| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Florida State | FSU has won at UNC two years in a row. They were out shot, but FSU keeper Kelsey Wys was unbeatable. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Stanford | OSU could have been tough, but it wasn't. Maybe going on the road for the first in over a month will be a challenge. | 2 |
| 3 |  | UCLA | Road wins are tough to come by and UCLA got their epic five game road trip off to a great start. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Texas A&M | The Aggies remained undefeated in their SEC debut campaign with a draw at Kentucky and a win at MSU. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Penn State | Penn State had no trouble at Ohio State, but gave up three goals in a home win over Minnesota. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Virginia | Virginia lost their road tussle in Maryland, but came away with a great home win over a tough Duke squad. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Duke | Duke had no problem with Clemson, but a road game at Virginia was a different story. VT and BC await this week. | 5 |
| 8 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame improved to 5-0 in Big East play with wins at Providence and Connecticut. Seton and Rutgers are next. | 10 |
| 9 |  | Maryland | Maryland continued the ACC trend of the weekend, winning at home and losing on the road. | 8 |
| 10 |  | Wake Forest | Fortunately for Wake Forest, they did not have to go on the road last weekend. They beat Clemson handily. | 9 |
| 11 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas went into Pittsburgh and tallied eight goals. Trips to Cincy and Louisville will be tougher. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Boston College | Boston College took a week off from conference play and ended up losing 1-0 to Pepperdine. UNC and Duke await. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Marquette | Marquette just keeps winning and got a huge victory over Louisville on Friday. They have now won six in a row. | 19 |
| 14 |  | Virginia Tech | After a couple of losses, VT got right back on track with a nice 1-0 home win over Maryland. They'll stay home. | 16 |
| 15 |  | Brigham Young | BYU is cruising after a couple more 1-0 victories last week. Tough tests await in the West Coast Conference. | 20 |
| 16 |  | Oklahoma State | The Cowgirls have struggled to score in Big 12 play. Last week they at least got a couple results. | 13 |
| 17 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels took out their home loss frustrations to FSU out on Miami. Boston College better be careful. | 15 |
| 18 |  | Baylor | Baylor knocked off Kansas 1-0 in their lone game last weekend. This week they head to Texas Tech. | 17 |
| 19 |  | San Diego State | SDSU's lone loss on the season came against Stanford. They started their domination of the MW last week. | 18 |
| 20 |  | California | California got huge wins over Oregon and Oregon State last week. This week they head out to Colorado and Utah. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Louisville | Louisville had a tough week against Marquette and South Florida. They'll have to rebound quickly with G'town. | 14 |
| 22 |  | Florida | The Gators tallied seven goals last week against Ole Miss and Arkansas. They hit the road this weekend. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Santa Clara | The WCC opener on Friday is going to be a great one as Santa Clara heads to BYU. | 22 |
| 24 |  | UCF | The Knights have scored nine goals and conceeded none after their loss in Memphis. Tulsa and SMU are next. | 25 |
| 25 |  | Pepperdine | Pepperdine got a huge 1-0 win over Boston College on a second half Callie Payetta goal. | NR |
10/1 Women's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 10/01/2012
