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A few weeks ago, we debuted our ranking of the top teams outside the BSC Conferences (ACC, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-10, Big East, Big 12). Now that the season's started, we're back for Round Two.

1. Xavier (2-0) - Last week: 1 - As advertised in victories at South Carolina and Michigan. Here's why it's fun to play on the same team with twin towers Ta'Shia Phillips and Amber Harris - Musketeers junior guard Katie Rutan made 7 3-pointers Monday night against Michigan - in the first half.

2. TCU (1-0) - Last week: 2 - Flexed their considerable muscle in a 58-point rout of Houston Baptist. Emily Carter became just the 12th Horned Froggie (I can say that; I went to school there) in program history to surpass 1,000 career points.

3. Green Bay (2-0) - Last week: 3 - Nice job in beating Minnesota to win the Golden Gophers' own tournament, as Williams Arena is a tough place to play. Adrian Ritchie (19 ppg) earned tournament MVP and Horizon League Player of the Week honors.

4. Temple (0-1) - Last week: 5 - Qwedia Wallace was named Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Week after she lit up No. 7 Ohio State for 32 points (7 3-pointers) in an extremely respectable 84-75 loss.

5. Dayton (0-2) - Last week: 3 - No shame in losing in double overtime to Penn State and at Michigan State. But not closing out the Nittany Lions had to really sting - the Flyers led by eight with just over two minutes left in regulation.

6. South Dakota State (2-0) - Last week: 20 - A rout over Utah State and a quality decision over Hampton boosts the Jackrabbits into the Preseason WNIT semifinals.

7. Fresno State (2-0) - Last week: 7 - Two road victories and a whole lot of buckets - the Bulldogs hung 120 on Sacramento State.

8. UALR (1-0) - Last week: 9 - Chastity Reed scored 31 points (on 13-of-19 shooting) in a 76-51 rout of a decent Davidson team. Can't wait to see what the Trojans can do at Texas A&M Tuesday night.

9. Old Dominion (1-0) - Last week: 14 - The Lady Monarchs played like a team intent on returning to glory and engineered arguably the best win by any non-BCS conference team with Sunday's gritty 65-63 home win over Georgia Tech.

10. Hampton (1-1) - Last week: 24 - It's not easy to beat James Madison in Harrisonburg. But to call the Lady Pirates' victory a major upset is to ignore just how well this team was playing at the end of 2009-10 and how much of that talent is back for more.

11. Gonzaga (1-1) - Last week: 8 - The Bulldogs underachieved (by their own admission) in a season-opening loss at USC, then returned home and took out their frustrations on Division II Whitman College (114-40). Next up: Stanford.

12. East Tennessee State (2-0) - Last week: Not ranked - That 96-84 victory over a good Richmond team opened our eyes. If the injury-plagued Latisha Belcher continues to give this team anything close to the 19-point, 11-rebound effort she threw at the Spiders, look out.

13. Illinois State (1-0) - Last week: Not ranked - The Redbirds kicked off the Stephanie Glance Era in style by posting their first victory at Illinois since 1982.

14. Bowling Green (1-1) - Last week: 10 - Since the 14:35 mark of the first half of Bowling Green's opener, the Falcons have outscored Evansville and Creighton by a combined 40 points. Problem is, they spotted Evansville a 16-0 lead in that opening 5:25, just enough to lead to a 63-62 loss.

15. Brigham Young (0-1) - Last week: 15 - The Cougars acquitted themselves well in a 69-54 loss at No. 5 Duke.

16. San Diego State (0-1) - Last week: 11 - Oh, what might have been - the Aztecs led No. 15 UCLA by eight at the half, only to fall victim to the Bruins' defensive pressure in a 55-48 loss. Arizona transfer Courtney Clements scored 19 points in her SDSU debut.

17. Tulane (1-0) - Last week: 12 - The Green Wave tuned up for Tuesday's visit from Mississippi State by rallying past South Alabama 72-62. Sophomore guard Olivia Grayson led the way with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

18. Princeton (1-0) - Last week: 13 - It was all good for Devona Allgood, who earned Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honors after her 20-point, 7-rebound, 3-block effort in the Tigers' 78-37 spanking of Fairleigh Dickinson. Next up: at Rutgers on Thursday.

19. James Madison (0-1) - Last week: 7 - Injuries and subpar low-post play made the Dukes an inviting target for legitimately dangerous Hampton.

20. - Louisiana Tech (1-0) - Last week: Not ranked - Adrienne Johnson's 25 points led the Lady Techsters to a 33-point victory over Prairie View A&M.

21. Marist (1-1) - Last week: 16 - The Red Foxes kept things interesting before falling by 14 to No. 14 St. John's, then rebounded by whipping Grambling.

22. Florida Gulf Coast (1-0) - Last week: 18 - It wasn't pretty, but the Eagles did just enough to close out Seton Hall and spoil Anne Donovan's return to college coaching. FGCU has now won 25 straight at home, the fourth-longest current streak in the country.

23. Oral Roberts (2-0) - Typical Golden Eagles speedball - they've averaged 115 points in the two games, and Kevi Lupar is scoring at a 32 ppg clip.

24. Delaware (1-0) - Sophomore sensation Elena Delle Donne picked up right where she left off as she dropped 36 points on UMBC.

25 (tie). Evansville (1-0) - The Lady Aces probably deserve more credit after taking down Bowling Green.

25 (tie). Central Arkansas (1-1): Sophomore Megan Hebert earned Southland Conference Player of the Week honors after averaging 22 points and 15 rebounds in a rout of Hendrix College and an 11-point loss at Alabama.

Dropped out: Liberty, Hartford, Lamar, Lehigh