NCAA Women’s Soccer Top 25 poll released as regular season winds down

(Pictured Above: Duke enters the poll this week at No. 25 after the Blue Devils secured a big win over Virginia Tech on the road. | Photo Credit: Duke Athletics)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the association’s college rankings for men’s and women’s soccer in all divisions of NCAA and junior college competition.

Florida State claimed the top spot on the women’s poll once again, while UCLA and North Carolina remain in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively.

No. 4 Stanford and No. 5 Texas Tech each moved up once spot, as they surpassed Penn State with the Nittany Lions dropping from No. 4 to No. 6.

A pair of newcomers are featured in the Top 25 this week: No. 21 Mississippi State and No. 25 Duke.

NATIONAL – POLL 10 – OCTOBER 24, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Florida State	1	8	200	13-0-1
2	UCLA	2	0	192	14-1-0
3	North Carolina	3	0	177	10-0-7
4	Stanford	5	0	172	14-0-2
5	Texas Tech	6	0	161	14-0-4
6	Penn State	4	0	159	12-1-4
7	BYU	7	0	152	14-1-3
8	Clemson	8	0	152	13-1-3
9	Memphis	10	0	135	14-1-0
10	Arkansas	9	0	131	11-3-2
11	Notre Dame	12	0	111	10-2-4
12	Michigan State	14	0	103	12-3-3
13	South Carolina	17	0	96	11-1-5
14	Brown	15	0	90	10-1-2
15	Santa Clara	13	0	78	11-3-2
16	Wisconsin	21	0	77	12-3-3
17	Xavier	20	0	66	12-2-4
18	Arizona State	24	0	62	10-3-4
19	Nebraska	25	0	60	13-2-3
20	Pittsburgh	18	0	50	12-4-1
21	Mississippi State	NR	0	38	10-3-4
22	Saint Louis	22	0	35	14-2-2
23	USC	11	0	27	9-3-2
24	Indiana	19	0	24	12-2-4
25	Alabama	16	0	11	10-4-4
25	Duke	RV	0	11	6-6-3

Records shown are through games of October 22, 2023

Also receiving votes: University of Georgia (9), Georgetown University (8), Gonzaga University (5), University of Texas (4), Utah Valley University (2), Wake Forest University (2)