NCAA Women’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: Michigan State takes over No. 1 spot

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Intercollegiate Women’s Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) and United Soccer Coaches released the newest Top 25 poll following the 5th week of competition in the 2026 NCAA women’s soccer season.

Michigan State has taken over the top spot, followed by Duke holding steady at No. 2, Wake Forest at No. 3, Vanderbilt at No. 4 and Ohio State rounding out the Top 5.

Four new teams – No. 17 Notre Dame, No. 18 Utah State, No. 24 Oklahoma and No. 25 Central Florida – have entered the Top 25 after previously receiving votes.

See below for a look at the full coaches’ poll following Week 5.

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Michigan State	5	5	197	6-0-2
2	Duke	3	2	193	6-0-1
3	Wake Forest	3	0	182	8-0-0
4	Vanderbilt	2	1	178	7-0-1
5	Ohio State	6	0	165	6-0-1
6	Stanford	1	0	163	6-1-1
7	North Carolina	7	0	147	7-1-0
8	Tennessee	8	0	142	6-0-1
9	West Virginia	8	0	131	5-0-1
10	Alabama	11	0	128	8-1-0
11	Washington	12	0	117	7-0-1
12	Baylor	17	0	108	7-1-0
13	Virginia	10	0	93	4-1-2
14	Wisconsin	14	0	90	5-1-2
15	Colorado	19	0	81	6-1-1
16	South Carolina	19	0	79	7-1-0
17	Notre Dame	RV	0	77	3-0-5
18	Texas State	15	0	55	7-1-1
18	Utah State	NR	0	55	6-2-1
20	TCU	22	0	47	3-2-1
21	UCLA	16	0	46	4-3-1
21	Florida State	18	0	46	4-1-2
23	BYU	13	0	40	4-2-1
24	Oklahoma	NR	0	19	7-0-2
25	Central Florida	RV	0	5	5-1-0

Records shown are through games of September 13, 2026

Also receiving votes: Saint Louis University (3), Virginia Tech (3), Penn State University (2), Liberty University (2), Clemson University (2), Texas Tech University (1), University of Memphis (1), University of Florida (1)