Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | UCLA | The Bruins cruise to victories over Hawaii and Pepperdine. Wake Forest visits next Friday. | 1 | |
2 | Virginia | Virginia keeps cruising along with two road victories down in the state of Alabama. Tennessee is next on Friday. | 3 | |
3 | Florida | Gators snap Florida State's 37 match home unbeaten streak in a high quality display of soccer last Friday night. | 8 | |
4 | Virginia Tech | Hokies dominate Georgetown by scoring six goals. This team is going to be a College Cup threat. | 5 | |
5 | Florida State | A hard fought battle for the Seminoles against Florida but just could not quite seal the deal offensively. | 2 | |
6 | Stanford | The shutout streak continues for Stanford, but the Cardinal settled for a draw against Notre Dame. | 4 | |
7 | Penn State | A very good trip down to Durham for the Nittany Lions by splitting with North Carolina and Duke. | 6 | |
8 | Texas Tech | Portland State pushed the Red Raiders a bit but Texas Tech found a way to win. A trip to Cal is next on Friday. | 10 | |
9 | California | The Golden Bears are now 6-0-0 and not showing any signs of slowing down anytime soon. | 11 | |
10 | Wisconsin | Badgers make a big time statement by going to Seattle and dominating Washington and Portland. | 19 | |
11 | North Carolina | The two wins over Penn State and Arkansas should get the Tar Heels going confidence wise moving forward. | 15 | |
12 | South Carolina | Gamecocks fall just short against rival Clemson, but are in pretty good shape overall. | 9 | |
13 | Duke | The Blue Devils are in a nice zone offensively as scoring goals is not a problem right now for Duke. | 13 | |
14 | Boston College | The defense for the Eagles has been outstanding and a huge reason why they will be dangerous all year long. | 18 | |
15 | Texas A&M | It was an up and down weekend for the Aggies against Arizona and Arizona State. They'll bounce back quickly. | 7 | |
16 | USC | Trojans rack up eight goals in a rout over UC Riverside. This only adds to the depth of quality in the Pac-12. | NR | |
17 | Notre Dame | This was a good bounce back weekend for Notre Dame getting two results against Santa Clara and Stanford. | 17 | |
18 | Mississippi | A good win against Minnesota and a solid draw against Memphis. The Rebels are a sleeper team right now. | 25 | |
19 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma breaks into the rankings this week after getting another signature win against Nebraska. | NR | |
20 | Washington State | A win over Hawaii and a very good draw against Pepperdine are strong results for the Cougars. | 24 | |
21 | Georgetown | A rough weekend for the Hoyas as they had no answers for Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. | 12 | |
22 | West Virginia | After losing to Duke the Mountaineers finally got going offensively in a win over Elon. | 22 | |
23 | Clemson | The Tigers break into the rankings after getting a huge win on the road at rival South Carolina. | NR | |
24 | Pepperdine | The Waves finally breakthrough and knock off North Carolina 1-0 on Sunday thanks to a solid all-around effort. | NR | |
25 | Santa Clara | A roller coaster week for the Broncos as they lost to Notre Dame and outlasted Fresno State. | 14 |
9/8 Women's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/08/2014