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NCAA Aug 20, 2024

Best College Soccer Teams: Top 50 Current NCAA Women’s Programs (2024 Edition)

SoccerWire has provided an updated edition of the highest-ranked women’s college soccer programs in the United States.

With the 2024 NCAA soccer season officially upon us, we take a look below at the best 50 programs in NCAA women’s soccer over the past five seasons, based on their average position in the end-of-season rankings. Rankings are based on a combination of final United Soccer Coaches Polls and Rating Percentage Index (RPI) from each season, with bonuses awarded for NCAA Tournament qualification and College Cup victories.

One of the predominant ranking mechanisms used by the NCAA across various sports, RPI measures each team’s performance weighted against their strength of schedule, with wins over quality opponents playing a key role. Utilizing RPI data across multiple seasons, SoccerWire’s top 50 rankings heavily reward programs that consistently produce a high number of quality wins from year-to-year.

Headlining the list of the top 50 women’s soccer programs is Florida State remaining at No. 1, the legendary UNC Tar Heels at No. 2, perennial powerhouse UCLA at No. 3, followed by Penn State and Stanford rounding out the top five.

See below for the full Top 50 rankings.

1
Florida State
2
North Carolina
3
UCLA
4
Penn State
5
Stanford
6
BYU
7
Arkansas
8
South Carolina
9
USC
10
Santa Clara
11
Duke
12
Georgetown
13
Virginia
14
Memphis
15
Wisconsin
16
Notre Dame
17
Rutgers
18
Texas
19
Tennessee
20
TCU
21
Washington State
22
Clemson
23
Saint Louis
24
Texas Tech
25
Alabama
26
Texas A&M
27
NC State
28
Virginia Tech
29
Xavier
30
Hofstra
31
West Virginia
32
Michigan
33
South Florida
34
Milwaukee
35
Pepperdine
36
Vanderbilt
37
Wake Forest
38
Brown
39
Monmouth
40
Princeton
41
Mississippi State
42
LSU
43
Ole Miss
44
Pittsburgh
45
Samford
46
Harvard
47
Georgia
48
Kansas
49
Arizona
50
Ohio State

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