| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | UCLA | The Bruins kept the good times rolling with a 2-0 victory over Wisconsin. UCLA stays home and hosts LMU and UT. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Florida State | The Seminoles got a great win against Florida. They will host Fullerton and take a trip to Arkansas this weekend. | 4 |
| 3 |  | Duke | Duke had a quality weekend, winning at USC and knocking off Washington State by a score of 4-0. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Penn State | Penn State kept cruising along with wins against WVU and Pitt. And Maya Hayes will be back soon. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State gave up a few goals last week, but they scored seven and that was more than enough for two wins. | 7 |
| 6 |  | Wake Forest | With a couple 2-1 victories over Princeton and Hofstra, Wake Forest got back to their old winning ways. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Stanford | Stanford started the week off by losing to West Virginia. They then tied a quality Boston College squad. | 2 |
| 8 |  | Virginia | After losing to Penn State in their season opener, Virginia has rattled off five wins in a row. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Boston College | Tying Stanford is not bad by any means. Boston College has an interesting game against UCF coming up this week. | 9 |
| 10 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels finally got a tally in the winner's column. And beating Uconn and Notre Dame is not bad at all. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Texas A&M | Beating Rutgers would have been a quality win on its own, but TAMU tallied four goals against the stout defense. | 12 |
| 12 |  | UCF | UCF won a couple more games last week and this week they head to Boston College for a great matchup. | 15 |
| 13 |  | Maryland | Maryland got back on track last week, combining to score eight goals against George Mason and Towson. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Florida | Florida lost the big rivalry game against FSU 1-0, but they recovered and beat FIU 3-0 on Sunday. | 10 |
| 15 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish got a nice win over Santa Clara before falling to UNC. A trip to the northwest is coming up this weekend. | 13 |
| 16 |  | Long Beach State | The 49ers lost at a surprising BYU team before heading home and beating Michigan. Texas A&M will be tough. | 14 |
| 17 |  | Virginia Tech | Through six games Virginia Tech has just allowed two goals…both to Nebraska in a 3-2 victory. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Baylor | Baylor shutout Nebraska and McNeese State last week and scored eight goals of their own. More wins are coming. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Louisville | Louisville is lacking quality victories, but they will get plenty of opportunities for those once conference play begins. | 22 |
| 20 |  | Marquette | Marquette has only played three games, thanks to a couple cancellations, but they have yet to allow a goal. | NR |
| 21 |  | Pepperdine | Following a tough loss to San Diego State, Pepperdine found the back of the net five times against the Hoosiers. | 19 |
| 22 |  | California | The Golden Bears have not been the most consistent team around, but last week was a good one. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Missouri | Maybe the schedule is not turning out to be as tough as it appeared, but Missouri keeps getting the job done. | NR |
| 24 |  | Portland | Portland tallied a couple relatively easy wins against Fresno State and La Salle. The games get tougher this week. | NR |
| 25 |  | West Virginia | The record may not look great, but WVU has played a brutal schedule. Things get a bit easier this week. | 25 |
9/3 Women's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/03/2012
