Undefeated Indiana Hoosiers lead group of newcomers in NCAA Women’s Top 25

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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.

The North Carolina Tar Heels remain atop the NCAA Division I women’s rankings this week, as they are still unbeaten through 11 games at 7-0-4.

Florida State and Stanford traded spots between No. 2 and No. 3 this week, with the Seminoles taking over the second position. The remainder of the Top 5 was unchanged.

Five new teams entered the Top 25 this week. That group is highlighted by Indiana, as the Hoosiers enter all the way up at No. 16 thanks to their undefeated 9-0-2 record. USC and Central Florida earned their way into the poll this week tied at No. 19, while No. 24 Xavier and No. 25 Wake Forest climbed in as well.

See below for a look at the full Top 25.

NATIONAL POLL 6

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	North Carolina	1	8	200	7-0-4
2	Florida State	3	0	184	7-0-1
3	Stanford	2	0	183	8-0-1
4	Penn State	4	0	181	9-0-1
5	UCLA	5	0	161	7-1-0
6	BYU	6	0	160	9-1-1
7	Arkansas	11	0	151	7-2-1
8	Clemson	8	0	145	8-1-2
9	Alabama	9	0	134	7-1-4
10	Notre Dame	10	0	120	6-1-3
11	Georgetown	17	0	114	6-1-3
12	Memphis	12	0	110	8-1-0
13	Princeton	14	0	97	6-1-1
14	Texas Tech	25	0	95	9-0-2
15	South Carolina	7	0	91	7-1-3
16	Indiana	NR	0	72	9-0-2
17	Duke	16	0	61	5-3-1
18	Santa Clara	13	0	58	7-2-2
19	USC	NR	0	48	5-2-0
19	Central Florida	RV	0	48	7-2-0
21	Texas	14	0	42	7-3-1
22	Michigan	19	0	31	6-2-2
23	Washington State	24	0	30	7-2-0
24	Xavier	RV	0	23	8-2-1
25	Wake Forest	NR	0	16	7-1-2

Records shown are through games of September 24, 2023

Also receiving votes: Gonzaga University (14), University of Colorado (10), Saint Louis University (9), University of Georgia (4), Liberty University (4), University of North Texas (2), Southern Methodist University (1), Michigan State University (1)