heels hit the road last week and knocked off Virginia Tech and NC State. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
Georgia Tech | The Yellow Jackets lost to Duke, but they had a nice 79-55 road win over Florida State on Sunday afternoon. |
NR |
