WBB Bracketology 5.0: You can’t ignore the mid-majors

CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 18: FGCU guard Taylor Gradinjan (24) dribbles during a women's college basketball game between the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles and the University of Miami Hurricanes on March 18, 2017 at Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated FGCU 62-60. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 18: FGCU guard Taylor Gradinjan (24) dribbles during a women's college basketball game between the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles and the University of Miami Hurricanes on March 18, 2017 at Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated FGCU 62-60. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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WACO, TX – DECEMBER 06: Baylor Bears forward Lauren Cox (15) is guarded by Texas State Bobcats forward De’Jionae Calloway (55) during the NCAA women’s basketball between Baylor and Texas State on December 6, 2016, at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. (Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WACO, TX – DECEMBER 06: Baylor Bears forward Lauren Cox (15) is guarded by Texas State Bobcats forward De’Jionae Calloway (55) during the NCAA women’s basketball between Baylor and Texas State on December 6, 2016, at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX. (Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Waco:

2. Baylor (Big 12)
15. Harvard (Ivy)

7. Marquette
10. Miami

After beating Texas by 25 a couple weeks back, there’s little doubt that Baylor is the best team in the Big 12. Assuming they beat Harvard in the first round, the Bears would get either a Marquette team that continues to challenge the best in the nation or Miami, which has won five out of six.

College Park:

3. Maryland (Big Ten)
14. Albany (America East)

6. Stanford
11. South Dakota State

The Cardinal keep rising. Stanford was once 9-7, but has now won seven out of eight games with that lone loss coming at UCLA. Its win at Oregon on Sunday was as clear a sign as any that Tara Vanderveer has her team playing its best as we near the home stretch.