| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Purdue | LW 14 --- 26. Kentucky LW 21 |
| 2 |  Virginia | LW 3 --- 27. Iowa St LW 30 |
| 3 |  Texas | LW 1 --- 28. Wisconsin LW 36 |
| 4 |  Houston | LW 2 --- 29. Saint Mary's LW 20 |
| 5 |  UConn | LW 24 --- 30. Xavier LW 22 |
| 6 |  Arizona | LW 18 --- 31. Texas Tech LW 29 |
| 7 |  Baylor | LW 4 --- 32. Mississippi St LW 33 |
| 8 |  Creighton | LW 23 --- 33. Oklahoma LW UR |
| 9 |  Tennessee | LW 28 --- 34. St. John's LW 31 |
| 10 |  Indiana | LW 10 --- 35. TCU LW UR |
| 11 |  San Diego State | LW 26 --- 36. Saint Louis LW 40 |
| 12 |  Kansas | LW 6 --- 37. NC St LW UR |
| 13 |  Illinois | LW 11 --- 38. Iowa LW 5 |
| 14 |  UCLA | LW 12 --- 39. USC LW UR |
| 15 |  Duke | LW 15 --- 40. Virginia Tech LW 32 |
| 16 |  Arkansas | LW 16 |
| 17 |  West Virginia | LW 25 |
| 18 |  Ohio State | LW 8 |
| 19 |  Marquette | LW UR |
| 20 |  Maryland | LW 19 |
| 21 |  North Carolina | LW 13 |
| 22 |  Alabama | LW 27 |
| 23 |  Gonzaga | LW 7 |
| 24 |  Michigan State | LW 9 |
| 25 |  Auburn | LW 17 --- Dropped from top 40: Miami, Oregon, Florida, Penn St, Villanova |
