New NCAA Women’s Soccer Rankings highlighted by Alabama’s continued rise

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the latest NCAA Division I men’s and women’s soccer rankings on Tuesday.

On the women’s side, UCLA remains in first, followed by Virginia in second, North Carolina in third, Rutgers in fourth, and Duke in fifth.

Alabama has broken into the Top 10 this week, rising from No. 11 all the way up to No. 6 after an impressive finish to their non-conference schedule.

NATIONAL – POLL 5 – SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	UCLA	1	8	200	8-0-0
2	University of Virginia	7	0	191	8-0-1
3	University of North Carolina	2	0	179	7-2-0
4	Rutgers University	4	0	174	9-0-0
5	Duke University	3	0	165	6-2-0
6	University of Alabama	11	0	160	8-1-1
7	Florida State University	12	0	128	5-0-2
8	University of South Carolina	5	0	122	5-1-3
9	Northwestern University	18	0	120	7-1-1
10	Saint Louis University	12	0	113	9-1-0
11	Pepperdine University	9	0	109	6-1-2
12	TCU	17	0	102	5-2-2
13	University of Mississippi	15	0	96	7-0-2
14	Clemson University	24	0	90	5-1-2
15	University of Washington	22	0	89	6-0-2
16	Harvard University	16	0	87	6-0-1
17	Penn State University	8	0	84	5-1-2
18	University of Notre Dame	6	0	84	7-1-0
19	Stanford University	9	0	68	7-1-1
20	University of Arkansas	14	0	39	5-2-1
21	Southern Methodist University	19	0	33	5-1-3
22	North Carolina State University	NR	0	26	6-1-3
23	Georgetown University	RV	0	26	4-1-3
24	University of Portland	RV	0	25	5-0-4
25	University of Texas	20	0	24	6-1-2

Records shown are through games of Sept. 18, 2022

Also receiving votes: University of Wisconsin (14), University of Tennessee (14), Brigham Young University (11), Ohio State University (7), East Carolina University (7), Washington State University (5), University of San Francisco (3), Oklahoma State University (3), Louisiana State University (2)