NCAA Women’s Soccer Top 25: Stanford, Tennessee, Duke, TCU remain perfect

United Soccer Coaches released the latest set of NCAA Women’s Soccer Rankings, following the third week of competition in the 2025 season.
Stanford continues their reign in the No. 1 spot this week after improving to 5-0-0 on the season. They’re still followed by Tennessee at No. 2, Duke at No. 3 and TCU at No. 4. The only change in the Top 5 this week is Notre Dame taking over the 5th slot, moving up one position.
See below for a full look at the Top 25.
NCAA Women’s Soccer National Poll 3
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stanford | 1 | 6 | 197 | 5-0-0 |
2 | Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 192 | 5-0-0 |
3 | Duke | 3 | 0 | 187 | 4-0-0 |
4 | TCU | 4 | 0 | 172 | 4-0-0 |
5 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 | 166 | 4-0-1 |
6 | USC | 4 | 0 | 162 | 3-0-1 |
7 | Florida State | 6 | 0 | 137 | 2-0-1 |
8 | Virginia | 13 | 0 | 136 | 4-0-1 |
9 | Penn State | 9 | 0 | 130 | 3-1-1 |
10 | South Carolina | 12 | 0 | 115 | 5-0-1 |
11 | BYU | 10 | 0 | 114 | 3-0-1 |
11 | Iowa | 11 | 0 | 114 | 3-1-1 |
13 | Arkansas | 8 | 0 | 112 | 1-2-1 |
14 | Memphis | 15 | 0 | 92 | 5-0-0 |
15 | Georgia | 13 | 0 | 74 | 4-1-1 |
16 | Georgetown | 16 | 0 | 73 | 2-0-2 |
17 | Wake Forest | 19 | 0 | 72 | 4-1-0 |
18 | UCLA | 23 | 0 | 64 | 2-2-0 |
19 | Oklahoma | 20 | 0 | 57 | 6-0-0 |
20 | Virginia Tech | 24 | 0 | 38 | 4-1-1 |
20 | Ohio State | NR | 0 | 38 | 2-1-1 |
22 | Kansas | RV | 0 | 32 | 4-0-2 |
23 | North Carolina | 22 | 0 | 31 | 4-2-0 |
24 | Xavier | NR | 0 | 23 | 3-2-0 |
25 | Vanderbilt | 25 | 0 | 15 | 4-1-0 |
Records shown are through games of August 31, 2025
Also receiving votes: Mississippi State University (13), Michigan State University (11), Pepperdine University (10), Colorado State University (6), Rice University (6), Clemson University (5), University of Wisconsin (4), Louisiana State University (2)
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