Virginia is the new No. 1 in the weekly Soccer America Women’s Top 25 rankings. Preseason No. 1 Florida State dropped to No. 6 following its 3-2 loss at Florida. Stanford, North Carolina andNotre Dame moved up to 2-3-4, while Florida is now No. 5.
Of the four new teams in this week’s Top 25, unbeaten and unscored-upon Duke, which beat and tied ranked teams last week, is ranked thehighest at No. 16. Also new this week: Rutgers, Long Beach State and California.
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Note: Rankings and records reflect games through Aug. 31.
RANK TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK
1. Virginia (3-0-0) 2
2. Stanford (2-0-0) 3
3. North Carolina (4-0-0) 5
4. Notre Dame (4-0-0) 6
5. Florida (3-1-0) 10
6. Florida State (3-1-0) 1
7. Penn State (3-0-1) 4
8. BYU (2-0-0) 8
9. UCLA (2-1-0) 11
10. Clemson (3-0-0) 17
11. Virginia Tech (3-0-1) 7
12. West Virginia (3-1-0) 12
13. USC (2-1-0) 13
14. Texas Tech (2-1-0) 15
15. Texas A&M (4-0-0) 19
16. Duke (3-0-1)NR
17. St. John’s (2-0-0) 18
18. South Carolina (3-1-0) 9
19. DePaul (3-0-1) 14
20. Ohio State (3-0-1) 16
21. Auburn (4-0-0) 23
22. Kentucky (3-1-0) 24
23. Rutgers (4-0-0) NR
24. Long Beach State (3-1-0) NR
25. California (2-1-0) NR
Note: The Soccer America Top25 appears each Tuesday during the regular season.