Duke women’s soccer rank No. 1 in Division I week one poll
Duke plays Northwestern in Durham Thursday, August 21. Game time is 6 p.m.
The 2025 NCAA Division I women’s college soccer season is officially underway, and after the first week of polling, Duke University leads the rankings.
The Blue Devils moved up three spots from their No. 4 preseason ranking. Directly below them are the Stanford women, who climbed to No. 2 from No. 7, according to the United Soccer Coaches week one poll.
Duke plays Northwestern in Durham tonight at 6 p.m.
Only three teams maintained their positions from the preseason, while others saw significant drops.
Notably, the 2024 NCAA Division I reigning North Carolina champions, initially ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll, are now No. 12 after a 2-0 loss to Tennessee and a 5-0 win against Siena.
Duke defeated Penn State 3-2 on August 14 for the team’s first win of the Fall campaign.
Here is the latest standing, according to the United Soccer Coaches poll.
1. Duke, previous rank 4, 1-0-0
2. Stanford, previous rank 7, 2-0-0
3. Florida State, previous rank 3, 2-0-0
4. UCLA, previous rank 8, 1-0-0
5. USC, previous rank 5, 1-0-0
6. Tennessee, previous not ranked, 2-0-0
7. Texas Christian, previous rank 9, 2-0-0
7. Notre Dame, previous rank 2, 1-0-1
9. Iowa, previous rank 13, 1-0-0
10. Wake Forest, previous rank 10, 2-0-0
11. Vanderbilt, previous rank 17, 2-0-0
12. North Carolina, previous rank 1, 1-1-0
13. Arkansas, previous rank 6, 0-1-1
14. Penn State, previous rank 11, 0-1-0
15. Virginia Tech, previous rank 14, 2-0-0
16. South Carolina, previous rank 21, 2-0-0
17. Virginia, previous rank 15, 1-0-0
18. Texas Tech, previous rank 25, 2-0-0
19. Brigham Young, receiving votes, 1-0-1
20. Michigan State, previous rank 12, 0-0-2
21. Wisconsin, previous rank 23, 2-0-0
22. Oklahoma, previously not ranked, 2-0-0
23. Saint Louis, received votes, 1-0-0
24. Memphis, received votes, 2-0-0
25. Ohio State, previously not ranked, 0-0-1
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