8/19 Women’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
August 21, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
UCLA | UCLA barely beat Umass and they will have to play better this week against Fresno State and Illinois. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Stanford | Stanford took care of business against a good Santa Clara squad. Maybe Penn State will provide a challenge. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Duke | Duke totaled 12 goals in victories over William & Mary and Elon over the weekend. | 5 |
| 4 |  |
Wake Forest | Wake Forest had a disappointing draw against UNC Wilmington on Sunday after beating Richmond 4-1 on Friday. | 2 |
| 5 |  |
Florida State | The Seminoles survived a scare against Minnesota. The competition gets stiffer with UCF up next. | 4 |
| 6 |  |
Penn State | In a battle of teams without their stars due to the U-20 World Cup, Penn State got a quality win over Virginia. | 11 |
| 7 |  |
Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State is off to a perfect 2-0 start after doing what they do best…winning 1-0. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Virginia | Virginia lost their opener to Penn State 3-1, but rebounded nicely with a 5-0 victory over Radford | 6 |
| 9 |  |
Boston College | Boston College got off to a good start by shutting out Providence. Boston U and Uconn are up next. | 10 |
| 10 |  |
Florida | Florida was dominated by Miami in their opener and now spend a weekend playing Duke and North Carolina. | 7 |
| 11 |  |
North Carolina | North Carolina lost to Portland 1-0 to start off the season and now have a big early season matchup with Florida. | 9 |
| 12 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies kick off their season on Monday night with a couple early week games out West. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Maryland | Maryland beat a decent Navy team 3-0, but failed to find the back of the net against Villanova on Sunday. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame slipped up against a quality Badger team. They’ll look to rebound against Tulsa and ECU. | 14 |
| 15 |  |
Auburn | Auburn tallied a couple wins last weekend, but a trip out West to Pepperdine and UC Irvine will be more difficult. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Long Beach State | It took overtime for the 49ers to knock of Arizona last Friday. Baylor could be a tougher test on Sunday. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
California | California had little trouble with Pacific and San Jose State. Santa Clara and Missouri should be a bit tougher. | 19 |
| 18 |  |
Virginia Tech | The Hokies fared better than Wake Forest against UNC Wilmington and Richmond, winning both games. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Baylor | The Bears got off to a quality start, but like many teams they will be tested on a west coast road trip this week. | 21 |
| 20 |  |
UCF | UCF knocked off USF and FGCU last week and could shoot up the rankings with wins over FSU and Miami. | NR |
| 21 |  |
Pepperdine | The Waves have an interesting matchup this week against a decent Auburn team. But Malibu is always an advantage. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
Memphis | Memphis was stunned at Missouri, losing 5-1. They’ll take some time off regroup before tougher games await. | 15 |
| 23 |  |
Louisville | The Cardinals should not be seriously tested for a little while, but Purdue is coming off of a couple victories. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Illinois | Illinois got outplayed in a 1-0 win over Western Michigan and then tied Illinois State. UCSB and UCLA are next. | 18 |
| 25 |  |
Santa Clara | Santa Clara did not put up much of a fight against Stanford, but we’ll learn more with another regional game vs. Cal. | 23 |
