| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | UCLA | UCLA really stepped up last week and tallied a couple 2-0 victories over Fresno State and Illinois. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Stanford | After a couple impressive offensive outputs against Santa Clara and Penn State, Stanford was shut out by WVU. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Duke | Duke suffered their first loss of the season in an overtime loss to Florida. USC and Washington State are next. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Florida State got a quality road win at UCF on Friday and will face off against Florida this week. | 5 | |
| 5 |  | Penn State | Penn State's offense is not lacking without Maya Hayes, but the defense could not fend off Stanford. | 6 |
| 6 |  | The Wake Forest offense has been incosistent thus far this season and that led to a 1-0 upset loss on Friday. | 4 | |
| 7 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State finally gave up a couple of goals, but that did not stop them beating Vandy and Creighton easily. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Virginia | Virginia is on a mini roll after their opening loss to Penn State. Texas and SMU will be a tougher challenge. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Boston College | Boston College is undefeated heading into what should be a great game in Palo Alto on Friday. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Florida | Florida managed a draw and a win against UNC and Duke. They'll continue their foray into the ACC against FSU. | 10 |
| 11 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels have yet to score a goal in two games. That could end this week against Uconn and Notre Dame. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies had a busy week, beating UC Irvine and losing to San Diego before beginning a long home stand. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish got back on track last week, netting seven goals agaisnt Tulsa and East Carolina. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Long Beach State | The 49ers got a quality win over Baylor on Sunday and hit the road for the first time to take on BYU on Friday. | 16 |
| 15 |  | UCF | UCF lost a tough game to Florida State, but got a big win over Miami. It won't get much easier with UGA on Sunday. | 20 |
| 16 |  | Maryland | Maryland's offense has the potential to score a lot of goals, but they have yet to find their groove. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Virginia Tech | It is not always pretty, but the Hokies keep winning. Next up is Mount St. Mary's and American. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Baylor | Baylor split their road trip to greater LA area, but the schedule lightens up a bit this week in Waco. | 19 |
| 19 |  | Pepperdine | Pepperdine's defense has been susceptible, but they keep scoring and winning and that's all that matters. | 21 |
| 20 |  | Auburn | Auburn's trip out West did not go very well, but they should get back on track with the next five games at home. | 15 |
| 21 |  | Memphis | Memphis had the week off following a tough start against Missouri. Oklahoma State will provide a big test.. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Louisville | Louisville got a thrilling 4-3 win over Purdue. This week they head to Lexington, but not to face UK just yet. | 23 |
| 23 |  | California | Cal ran into a couple tough teams this week, losing to a refocused Santa Clara squad and a surprising Mizzou team. | 17 |
| 24 |  | Santa Clara | Santa Clara came back strong, beating Cal and UC Riverside following their first game blowout loss to Stanford. | 25 |
| 25 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia has a couple tough losses, but they knocked off Stanford on Sunday. They will be tested now. | NR |
8/27 Women's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 08/27/2012
