NCAA Women’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: Stanford remains on top, three new teams enter Top 25

Intercollegiate Women’s Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) and United Soccer Coaches released the newest Top 25 poll following the third week of competition in the 2026 NCAA women’s soccer season.

Stanford remains in the top spot, followed by Duke holding steady at No. 2, Vanderbilt at No. 3, Michigan State at No. 4 and Wake Forest rounding out the Top 5.

Three new teams – No. 19 TCU, No. 20 South Carolina and No. 22 Baylor – have entered the Top 25 after previously receiving votes.

See below for a look at the full coaches’ poll following Week 3.

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Stanford	1	7	199	5-0-0
2	Duke	2	0	191	5-0-1
3	Vanderbilt	3	1	183	5-0-0
4	Michigan State	3	0	174	4-0-1
5	Wake Forest	5	0	171	5-0-0
6	Alabama	6	0	162	6-0-0
7	West Virginia	7	0	149	4-0-0
8	Ohio State	8	0	144	2-0-1
9	North Carolina	9	0	138	3-1-0
10	Tennessee	10	0	118	4-0-0
11	Washington	11	0	116	4-0-1
12	Virginia	13	0	111	4-0-0
13	Central Florida	14	0	103	4-0-0
14	BYU	15	0	97	3-1-0
15	Florida State	16	0	84	3-1-0
16	Wisconsin	22	0	69	2-1-1
17	Texas State	21	0	62	5-0-1
18	UCLA	17	0	53	2-2-1
19	TCU	RV	0	52	2-1-1
20	South Carolina	RV	0	42	5-1-0
21	Florida	20	0	32	3-1-1
22	Baylor	RV	0	29	4-1-0
23	Memphis	24	0	27	2-2-0
24	Colorado	12	0	25	3-1-1
25	Georgia	17	0	23	3-1-2