NCAA Women’s Top 25: Notre Dame rises to No. 1 while Wisconsin, Washington enter poll

United Soccer Coaches revealed the ninth set of NCAA Women’s Rankings for the 2025 season.

Notre Dame has taken over the No. 1 spot this week, as the Irish continue their unbeaten start to the season. Stanford climbs up one spot to No. 2 after their impressive win over previous top-ranked side Virginia, while the Cavaliers drop down to No. 3. Tennessee holds steady at No. 4 while Iowa rounds out the Top 5.

Two teams – No. 15 Wisconsin and No. 17 Washington – have vaulted into the national poll after previously being unranked. See below for a look at the full Top 25.

NCAA Women’s Soccer Rankings – Poll 9

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Notre Dame	2	8	200	12-0-1
2	Stanford	3	0	192	11-1-1
3	Virginia	1	0	182	10-1-2
4	Tennessee	4	0	171	11-1-2
5	Iowa	7	0	165	10-2-3
6	Memphis	8	0	148	12-0-2
7	Florida State	5	0	139	8-1-2
8	South Carolina	10	0	138	10-1-4
9	Duke	14	0	137	8-3-1
10	Baylor	14	0	131	10-1-2
11	Arkansas	6	0	116	7-3-3
12	Texas Tech	11	0	115	10-1-2
13	Georgetown	16	0	92	10-2-2
14	TCU	17	0	86	10-2-1
15	Wisconsin	RV	0	82	11-3-1
16	Michigan State	18	0	73	7-3-5
17	Wake Forest	13	0	69	9-2-3
17	Washington	NR	0	69	9-1-5
19	Georgia	22	0	67	8-3-4
20	Xavier	20	0	46	10-2-2
21	Vanderbilt	21	0	37	10-3-1
21	Colorado	24	0	37	10-2-2
23	North Carolina	19	0	23	9-5-0
24	West Virginia	25	0	23	9-2-2
25	Ohio State	22	0	22	5-2-6

Records shown are through games of October 12, 2025

Also receiving votes: Mississippi State University (14), University of Louisville (12), University of Illinois (4), Pepperdine University (4), University of California (3), Louisiana State University (3)