NCAA Women’s Soccer Preseason Top 25 Rankings revealed as UCLA earns top spot

United Soccer Coaches released the preseason Top 25 poll ahead of the 2023 NCAA Division I women’s soccer season.

Reigning champion UCLA earns the top spot entering the new campaign, followed by No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 4 Duke and No. 5 Virginia.

See below for a look at the full preseason rankings. To view preseason polls for more divisions of men’s and women’s college soccer, click here.

NATIONAL – PRE-SEASON POLL – AUGUST 1, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	UCLA	1	8	200	22-2-1
2	North Carolina	2	0	192	20-5-1
3	Notre Dame	5	0	174	17-3-3
4	Duke	6	0	161	15-5-3
5	Virginia	7	0	155	16-4-3
6	Florida State	3	0	154	17-3-3
7	Alabama	4	0	145	23-3-1
8	Arkansas	8	0	137	13-4-5
9	TCU	10	0	130	14-5-5
10	Penn State	13	0	123	15-5-3
11	Stanford	16	0	118	17-2-3
12	South Carolina	9	0	111	15-4-5
13	BYU	14	0	108	11-3-7
14	Pittsburgh	12	0	92	14-5-3
15	Texas	17	0	79	15-3-4
16	Georgetown	19	0	75	15-2-5
17	Michigan State	15	0	71	18-3-3
18	Northwestern	11	0	65	16-5-2
19	Santa Clara	22	0	52	11-7-3
20	Memphis	NR	0	47	11-5-6
21	Saint Louis	20	0	44	20-2-0
22	USC	23	0	40	12-3-3
23	Harvard	25	0	32	12-2-3
24	Central Florida	23	0	25	9-2-7
25	Clemson	NR	0	16	8-5-5

Records shown are final 2022 records.

Also receiving votes: University of California-Irvine (14), Xavier University (9), Brown University (7), Virginia Tech (7), Texas A&M University (5), Southern Methodist University (4), Rutgers University (3), University of Nebraska (2), University of Georgia (2), Samford University (1)