Six teams jump into NCAA Women’s Soccer Top 25 in first October poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the association’s college rankings for men’s and women’s soccer in all divisions of NCAA and junior college competition.

North Carolina claimed the top spot on the NCAA Division I women’s poll for another week, as the Tar Heels remain unbeaten at 8-0-4.

The top five remains the exact same as it was last week, with Florida State coming in at No. 2, Stanford at No. 3, Penn State at No. 4 and UCLA in fifth spot.

Six teams are featured in the Top 25 this week after previously being unranked: No. 18 Kentucky, No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 21 Brown, No. 23 TCU, No. 24 Saint Louis and No. 25 Colorado.

NATIONAL – POLL 7 – OCTOBER 3, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	North Carolina	1	8	200	8-0-4
2	Florida State	2	0	188	8-0-1
3	Stanford	3	0	184	10-0-1
4	Penn State	4	0	177	10-0-2
5	UCLA	5	0	170	9-1-0
6	Arkansas	7	0	156	8-2-1
7	Texas Tech	14	0	134	11-0-2
7	BYU	6	0	134	10-1-2
9	Clemson	8	0	129	9-1-2
10	Memphis	12	0	124	9-1-0
11	Notre Dame	10	0	123	7-1-3
12	Georgetown	11	0	113	7-1-4
13	South Carolina	15	0	98	8-1-3
14	Michigan	22	0	92	7-2-3
15	USC	19	0	89	7-2-0
16	Santa Clara	18	0	82	8-2-2
17	Wake Forest	25	0	59	8-1-2
18	Kentucky	NR	0	56	7-0-4
19	Alabama	9	0	55	7-2-4
20	Wisconsin	NR	0	42	8-2-3
21	Brown	NR	0	41	6-1-2
22	Duke	17	0	34	5-3-2
23	TCU	NR	0	31	8-3-2
24	Saint Louis	RV	0	20	9-2-2
25	Colorado	RV	0	18	10-2-0

Records shown are through games of October 1, 2023

Also receiving votes: Indiana University (14), Oklahoma State University (13), University of Pittsburgh (8), Xavier University (8), University of Georgia (3), University of North Texas (2), Gonzaga University (2), Michigan State University (1)