NCAA Women’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: Last poll of September revealed

(Pictured Above: Vanderbilt remains unbeaten on the season with a 10-0-1 record, occupying the No. 3 spot in the rankings.)

Intercollegiate Women’s Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC) and United Soccer Coaches released the newest Top 25 poll following the 7th week of competition in the 2026 NCAA women’s soccer season.

North Carolina remains in the top spot, followed by Michigan State at No. 2, Vanderbilt at No. 3, Wake Forest at No. 4 and Alabama rounding out the Top 5.

Three teams – Clemson, Harvard and Louisville – have entered the coaches’ poll this week, taking up the No. 23-25 positions. See below for a look at the full coaches’ poll following Week 7.

NCAA National Poll 7 – September 29, 2026

Rank
School
Prev
1st Votes
Total Points
W-L-T

1
North Carolina
1
8
200
10-1-0

2
Michigan State
2
0
191
8-1-2

3
Vanderbilt
3
0
185
10-0-1

4
Wake Forest
5
0
174
9-1-0

5
Alabama
7
0
167
11-1-0

6
Duke
4
0
154
6-1-3

7
Ohio State
8
0
152
8-1-1

8
Stanford
6
0
146
7-2-2

9
Baylor
11
0
138
9-1-1

10
UCLA
12
0
127
7-3-1

11
South Carolina
17
0
115
10-1-0

12
Notre Dame
15
0
108
4-0-6

13
Tennessee
9
0
102
6-1-3

14
Texas Tech
25
0
88
6-0-4

15
Washington
18
0
83
8-1-2

15
Virginia
16
0
83
5-2-2

17
Colorado
13
0
77
8-2-1

18
West Virginia
10
0
57
6-1-2

19
Utah State
19
0
56
7-2-2

20
Wisconsin
14
0
52
7-2-2

21
Oklahoma
21
0
43
9-1-2

22
Texas State
24
0
31
7-1-2

23
Clemson
RV
0
24
6-2-3

24
Harvard
NR
0
21
7-2-1

25
Louisville
RV
0
10
8-1-2

Records shown are through games of September 27, 2026

Also receiving votes: Michigan (8), Liberty (4), BYU (2), Florida State (2)