10/15 Women’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
October 16, 2012 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Florida State | Florida State remained perfect after 1-0 wins over Virginia and VT. Trips to BC and Maryland will be trying. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Stanford | Stanford added another victory to the conference total, reaching 6-0. The Washington schools visit this week. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
UCLA | UCLA still has not lost a game, but all eyes are looking ahead to 10/28 when Stanford comes to Westwood. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Penn State | Taylor Schram had another great week, helping Penn State reach 8-0-0 in conference play. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Texas A&M | The Aggies appear to be back on track after dominating road wins at Arkansas and Vanderbilt. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Duke | Duke tied WF on Sunday, which is not a bad result at all. A couple more home games wrap up the regular season. | 5 |
| 7 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown got a huge win over Notre Dame on Friday. This Friday they wrap up play with a trip to Villanova. | 11 |
| 8 |  |
Marquette | Marquette is playing great soccer. They have given up just one goal in their last nine games. | 12 |
| 9 |  |
Maryland | The Terps are on a roll right now. A huge game against FSU finishes off the regular season on Sunday. | 8 |
| 10 |  |
Wake Forest | Wake Forest is jockeying for position in the tournament right now and a couple wins this week will go a long way. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
Brigham Young | Led by Kyleigh Royall, BYU got quality wins over San Francisco and Portland. The Cougars are looking solid. | 15 |
| 12 |  |
Florida | The Gators winning streak is now up to nine. Alabama and Vandy may be the next victims. | 16 |
| 13 |  |
Virginia | The Cavaliers have been inconsistent during conference play, but they played well in a loss at Florida State. | 7 |
| 14 |  |
Notre Dame | With the loss at Georgetown, UND has just one game left to get back on track before the conference tournament. | 9 |
| 15 |  |
North Carolina | The Duke versus North Carolina matchup on Thursday will be another great battle in an epic rivalry. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
California | Cal has reeled off five conference wins in a row. The schedule gets tougher down the stretch though. | 19 |
| 17 |  |
San Diego State | SDSU remained perfect in MW play with wins at UNLV and Fresno State. That is the end of their road trips. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
Pepperdine | Pepperdine got a great win against Santa Clara. We still have a long way to go before the BYU matchup. | 23 |
| 19 |  |
Virginia Tech | The brutal ACC schedule is catching up to VT. This week they travel to Clemson and host Virginia. | 14 |
| 20 |  |
Baylor | Baylor got a couple road draws against West Virginia and Oklahoma State. They host Texas and ISU this week. | 17 |
| 21 |  |
Boston College | Boston College finally ended their four game skid with a 6-2 drubbing of NC State on Sunday. FSU is next. | 20 |
| 22 |  |
West Virginia | The Mountaineers played Baylor to a 1-1 draw and are sitting atop the Big 12 standings. | 24 |
| 23 |  |
Michigan | Besides an early west coast road trip, Michigan has been nearly flawless. Trips to OSU and PSU will be interesting. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Santa Clara | Santa Clara has had some struggles in WCC play, but the schedule has been brutal. It gets easier. | 22 |
| 25 |  |
Louisville | Louisville has not been able to string together any wins during conference play. They have one more chance. | 21 |
