New NCAA Women’s Soccer Rankings highlighted by Penn State rising to No. 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the latest NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer rankings on Tuesday.

On the women’s side, the Top 3 remain the same this week with UCLA in first, Virginia in second, and North Carolina in third. Duke and Alabama both rose one spot to take fourth and fifth, respectively.

NATIONAL – POLL 6 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	UCLA	1	8	200	9-0-0
2	University of Virginia	2	0	191	9-1-1
3	University of North Carolina	3	0	184	9-2-0
4	Duke University	5	0	170	8-2-0
5	University of Alabama	6	0	167	10-1-1
6	Penn State University	17	0	154	7-1-2
7	Florida State University	7	0	153	7-0-2
8	Northwestern University	9	0	136	9-1-1
9	TCU	12	0	119	6-2-3
10	Rutgers University	4	0	118	10-1-0
11	Saint Louis University	10	0	113	11-1-0
12	University of Arkansas	20	0	112	7-2-1
13	University of Mississippi	13	0	98	9-0-2
14	University of Pittsburgh	NR	0	86	10-1-0
15	Washington State University	NR	0	74	7-1-1
16	University of Notre Dame	18	0	70	8-2-0
17	Pepperdine University	11	0	68	6-1-2
18	University of Portland	24	0	64	6-0-4
19	Georgetown University	23	0	54	6-1-3
20	University of Southern California	NR	0	52	5-1-1
21	Mississippi State University	NR	0	42	9-0-2
22	University of South Carolina	8	0	40	6-2-3
23	University of Wisconsin	RV	0	27	8-1-2
24	Southern Methodist University	21	0	22	6-1-3
25	Harvard University	16	0	20	6-0-2

Records shown are through games of Sept. 25, 2022

Also receiving votes: University of Texas (16), University of Washington (11), Stanford University (10), Virginia Tech (8), Brigham Young University (7), University of Tennessee (6), Ohio State University (5), Xavier University (2), Oklahoma State University (1)