North Carolina takes over top spot in NCAA Top 25 after BYU picks up first loss

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.

North Carolina claimed the top spot on the NCAA Division I women’s poll this week after previously being ranked second, as the Tar Heels remain unbeaten through nine games (6-0-3).

Three more undefeated teams take up the No. 2 through No. 4 spots: Stanford (7-0-1), Florida State (6-0-0) and Penn State (7-0-1).

Reigning national champion UCLA (6-1-0) rounds out the Top 5 with the Bruins’ only loss on the season coming against a strong BYU side. BYU just took their own first loss of the season, falling to Utah State, which dropped the Cougars down to No. 6 from No. 1.

See below for a look at the full Top 25.

NATIONAL – POLL 5 – SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	North Carolina	2	7	199	6-0-3
2	Stanford	3	0	189	7-0-1
3	Florida State	4	1	184	6-0-0
4	Penn State	6	0	172	7-0-1
5	UCLA	5	0	170	6-1-0
6	BYU	1	0	156	7-1-1
7	South Carolina	9	0	150	7-1-1
8	Clemson	8	0	135	6-1-2
9	Alabama	7	0	133	6-0-4
10	Notre Dame	13	0	114	5-1-2
11	Arkansas	11	0	104	5-2-1
12	Memphis	14	0	96	7-1-0
13	Santa Clara	12	0	94	6-1-2
14	Texas	16	0	92	7-1-1
14	Princeton	NR	0	92	5-1-1
16	Duke	15	0	85	5-2-0
17	Georgetown	10	0	73	4-1-3
18	Northwestern	18	0	67	7-0-2
19	Michigan	19	0	52	5-1-2
20	Colorado	22	0	47	8-1-0
21	Gonzaga	21	0	38	7-1-1
22	Virginia	20	0	30	5-0-3
22	Georgia	23	0	30	4-1-3
24	Washington State	24	0	21	7-1-0
25	Texas Tech	RV	0	19	7-0-2

Records shown are through games of September 17, 2023

Also receiving votes: Saint Louis University (16), Southern Methodist University (15), University of Central Florida (14), Xavier University (9), University of Iowa (2), University of Pittsburgh (2)