Women’s Basketball 2014-2015 Preseason Top 25 Rankings
October 7, 2014 · CSM Staff
Teams will be added to the Top 25 Rankings as the Top 44 Previews are revealed
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Connecticut | Here we are again. Top to bottom, nobody comes close to having as much talent as the Huskies. | |
| 2 |  |
South Carolina | Tiffany Mitchell, a solid group of returnees and the best freshman of 2014, makes this the team to compete with UConn. | |
| 3 |  |
Tennessee | Tennessee has experience and depth. That is enough to get this squad back to the Final Four. | |
| 4 |  |
Notre Dame | Jewell Loyd will have to find a few new stars to work with, but she can carry this team on her own too. | |
| 5 |  |
Duke | Duke is very young around center Elizabeth Williams, but of course this group does not lack in talent. | |
| 6 |  |
Texas A&M | Seniors Courtney Walker and Courtney Williams lead a very experienced Texas A&M squad. | |
| 7 |  |
North Carolina | Losing Diamond DeShields was a massive blow, but there is other young talent ready to take the headlines. | |
| 8 |  |
Stanford | For the first time in a long time, Stanford will be a perimeter oriented team. Amber Orrange is ready for that. | |
| 9 |  |
Kentucky | Jennifer O’Neill is a great floor leader and Bria Goss can score. If Azia Bishop lives up to her potential, watch out. | |
| 10 |  |
Baylor | Odyssey Sims is gone, but this program has proven they can replace superstars already. Nina Davis next in line. | |
| 11 |  |
UCLA | UCLA is coming off of a terribly disappointing season. If they can put that behind them, there is talent here. | |
| 12 |  |
California | There are not many duos better than Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd in all of college basketball. | |
| 13 |  |
Iowa | Samantha Logic is poised for a huge season and this team should be even better than they were in 2013-2014. | |
| 14 |  |
Louisville | It is time to move on for Louisville and now they will reload around Sara Hammond and Bria Smith. | |
| 15 |  |
Maryland | Maryland will be a dangerous team during their first year in the Big Ten, even without Alyssa Thomas. | |
| 16 |  |
Michigan State | The Big Ten is going to be fun up top and the Spartans, with leader Aerial Powers, will be right in the mix | |
| 17 |  |
Nebraska | Losing Jordan Hooper hurts, but Nebraska has a lot of talent and experience returning, led by Rachel Theriot. | |
| 18 |  |
LSU | It is easy to overlook LSU after their 7-9 SEC performance, but this was a Sweet Sixteen team a year ago. | |
| 19 |  |
West Virginia | WVU’s season ended a little earlier than they hoped, but Bria Holmes and company get another shot this year. | |
| 20 |  |
Penn State | Maggie Lucas is gone so this team should take a step back, but don’t count them out of anything just yet. | |
| 21 |  |
Dayton | If you are looking for a team to watch outside of the big conferences, look no further than Dayton. | |
| 22 |  |
Syracuse | If Syracuse can find consistency in the frontcourt, this is a team that can win more than one NCAA Tournament game. | |
| 23 |  |
Purdue | Following an 11-5 finish in the Big Ten last year, the Boilermakers are again ready to compete for a conference title. | |
| 24 |  |
Texas | Texas made a big turnaround last season and, with a dominating frontcourt, they are ready to take the next step. | |
| 25 |  |
DePaul | The Balanced DePaul attack has them favored to win the Big East. Brittany Hrynko is ready for the national radar. | |
