NCAA Women’s Top 25: Duke claims No. 1 spot in new rankings

United Soccer Coaches released the 8th set of NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Rankings for the 2024 season, with Duke taking over the No. 1 spot.

North Carolina comes in at No. 2 this week, followed by Wake Forest at No. 3, Mississippi State at No. 4 and Michigan State rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the Top 25.

NCAA National Poll 8 – October 8, 2024

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Duke	2	6	198	9-1-0
2	North Carolina	3	2	193	12-1-0
3	Wake Forest	4	0	183	9-2-2
4	Mississippi State	7	0	170	10-1-0
5	Michigan State	5	0	169	9-0-4
6	Arkansas	1	0	146	9-1-1
7	Stanford	9	0	143	11-1-1
8	Ohio State	7	0	140	9-1-3
9	Iowa	11	0	134	10-0-3
10	Santa Clara	10	0	132	8-2-1
11	Utah State	12	0	118	12-0-2
12	TCU	23	0	100	9-2-2
13	Notre Dame	17	0	96	8-1-2
14	Auburn	16	0	91	11-1-1
15	Pepperdine	13	0	89	8-2-2
16	Memphis	15	0	79	8-1-1
17	California	18	0	62	10-1-2
18	Georgetown	20	0	60	8-1-4
19	USC	21	0	59	9-1-2
20	Penn State	19	0	41	9-3-2
21	Virginia Tech	NR	0	39	9-3-2
22	Florida State	6	0	37	7-2-2
23	South Carolina	24	0	27	5-1-5
24	Texas Tech	RV	0	17	10-2-1
25	Virginia	25	0	16	8-4-0

Records shown are through games of October 6, 2024

Also receiving votes: Rice University (11), University of Pittsburgh (10), UCLA (9), Xavier University (8), West Virginia University (7), University of Georgia (5), University of Colorado (4), Saint Louis University (4), University of Kentucky (2), Princeton University (1)