2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
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| 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings | |||||
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| Season | 2018 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 2018 | ||||
| Preseason No. 1 | Stanford (Unanimuous) | ||||
| NCAA Tournament Champions | Florida State | ||||
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Three polls make up the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, and the Top Drawer Soccer Poll. They represent the ranking system for the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.
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| Not ranked previous week | ||
| Italics | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#–#) | Win–loss–tie record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
United Soccer Coaches
| Preseason Aug. 8[1] | Week 1 Aug. 21[2] | Week 2 Aug. 28[3] | Week 3 Sep. 4[4] | Week 4 Sep. 11[5] | Week 5 Sep. 18[6] | Week 6 Sep. 25[7] | Week 7 Oct. 2[8] | Week 8 Oct. 9[9] | Week 9 Oct. 16[10] | Week 10 Oct. 23[11] | Week 11 Oct. 30[12] | Week 12 Nov. 7[13] | Final Dec. 4[14] | ||
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| 1. | Stanford (34) | Stanford (1–0–0) (34) | Stanford (2–0–0) (32) | Stanford (4–0–0) (33) | Stanford (6–0–0) (35) | Stanford (7–0–1) (32) | Stanford (8–0–1) (33) | Stanford (10–0–1) (34) | Stanford (12–0–1) (34) | Stanford (12–0–1) (31) | Stanford (14–0–1) (32) | Stanford (15–0–2) (31) | Stanford (17–0–2) (34) | Florida State (20–4–3) (34) | 1. |
| 2. | UCLA (1) | UCLA (1–0–0) | UCLA (2–0–0) (2) | North Carolina (5–0–1) | Florida State (7–0–1) | Texas A&M (10–0–0) (1) | USC (8–0–1) | USC (9–1–1) (1) | USC (11–1–1) (1) | USC (12–1–1) (3) | USC (14–1–1) (2) | USC (15–1–2) (2) | Georgetown (17–0–3) | North Carolina (21–4–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Duke | Penn State (2–0–0) | North Carolina (3–0–1) (1) | Florida State (5–0–1) | USC (6–0–1) | USC (7–0–1) (1) | North Carolina (8–2–1) (1) | North Carolina (9–2–1) | North Carolina (11–2–1) | North Carolina (12–2–1) | North Carolina (14–2–1) | North Carolina (15–2–2) | North Carolina (17–3–1) | Stanford (21–1–2) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | Penn State | North Carolina (2–0–0) | Florida State (4–0–0) | USC (4–0–1) (2) | Texas A&M (8–0–0) | Virginia (7–0–0) (1) | Santa Clara (9–1–1) | Santa Clara (10–1–1) | Georgetown (12–0–2) | Georgetown (13–0–2) (1) | Georgetown (15–0–1) (1) | Georgetown (15–0–3) (1) | UCLA (14–3–1) (1) | Georgetown (21–1–3) | 4. |
| 5. | South Carolina | Florida (2–0–0) | Penn State (2–1–0) | Texas A&M (6–0–0) | Virginia (7–0–0) | North Carolina (6–2–1) | Texas A&M (11–1–0) (1) | Georgetown (10–0–2) | Texas A&M (13–1–1) | Texas A&M (14–1–1) | Duke (13–2–2) | Santa Clara (15–3–1) | Florida State (15–4–2) | UCLA (17–3–2) | 5. |
| 6. | North Carolina | Florida State (2–0–0) (1) | Virginia (4–0–0) | Virginia (5–0–0) | North Carolina (5–2–1) | Santa Clara (7–1–1) | Virginia (8–1–0) | Texas A&M (11–1–1) | Virginia (11–2–0) | Virginia (12–2–0) | Santa Clara (14–2–1) | UCLA (13–3–1) | USC (15–2–2) | USC (17–2–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Florida | Virginia (2–0–0) | USC (3–0–0) | UCLA (2–1–1) | Santa Clara (6–1–0) | Florida State (7–1–1) | Georgetown (8–0–2) | Washington State (10–0–0) | Santa Clara (11–2–1) | Santa Clara (12–2–1) | Vanderbilt (15–1–1) | Florida State (13–4–2) | Santa Clara (16–3–1) | Tennessee (16–3–3) | 7. |
| 8. | Virginia | USC (1–0–0) | Texas A&M (4–0–0) | Georgetown (4–0–2) | UCLA (3–1–1) | UCLA (5–1–1) | Texas (9–0–1) | Virginia (9–2–0) | Boston College (13–1–0) | South Carolina (11–2–1) | UCLA (11–3–1) | Duke (14–3–2) (1) | West Virginia (14–4–3) | Penn State (18–9–1) | 8. |
| 9. | West Virginia | Texas A&M (2–0–0) | Santa Clara (3–0–0) | Tennessee (5–0–1) | Auburn (7–0–0) | Auburn (9–0–0) | Washington State (8–0–0) | Tennessee (9–1–1) | South Carolina (11–2–0) | UCLA (9–3–1) | Florida State (12–3–2) | Baylor (16–4–0) | Duke (14–3–2) | Baylor (20–6–0) | 9. |
| 10. | Florida State | South Carolina (2–0–0) | Tennessee (3–0–1) | Auburn (6–0–0) | Georgetown (5–0–2) | Georgetown (7–0–2) | Florida State (8–2–1) | Florida State (9–2–1) | UCLA (8–3–1) | Duke (11–2–2) | Baylor (14–4–0) | Vanderbilt (15–2–1) | Tennessee (13–2–3) | Duke (16–4–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Texas A&M | Duke (1–1–0) | Georgetown (2–0–2) | Penn State (3–2–0) | Tennessee (6–0–1) | Texas (8–0–1) | Boston College (10–0–0) | Boston College (11–1–0) | Duke (10–2–2) | Boston College (13–1–1) | Virginia (13–3–0) | Virginia (14–4–0) | Baylor (17–5–0) | Virginia (16–5–1) | 11. |
| 12. | USC | Santa Clara (1–0–0) | Duke (2–1–1) | Santa Clara (4–1–0) | Northwestern (6–0–1) | Duke (7–1–1) | Tennessee (8–1–1) | South Carolina (9–2–0) | Vanderbilt (13–1–0) | Vanderbilt (13–1–1) | Tennessee (12–2–2) | Tennessee (12–3–2) | Virginia (15–4–0) | Santa Clara (17–3–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Princeton | Tennessee (2–0–0) | NC State (3–0–1) | NC State (5–0–1) | Duke (6–1–1) | South Carolina (7–1–0) | Oklahoma State (10–1–0) | Texas (9–0–2) | Florida State (10–3–1) | Baylor (12–4–0) | West Virginia (11–3–3) | Texas A&M (15–3–1) | Vanderbilt (15–3–1) | Texas A&M (17–5–1) | 13. |
| 14. | Notre Dame | Princeton (0–0–0) | Oklahoma State (3–0–0) | Duke (4–1–1) | Texas (6–0–1) | Washington State (7–0–0) | South Carolina (8–2–0) | Northwestern (8–2–2) | Baylor (11–4–0) | Florida State (10–3–2) | South Carolina (12–3–1) | West Virginia (12–4–3) | Penn State (15–5–1) | West Virginia (15–4–4) | 14. |
| 15. | Baylor | Gerogetown (1–0–1) | South Carolina (3–1–0) | Northwestern (4–0–1) | South Carolina (6–1–0) | Oklahoma State (8–1–0) | Duke (8–2–1) | UCLA (6–3–1) | Memphis (12–1–0) | Colorado (12–0–3) | Texas A&M (14–3–1) | Penn State (14–5–0) | Memphis (17–3–0) | Wisconsin (14–4–4) | 15. |
| 16. | UCF | NC State (1–0–0) | Northwestern (3–0–1) | Kansas (5–0–1) | Washington State (5–0–0) | NC State (7–1–1) | UCLA (5–2–1) | West Virginia (7–2–3) | Colorado (11–0–3) | West Virginia (9–3–3) | Penn State (13–5–0) | USF (12–2–0) | Texas A&M (15–4–1) | Vanderbilt (16–4–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Texas | Baylor (1–0–0) | Auburn (4–0–0) | Washington State (4–0–0) | NC State (6–1–1) | Wisconsin (7–1–1) | Northwestern (7–2–2) | Duke (8–2–2) | Tennessee (10–2–1) | Texas (11–1–2) | Texas (13–1–2) | South Carolina (12–4–1) | Texas (13–4–3) | South Carolina (14–6–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Pepperdine | Kansas (2–0–0) | Washington State (3–0–0) | Texas (4–0–1) | Kansas (5–0–2) | USF (4–1–0) | Colorado (9–0–1) | Memphis (10–1–0) | West Virginia (8–3–3) | Tennessee (10–2–2) | USF (11–2–0) | Texas (14–2–3) | South Carolina (13–5–1) | LSU (13–7–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Santa Clara | Northwestern (2–0–0) | Kansas (3–0–1) | South Carolina (4–1–0) | USF (4–1–0) | Tennessee (6–1–1) | USF (4–1–0) | Vanderbilt (11–1–0) | Washington State (10–2–0) | Wisconsin (11–2–3) | Boston College (13–3–1) | Memphis (15–3–0) | LSU (13–6–3) | South Florida (14–4–0) | 19. |
| 20. | NC State | Notre Dame (2–0–0) | Princeton (2–0–0) | USF (3–1–0) | Oklahoma State (6–1–0) | Penn State (5–3–0) | Memphis (10–1–0) | Colorado (9–0–3) | Texas (10–1–2) | USF (9–2–0) | Colorado (13–1–3) | Boston College (14–4–1) | USF (14–3–0) | Texas (13–5–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Washington State | Texas (1–0–0) | Texas Tech (4–0–0) | Oklahoma State (4–1–0) | Penn State (4–3–0) | Northwestern (6–1–2) | NC State (8–2–1) | Oklahoma State (10–2–1) | Rutgers (9–1–4) | Penn State (11–5–0) | Rutgers (13–1–3) | Colorado (13–3–3) | Princeton (11–3–2) | Virginia Tech (11–8–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Georgetown | Washington State (2–0–0) | Florida (2–2–0) | Butler (4–1–0) | Wisconsin (6–1–0) | Texas Tech (8–1–0) | Wisconsin (8–2–1) | Nebraska (8–3–3) | Wisconsin (10–2–3) | Washington State (10–3–0) | Memphis (14–3–0) | Wisconsin (12–3–4) | Boston College (14–4–1) | NC State (11–7–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Ohio State | UCF (0–0–0) | Texas (2–0–1) | Princeton (3–1–0) | Butler (6–1–0) | Colorado (8–0–1) | Auburn (9–1–1) | NC State (8–3–2) | Mississippi State (9–3–1) | Rutgers (9–2–5) | Wisconsin (12–3–3) | Clemson (12–7–0) | Wisconsin (12–3–4) | Memphis (17–4–0) | 23. |
| 24. | Rutgers | Auburn (2–0–0) | USF (2–1–0) | Louisville (5–0–0) | Texas Tech (6–1–0) | Kansas (6–1–2) | Penn State (6–4–0) | Baylor (9–4–0) | North Texas (8–1–1) | UCF (8–4–1) | Princeton (9–3–2) | Princeton (10–3–2) | BYU (13–4–1) | Texas Tech (14–5–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Tennessee | West Virginia (0–1–1) | Butler (3–0–0) | Texas Tech (4–1–0) | Princeton (5–1–0) | Princeton (5–2–1) | Vanderbilt (10–1–0) | Mississippi State (8–2–1) | Northwestern (8–4–2) | Mississippi State (9–4–1) | Pepperdine (9–6–1) | Rutgers (11–3–5) | Clemson (12–8–0) | Wake Forest (9–9–2) | 25. |
| Preseason Aug. 8[15] | Week 1 Aug. 21[16] | Week 2 Aug. 28[17] | Week 3 Sep. 4[18] | Week 4 Sep. 11[19] | Week 5 Sep. 18[20] | Week 6 Sep. 25[21] | Week 7 Oct. 2[22] | Week 8 Oct. 9[23] | Week 9 Oct. 16[24] | Week 10 Oct. 23[25] | Week 11 Oct. 30[26] | Week 12 Nov. 7[27] | Final Dec. 4[28] | ||
| Dropped: No.18 Pepperdine No. 23 Ohio State No. 24 Rutgers | Dropped: No. 17 Baylor No.20 Notre Dame No. 23 UCF No. 25 West Virginia | Dropped: No. 22 Florida | Dropped: No. 24 Louisville | Dropped: No. 23 Butler | Dropped: No. 22 Texas Tech No. 24 Kansas No. 25 Princeton | Dropped: No. 19 USF No. 22 Wisconsin No. 23 Auburn No. 24 Penn State | Dropped: No. 21 Oklahoma State No. 22 Nebraska No. 23 NC State | Dropped: No. 15 Memphis No. 24 North Texas No. 25 Northwestern | Dropped: No. 22 Washington State No. 24 UCF No. 25 Mississippi State | Dropped: No. 25 Pepperdine | Dropped: No. 21 Colorado No. 25 Rutgers | Dropped: No. 21 Princeton No. 22 Boston College No. 24 BYU No. 25 Clemson |