NCAA Women’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: New Top 25 released after first week of action

United Soccer Coaches released the newest Top 25 poll following the first week of competition in the 2026 NCAA women’s soccer season.

Stanford has been voted into the top spot, followed by Duke at No. 2, Florida State at No. 3, Vanderbilt at No. 4 and Michigan State rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a look at the full coaches’ poll for Week 1.

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Stanford	1	6	196	1-0-0
2	Duke	3	1	189	1-0-1
3	Florida State	4	0	182	2-0-0
3	Vanderbilt	5	1	182	2-0-0
5	Michigan State	7	0	164	1-0-0
6	Baylor	RV	0	155	2-0-0
7	North Carolina	8	0	144	2-0-0
8	Notre Dame	2	0	142	0-0-2
9	BYU	RV	0	134	1-0-0
10	Washington	12	0	129	1-0-0
11	Wake Forest	18	0	120	2-0-0
12	Kansas	15	0	111	2-0-0
13	Virginia	11	0	96	2-0-0
14	Georgetown	14	0	93	1-0-0
15	TCU	6	0	87	1-0-1
16	Tennessee	24	0	81	2-0-0
17	Colorado	13	0	71	2-0-0
18	Alabama	NR	0	66	2-0-0
19	Ohio State	17	0	58	0-0-1
20	UCLA	9	0	48	0-1-1
21	Memphis	21	0	37	1-1-0
22	West Virginia	20	0	33	1-0-0
23	Penn State	RV	0	27	0-0-1
24	Clemson	25	0	17	0-0-2
25	Georgia	19	0	16	0-0-2