Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25

• by Soccer America , Aug 15, 2011

[COLLEGE RANKINGS] Stanford and Notre Dame, last year's Women's College Cup finalists, are ranked 1-2 in the Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors.

Notre Dame beat Stanford, 1-0, in the College Cup final. Both teams are loaded with returning talent and will meet on Sept. 9 at Stanford.

ACC teams North Carolina, Florida State, Maryland and Boston College are ranked 3-4-5-6, and seven ACC teams are ranked in the Top 25.

The Pac-10 is second with five teams in the Top 25.

Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25
TEAM (2010 RECORD)
1. Stanford (23-1-2)
2. Notre Dame (21-2-2)
3. North Carolina (19-3-2)
4. Florida State (16-6-1)
5. Maryland (18-2-3)
6. Boston College (17-7-1)
7. Oklahoma State (20-4-2)
8. Florida (19-2-3)
9. UCLA (13-8-2)
10. Ohio State (17-5-2)
11. Portland (19-1-2)
12. Duke (11-8-4)
13. Oregon State (16-4-1)
14. Marquette (16-5-3)
15. Georgetown (15-7-2)
16. Virginia (15-5-2)
17. Santa Clara (13-7-2)
18. Texas (11-6-4)
19. Washington (13-9-2)
20. UC Irvine (19-3-2)
21. West Virginia (18-5-1)
22. Texas A&M (15-5-3)
23. Wake Forest (13-8-3)
24. UCF (15-5-3)
25. USC (13-6-3)