2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
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| 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings | |||||
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| Season | 2016 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 2016 | ||||
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| NCAA Tournament Champions | USC | ||||
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Four polls make up the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the NSCAA Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, the Top Drawer Soccer Poll, and the Hero Sports soccer poll. They represent the ranking system for the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
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| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#–#) | Win–loss–tie record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
NSCAA Coaches
| Preseason Aug. 2[1] | Week 1 Aug. 23[2] | Week 2 Aug. 30[3] | Week 3 Sept. 6[4] | Week 4 Sept. 13[5] | Week 5 Sept. 20[6] | Week 6 Sept. 27[7] | Week 7 Oct. 4[8] | Week 8 Oct. 11[9] | Week 9 Oct. 18[10] | Week 10 Oct. 25[11] | Week 11 Nov. 1[12] | Week 12 Nov. 8[13] | Final Dec. 6[14] | ||
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| 1. | Florida State (18) | Florida State (22) (1–0–0) | Florida State (24) (3–0–0) | Florida State (22) (3–1–0) | Stanford (16) (6–0–1) | Stanford (28) (7–0–1) | Stanford (27) (8–0–1) | Stanford (29) (10–0–1) | West Virginia (17) (12–1–1) | West Virginia (22) (13–1–1) | West Virginia (22) (15–1–1) | West Virginia (22) (16–1–1) | West Virginia (23) (19–1–1) | USC (30) (19–4–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Penn State (10) | Duke (2) (2–0–0) | Stanford (5) (3–0–0) | Stanford (8) (5–0–0) | West Virginia (6) (6–0–1) | Virginia (1) (8–1–0) | Florida State (1) (8–1–1) | Florida State (1) (9–1–1) | South Carolina (6) (13–0–1) | South Carolina (5) (14–0–1) | South Carolina (4) (16–0–1) | South Carolina (3) (17–0–1) | Stanford (5) (17–1–1) | West Virginia (23–2–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Duke (2) | Stanford (5) (2–0–0) | Virginia (1) (4–0–0) | Virginia (1) (6–0–0) | Florida State (8) (5–1–0) | Florida State (2) (7–1–0) | BYU (3) (9–1–0) | West Virginia (10–1–1) | Stanford (6) (11–1–1) | Stanford (2) (12–1–1) | Stanford (3) (14–1–1) | Stanford (4) (16–1–1) | South Carolina (18–1–1) | Georgetown (20–3–3) | 3. |
| 4. | Virginia | Virginia (1) (1–0–0) | West Virginia (1) (3–0–1) | West Virginia (5–0–1) | Florida (1) (5–1–0) | BYU (7–1–0) | West Virginia (8–1–1) | South Carolina (1) (11–0–1) | Duke (10–2–2) | Duke (11–2–2) | USC (1) (13–3–0) | BYU (1) (15–2–1) | BYU (2) (16–2–1) | North Carolina (1) (17–4–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Stanford | Penn State (1) (1–0–1) | Florida (3–1–0) | Florida (4–1–0) | Virginia (7–1–0) | West Virginia (7–1–1) | South Carolina (10–0–1) | BYU (9–1–1) | Virginia (10–2–2) | USC (11–3–0) | BYU (13–2–1) | USC (14–3–1) | Georgetown (16–2–3) | South Carolina (21–2–1) | 5. |
| 6. | West Virginia | Florida (2–0–0) | Clemson (3–1–0) | Duke (4–1–1) | BYU (6–1–0) | Georgetown (8–1–0) | Georgetown (8–1–1) | Georgetown (9–1–1) | USC (10–3–0) | BYU (1) (12–2–1) | Duke (12–3–2) | Notre Dame (13–2–4) | North Carolina (13–3–4) | Stanford (18–2–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Florida | West Virginia (1–0–1) | Duke (3–1–0) | BYU (4–1–0) | North Carolina (5–1–1) | Duke (6–2–1) | Virginia (8–2–1) | USC (9–2–0) | Georgetown (9–2–2) | Georgetown (12–1–2) | Virginia (12–3–2) | Georgetown (14–2–2) | USC (14–4–1) | Duke (15–5–3) | 7. |
| 8. | Texas A&M | Clemson (2–0–0) | North Carolina (3–0–0) | North Carolina (4–0–1) | Texas A&M (5–2–0) | South Carolina (8–0–1) | Minnesota (9–2–1) | Virginia (8–2–2) | BYU (1) (11–2–1) | Virginia (10–3–2) | Florida State (12–2–2) | Minnesota (14–3–3) | Minnesota (16–3–3) | Auburn (17–7–0) | 8. |
| 9. | North Carolina | North Carolina (2–0–0) | Minnesota (4–0–0) | UCLA (3–1–0) | Duke (5–2–1) | Minnesota (7–2–1) | USC (7–2–0) | Duke (8–2–2) | Florida State (9–2–2) | Florida State (10–2–2) | UCLA (12–3–1) | Clemson (13–3–3) | Florida (15–4–1) | BYU (18–3–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Rutgers | Connecticut (2–0–0) | BYU (2–1–0) | Minnesota (5–1–0) | Minnesota (6–2–0) | USC (6–2–0) | Duke (7–2–2) | UCLA (9–2–0) | Cal (11–2–1) | Cal (12–2–1) | Georgetown (13–2–2) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | Florida State (13–3–4) | Florida (17–5–1) | 10. |
| 11. | USC | Texas A&M (1–1–0) | UCLA (2–1–0) | Texas A&M (4–2–0) | UCLA (4–2–0) | UCLA (6–2–0) | UCLA (7–2–0) | Arkansas (12–1–0) | North Carolina (8–2–3) | Auburn (11–4–0) | Minnesota (12–3–3) | Auburn (13–5–0) | Notre Dame (13–3–4) | Virginia (15–5–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Auburn | Notre Dame (2–0–0) | Rutgers (3–0–1) | Cal (5–1–0) | USC (5–2–0) | Florida (6–2–0) | Arkansas (11–1–0) | Clemson (8–2–2) | Arkansas (13–2–0) | UCLA (10–3–1) | Notre Dame (11–2–4) | Duke (12–4–3) | Clemson (13–4–3) | Clemson (14–5–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Notre Dame | Santa Clara (2–0–0) | Penn State (1–1–1) | Clemson (3–2–0) | Clemson (5–2–0) | Clemson (7–2–0) | Clemson (8–2–1) | Penn State (8–2–2) | Auburn (10–4–0) | Minnesota (12–3–2) | Auburn (12–5–0) | Florida State (12–3–3) | Connecticut (18–2–1) | UCLA (15–5–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Clemson | BYU (1–0–0) | Texas A&M (2–2–0) | South Florida (5–0–0) | South Carolina (6–0–1) | Texas A&M (7–2–0) | Penn State (7–2–2) | Cal (10–2–0) | UCLA (9–3–1) | Notre Dame (10–3–2) | Clemson (12–3–2) | Virginia (13–4–2) | Duke (12–4–3) | Florida State (14–4–4) | 14. |
| 15. | Connecticut | UCLA (1–0–0) | Texas Tech (3–0–1) | South Carolina (4–0–2) | South Florida (7–0–0) | Arkansas (9–1–0) | South Florida (8–0–0) | North Carolina (6–2–3) | Minnesota (11–3–1) | Arkansas (13–3–0) | Pepperdine (11–3–3) | Florida (13–4–0) | Virginia (13–4–2) | Minnesota (16–3–4) | 15. |
| 16. | BYU | Texas Tech (2–0–0) | Virginia Tech (4–0–0) | Penn State (2–2–1) | Penn State (4–2–1) | Penn State (5–2–2) | North Carolina (6–2–2) | Florida (8–3–0) | Penn State (9–2–3) | Penn State (10–2–4) | North Carolina (10–3–3) | Connecticut (16–2–1) | Auburn (14–6–0) | Utah (13–4–5) | 16. |
| 17. | Virginia Tech | Minnesota (2–0–0) | Arkansas (4–0–0) | Connecticut (5–1–0) | Virginia Tech (7–1–0) | South Florida (7–0–0) | Cal (8–2–0) | Minnesota (9–3–1) | Florida (10–3–0) | Clemson (10–3–2) | Florida (12–4–0) | Northwestern (14–1–4) | Arkansas (17–5–0) | Santa Clara (12–7–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Cal | Virginia Tech (2–0–0) | Connecticut (3–1–0) | Virginia Tech (5–1–0) | Georgetown (6–1–0) | North Carolina (5–2–1) | Florida (7–3–0) | Auburn (8–4–0) | Clemson (9–3–2) | North Carolina (8–3–3) | Cal (12–2–2) | UCLA (12–5–1) | UCLA (13–5–1) | Northwestern (16–3–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Texas Tech | Ole Miss (2–0–0) | Cal (3–1–0) | Ohio State (5–1–0) | Ohio State (6–2–0) | Virginia Tech (8–2–0) | Rutgers (7–1–2) | Michigan (9–1–1) | Pepperdine (8–3–3) | Pepperdine (9–3–3) | Connecticut (14–2–1) | Arkansas (15–4–0) | Pepperdine (12–4–3) | Arkansas (18–5–1) | 19. |
| 20. | Arizona | Pepperdine (2–0–0) | South Florida (4–0–0) | Notre Dame (5–1–0) | Notre Dame (5–1–2) | Cal (7–2–0) | Auburn (7–4–0) | Notre Dame (8–1–3) | Notre Dame (9–2–3) | Florida (10–4–0) | Northwestern (13–1–3) | Pepperdine (11–4–3) | Colorado (14–5–1) | Connecticut (19–3–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Santa Clara | Cal (1–1–0) | Auburn (3–1–0) | Pepperdine (4–2–0) | Cal (6–2–0) | Northwestern (9–0–0) | Connecticut (8–2–0) | Connecticut (10–2–0) | Connecticut (11–2–1) | Connecticut (13–2–1) | Penn State (10–3–4) | Cal (13–4–2) | Northwestern (14–2–4) | Notre Dame (13–3–5) | 21. |
| 22. | Ole Miss | Rutgers (1–0–1) | Santa Clara (2–2–0) | Texas Tech (4–1–1) | Rutgers (5–1–1) | Rutgers (6–1–1) | Notre Dame (7–1–3) | Oklahoma (10–3–1) | Northwestern (12–1–1) | Colorado (12–3–0) | Colorado (12–4–0) | Colorado (14–5–0) | Rutgers (11–4–6) | Pepperdine (12–5–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Ohio State | South Florida (2–0–0) | Notre Dame (3–1–0) | Rutgers (3–1–1) | Connecticut (6–2–0) | Connecticut (7–2–0) | Oklahoma (9–2–1) | South Florida (9–1–0) | Colorado (10–3–1) | Northwestern (13–1–2) | Arkansas (14–4–0) | Utah (11–3–4) | Utah (11–3–5) | Colorado (15–6–1) | 23. |
| 24. | South Carolina | Auburn (1–1–0) | Northwestern (3–0–0) | Northwestern (5–0–0) | Texas Tech (6–1–1) | Notre Dame (6–1–2) | Northwestern (10–1–0) | Rutgers (8–2–2) | Virginia Tech (10–4–1) | Baylor (11–4–1) | Oklahoma (12–4–2) | Kansas (10–4–4) | Cal (13–5–2) | NC State (11–9–2) | 24. |
| 25. | Loyola Marymount | Northwestern (2–0–0) | Pepperdine (3–1–0) | Arkansas (5–1–0) | Pepperdine (4–2–1) | Texas Tech (7–1–2) | Pepperdine (5–3–2) | Pepperdine (6–3–3) | Michigan (9–3–1) | Virginia Tech (10–4–2) | Kansas (8–4–5) | Rutgers (10–3–6) | Oklahoma (13–6–2) | Rutgers (12–5–6) | 25. |
| Preseason Aug. 2[15] | Week 1 Aug. 23[16] | Week 2 Aug. 30[17] | Week 3 Sept. 6[18] | Week 4 Sept. 13[19] | Week 5 Sept. 20[20] | Week 6 Sept. 27[21] | Week 7 Oct. 4[22] | Week 8 Oct. 11[23] | Week 9 Oct. 18[24] | Week 10 Oct. 25[25] | Week 11 Nov. 1[26] | Week 12 Nov. 8[27] | Final Dec. 6[28] | ||
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Soccer America
| Preseason Aug. 18[29] | Week 1 Aug. 21[30] | Week 2 Aug. 28[31] | Week 3 Sept. 4[32] | Week 4 Sept. 11[33] | Week 5 Sept. 18[34] | Week 6 Sept. 25[35] | Week 7 Oct. 2[36] | Week 8 Oct. 9[37] | Week 9 Oct. 16[38] | Week 10 Oct. 23[39] | Week 11 Oct. 30[40] | Final Nov. 6[41] | ||
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| 1. | Stanford | Stanford (2–0–0) | Stanford (3–0–0) | Stanford (5–0–0) | West Virginia (6–0–1) | Stanford (7–0–1) | Stanford (8–0–1) | Stanford (10–0–1) | West Virginia (12–1–1) | West Virginia (13–1–1) | West Virginia (15–1–1) | West Virginia (16–1–1) | West Virginia (19–1–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Duke | Duke (2–0–0) | Florida State (3–0–0) | West Virginia (5–0–1) | Stanford (6–0–1) | Florida State (7–1–0) | Florida State (8–1–1) | Florida State (9–1–1) | Georgetown (10–1–2) | Georgetown (12–1–2) | South Carolina (16–0–1) | South Carolina (17–0–1) | Stanford (17–1–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Florida State | Florida State (1–0–0) | West Virginia (3–0–1) | Virginia (6–0–0) | Florida (5–1–0) | Georgetown (8–1–0) | Georgetown (8–1–1) | Georgetown (9–1–1) | South Carolina (13–0–1) | South Carolina (14–0–1) | Stanford (14–1–1) | Stanford (16–1–1) | Florida (15–4–1) | 3. |
| 4. | West Virginia | West Virginia (1–0–1) | Virginia (4–0–0) | Florida (4–1–0) | Florida State (5–1–0) | Virginia (8–1–0) | West Virginia (8–1–) | West Virginia (10–1–1) | Stanford (11–1–1) | Stanford (12–1–1) | USC (13–3–0) | USC (14–3–1) | South Carolina (18–1–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Penn State | Penn State (1–0–1) | Florida (3–1–0) | North Carolina (4–0–1) | Virginia (7–1–0) | West Virginia (7–1–1) | BYU (9–1–0) | South Carolina (11–0–1) | USC (10–3–0) | USC (11–3–0) | Florida State (12–2–2) | Georgetown (14–2–2) | Georgetown (16–2–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Florida | Florida (2–0–0) | Clemson (3–1–0) | Duke (4–1–1) | North Carolina (5–1–1) | Duke (6–2–1) | South Carolina (10–0–1) | USC (9–2–0) | North Carolina (8–2–3) | Duke (11–2–2) | Duke (12–3–2) | BYU (15–2–1) | BYU (16–2–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Virginia | Virginia (1–0–1) | Rutgers (3–0–1) | UCLA (3–1–0) | Duke (5–2–1) | BYU (7–1–0) | USC (7–2–0) | UCLA (9–2–0) | Virginia (10–2–2) | Florida State (10–2–2) | Georgetown (13–2–2) | Notre Dame (13–2–4) | Florida State (13–3–4) | 7. |
| 8. | USC | Santa Clara (2–0–0) | North Carolina (3–0–0) | Florida State (3–1–0) | BYU (5–1–0) | South Carolina (8–0–1) | UCLA (7–2–0) | BYU (9–1–1) | Duke (10–2–2) | Cal (12–2–1) | BYU (13–2–1) | North Carolina (12–3–3) | North Carolina (13–3–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Texas A&M | Clemson (2–0–0) | Arkansas (3–0–0) | BYU (4–1–0) | Georgetown (6–1–0) | USC (6–2–0) | Arkansas (11–1–0) | Arkansas (12–1–0) | Florida State (9–2–2) | BYU (12–2–1) | Virginia (12–3–2) | Clemson (13–3–3) | USC (14–4–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Clemson | Connecticut (2–0–0) | Duke (3–1–0) | South Carolina (5–0–1) | South Carolina (5–0–1) | UCLA (6–2–0) | North Carolina (6–2–2) | North Carolina (6–2–3) | Cal (11–2–1) | Virginia (10–3–2) | Notre Dame (11–2–4) | Florida State (12–3–3) | Notre Dame (13–3–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Connecticut | North Carolina (2–0–0) | UCLA (2–1–0) | Cal (5–1–0) | USC (5–2–0) | Arkansas (9–1–0) | Virginia (8–2–1) | Virginia (8–2–2) | BYU (11–2–1) | Notre Dame (10–2–3) | North Carolina (10–3–3) | Duke (12–4–3) | Clemson (13–4–3) | 11. |
| 12. | North Carolina | Texas A&M (1–1–0) | BYU (2–1–0) | Penn State (2–2–1) | UCLA (4–2–0) | Florida (6–2–0) | Duke (7–2–2) | Duke (8–2–2) | Arkansas (13–2–0) | North Carolina (8–3–3) | UCLA (12–3–1) | Virginia (13–4–2) | Connecticut (18–2–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Rutgers | BYU (1–0–0) | Penn State (1–1–1) | Ohio State (5–1–0) | Penn State (4–2–1) | North Carolina (5–2–1) | Penn State (7–2–2) | Penn State (8–2–2) | UCLA (9–3–1) | UCLA (10–3–1) | Clemson (12–3–2) | Connecticut (16–2–1) | Minnesota (16–3–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Auburn | UCLA (1–0–0) | Auburn (3–1–0) | Connecticut (5–1–0) | Ohio State (6–1–0) | Texas A&M (7–2–0) | Clemson (8–2–1) | Notre Dame (8–1–3) | Penn State (9–2–3) | Penn State (10–2–4) | Connecticut (14–2–1) | Florida (13–4–0) | Duke (12–4–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Cal | Notre Dame (2–0–0) | Cal (3–1–0) | Texas A&M (4–2–0) | Texas A&M (5–2–0) | Penn State (5–2–2) | Notre Dame (7–1–3) | Clemson (8–2–2) | Notre Dame (9–2–3) | Clemson (10–3–2) | Florida (12–4–0) | Colorado (14–5–0) | Virginia (13–4–2) | 15. |
| 16. | BYU | Rutgers (1–0–1) | Virginia Tech (4–0–0) | Boston College (5–0–1) | Boston College (7–0–1) | Clemson (7–2–0) | Connecticut (8–2–0) | Connecticut (10–2–0) | Clemson (9–3–2) | Connecticut (13–2–1) | Colorado (13–4–0) | Auburn (13–5–0) | Colorado (14–5–1) | 16. |
| 17. | UCLA | USC (0–1–0) | Ohio State (4–0–0) | Virginia Tech (5–1–0) | Virginia Tech (7–1–0) | Boston College (8–1–1) | Michigan (7–1–1) | Michigan (9–1–1) | Connecticut (11–2–1) | Auburn (11–4–0) | Cal (12–3–2) | Arkansas (15–4–0) | Arkansas (17–5–0) | 17. |
| 18. | Wisconsin | Auburn (1–1–0) | Long Beach St (2–0–1) | Clemson (3–2–0) | Clemson (5–2–0) | Virginia Tech (8–2–0) | Louisville (7–2–2) | Auburn (7–4–0) | Auburn (10–4–0) | Arkansas (13–3–0) | Penn State (10–3–4) | Minnesota (14–3–3) | Auburn (14–6–0) | 18. |
| 19. | Notre Dame | Cal (1–1–0) | Connecticut (3–1–0) | George Washington (5–0–0) | Notre Dame (5–1–2) | Notre Dame (5–1–3) | Auburn (7–4–0) | Florida (9–3–0) | Florida (10–3–0) | Florida (10–3–0) | Auburn (12–5–0) | Utah (11–3–4) | Utah (11–3–5) | 19. |
| 20. | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech (2–0–0) | Texas A&M (2–2–0) | Georgetown (4–1–0) | Connecticut (6–2–0) | Connecticut (7–2–0) | Florida (7–3–0) | Cal (10–2–0) | Minnesota (11–3–1) | Minnesota (12–3–2) | Arkansas (14–4–0) | Northwestern (14–1–4) | UCLA (13–5–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Texas Tech | Texas Tech (2–0–0) | Texas Tech (3–0–1) | Rutgers (3–1–1) | Rutgers (5–1–1) | Rutgers (6–1–1) | Rutgers (7–1–2) | Louisville (7–3–2) | Northwestern (12–1–1) | Northwestern (13–1–2) | Minnesota (12–3–3) | Rutgers (10–3–6) | Rutgers (11–4–6) | 21. |
| 22. | Ohio State | Ohio State (1–0–0) | South Carolina (3–0–1) | Arkansas (5–1–0) | Arkansas (7–1–0) | Minnesota (7–2–1) | Minnesota (9–2–1) | Rutgers (8–2–2) | Colorado (11–3–0) | Colorado (12–3–0) | Northwestern (13–1–3) | UCLA (12–5–1) | Northwestern (14–2–4) | 22. |
| 23. | South Carolina | Pepperdine (2–0–0) | Boston College (3–0–1) | Texas Tech (4–1–1) | Texas Tech (6–1–1) | NC State (7–2–0) | Cal (8–2–0) | Minnesota (9–3–1) | Rutgers (9–2–3) | Utah (10–2–2) | Pepperdine (11–3–3) | Cal (13–4–2) | Cal (13–5–2) | 23. |
| 24. | Arizona | South Carolina (1–0–1) | Minnesota (4–0–0) | Minnesota (5–1–0) | South Florida (7–0–0) | Cal (7–2–0) | South Florida (8–0–0) | NC State (9–3–0) | Virginia Tech (10–4–1) | Pepperdine (10–3–3) | Utah (10–3–3) | Penn State (11–4–4) | Penn State (11–4–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Boston College | Boston College (1–0–1) | Santa Clara (2–2–0) | South Florida (5–0–0) | Cal (6–2–0) | South Florida (7–0–0) | Boston College (9–2–1) | Oklahoma (10–3–1) | Boston College (10–4–1) | Virginia Tech (10–4–2) |
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| Preseason Aug. 18[42] | Week 1 Aug. 21[43] | Week 2 Aug. 28[44] | Week 3 Sept. 4[45] | Week 4 Sept. 11[46] | Week 5 Sept. 18[47] | Week 6 Sept. 25[48] | Week 7 Oct. 2[49] | Week 8 Oct. 9[50] | Week 9 Oct. 16[51] | Week 10 Oct. 23[52] | Week 11 Oct. 30[53] | Final Nov. 6[54] | ||
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