NCAA Women’s Soccer Top 25: Duke takes over No. 1 spot after first slate of games

United Soccer Coaches released the first NCAA Division I Women’s Top 25 since of the start of the 2025 regular season.

Duke earned the No. 1 spot following an impressive 3-2 victory over Penn State, moving up from their No. 4 ranking in the preseason poll. The Blue Devils are followed by Stanford at No. 2, Florida State at No. 3, UCLA at No. 4 and USC rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a look at the full Top 25.

NCAA Women’s Soccer National Poll 1

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Duke	4	3	194	1-0-0
2	Stanford	7	3	193	2-0-0
3	Florida State	3	2	189	2-0-0
4	UCLA	8	0	164	1-0-0
5	USC	5	0	159	1-0-0
6	Tennessee	NR	0	154	2-0-0
7	TCU	9	0	145	2-0-0
7	Notre Dame	2	0	145	1-0-1
9	Iowa	13	0	141	1-0-0
10	Wake Forest	10	0	129	2-0-0
11	Vanderbilt	17	0	112	2-0-0
12	North Carolina	1	0	110	1-1-0
13	Arkansas	6	0	97	0-1-1
14	Penn State	11	0	95	0-1-0
15	Virginia Tech	14	0	87	2-0-0
16	South Carolina	21	0	74	2-0-0
17	Virginia	15	0	65	1-0-0
18	Texas Tech	25	0	62	2-0-0
19	BYU	RV	0	48	1-0-1
20	Michigan State	12	0	47	0-0-2
21	Wisconsin	23	0	33	2-0-0
22	Oklahoma	NR	0	32	2-0-0
23	Saint Louis	RV	0	26	1-0-0
24	Memphis	RV	0	22	2-0-0
25	Ohio State	NR	0	13	0-0-1

Records shown are through games of August 17, 2025

Also receiving votes: Clemson (12), Santa Clara (12), Mississippi State (11), Kansas (9), Texas (8), Utah State (4), West Virginia (4), Dayton (3), Georgia (1)