NCAA Women’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: North Carolina voted No. 1

Intercollegiate Women’s Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) and United Soccer Coaches released the newest Top 25 poll following the 6th week of competition in the 2026 NCAA women’s soccer season.

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

See below for a look at the full coaches’ poll following Week 6.

National Poll 6 – September 22, 2026

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	North Carolina	7	4	196	9-1-0
2	Michigan State	1	2	189	6-1-2
3	Vanderbilt	4	2	180	8-0-1
4	Duke	2	0	177	6-1-1
5	Wake Forest	3	0	163	9-1-0
6	Stanford	6	0	161	7-2-1
7	Alabama	10	0	150	9-1-0
8	Ohio State	5	0	144	6-1-1
9	Tennessee	8	0	137	6-0-2
10	West Virginia	9	0	136	5-0-2
11	Baylor	12	0	119	7-1-1
12	UCLA	21	0	107	5-3-1
13	Colorado	15	0	90	7-1-1
14	Wisconsin	14	0	88	6-1-2
15	Notre Dame	17	0	84	4-0-5
16	Virginia	13	0	82	5-1-2
17	South Carolina	16	0	81	8-1-0
18	Washington	11	0	61	7-0-2
19	Utah State	18	0	46	7-2-2
20	Michigan	NR	0	38	4-1-3
21	Oklahoma	24	0	37	8-0-2
22	Florida State	21	0	34	4-1-2
23	Central Florida	25	0	30	5-1-1
24	Texas State	18	0	15	7-1-2
25	Texas Tech	RV	0	13	4-0-4

Records shown are through games of September 20, 2026

Also receiving votes: Virginia Tech (10), Saint Louis University (7), University of Texas (6), Saint Mary’s College Of California (6), Brigham Young University (6), University of Memphis (2), University of Louisville (1), Penn State University (1), Clemson University (1), Liberty University (1)