NCAA Women’s Soccer Preseason Rankings Revealed for 2021
Preseason rankings have been revealed by United Soccer Coaches ahead of the Fall 2021 campaign for men’s and women’s college soccer.
Defending men’s national champions Marshall University and 2020 women’s runner-up Florida State sit atop the polls in NCAA Division I to kickoff the season. To view the NCAA Men’s Division I Top 25, Click Here.
See below for a look at the NCAA Division I Women’s Top 25:
NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN – PRESEASON POLL – AUGUST 4, 2021
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Florida State | 2 | 11 | 794 | 13-0-1 |
2 | Santa Clara | 1 | 18 | 788 | 9-1-0 |
3 | North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 763 | 18-1-0 |
4 | Virginia | 4 | 1 | 723 | 14-4-2 |
5 | UCLA | 9 | 0 | 672 | 13-1-3 |
6 | Duke | 7 | 0 | 628 | 12-5-4 |
7 | Clemson | 6 | 0 | 608 | 12-5-2 |
8 | TCU | 5 | 0 | 587 | 12-2-2 |
9 | Texas A&M | 8 | 0 | 539 | 12-4-1 |
10 | Penn State | 11 | 0 | 500 | 12-3-1 |
11 | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 452 | 12-0-2 |
12 | West Virginia | 13 | 0 | 435 | 10-3-1 |
13 | Arkansas | 12 | 0 | 412 | 12-4-0 |
14 | USC | 18 | 0 | 365 | 7-3-4 |
15 | BYU | 17 | 0 | 353 | 11-4-1 |
16 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 | 307 | 13-3-2 |
17 | South Carolina | 22 | 0 | 298 | 11-5-0 |
18 | Vanderbilt | 21 | 0 | 258 | 10-6-1 |
19 | Washington | 15 | 0 | 253 | 10-4-4 |
20 | South Florida | 19 | 0 | 216 | 10-1-2 |
21 | Saint Louis | 20 | 0 | 175 | 15-1-1 |
22 | Rice | 16 | 0 | 150 | 14-3-1 |
23 | Ole Miss | 23 | 0 | 123 | 10-6-2 |
24 | Stanford | NR | 0 | 73 | 7-6-2 |
25 | Rutgers | 24 | 0 | 58 | 8-3-4 |
Records shown are final 2020-21 records.
Also receiving votes: Ohio State University (38), Arizona State University (29), University Of Memphis (28), University Of Wisconsin (26), Washington State University (25), University of Colorado (9), Pepperdine University (8), University Of Denver (8), University Of New Mexico (6), University of North Texas (6), Butler University (6), Hofstra University (4), University Of Michigan (1), University Of Texas (1)
United Soccer Coaches Rankings – Aug. 4, 2021
NCAA Division I | Men | Women |
NCAA Division II | Men | Women |
NCAA Division III | Men | Women |
NJCAA Division I | Men | Women |
NJCAA Division II | Men | Women |
NJCAA Division III | Men | Women |
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