10/14 Women’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
October 15, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Virginia | The Cavaliers outlasted Notre Dame and controlled Wake Forest on the road, both big results for UVA. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
UCLA | Bruins get a big signature win on the road in Palo Alto and finished strong in the Bay Area beating Cal. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles continue to defend vey well as they outlasted Syracuse and controlled things against Pitt. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
North Carolina | Two more solid defensive performances by Carolina setting up a showdown with Virginia next Sunday. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Portland | Pilots are in top form right now with eight wins in their last eight matches. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
West Virginia | Offense is the key for the Mountaineers as they are now 10-2-1 when scoring two or more goals this season. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
South Carolina | Gamecocks keep rolling in a 2-1 win over Alabama giving coach Shelley Smith her 150th victory. | 10 |
| 8 |  |
Texas Tech | Red Raiders take a big step forward on the road with a good draw against Baylor. | 11 |
| 9 |  |
Virginia Tech | Huge result for the Hokies against Notre Dame. The Hokies are playing at a pretty high level right now. | 17 |
| 10 |  |
California | Golden Bears battled UCLA tight on Sunday but fell just short. Cal is still very dangerous moving forward. | 9 |
| 11 |  |
Notre Dame | The inability to create enough scoring chances and finish them has been the reason for the run of one goal losses. | 7 |
| 12 |  |
Michigan | Very important road win at Penn State for the Wolverines. Gregg Ryan’s team is getting better and better. | 18 |
| 13 |  |
Georgetown | The Hoyas fell short Sunday at Marquette as the Golden Eagles soundly beat the Hoyas 4-0. | 8 |
| 14 |  |
Florida | Gators outlasted a gritty Mississippi State side. A big battle with Kentucky is next Friday in Gainesville. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Santa Clara | Great result against BYU to set a strong tone to the rest of the WCC for the Broncos. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Penn State | Nittany Lions controlled play against Michigan but fell short 1-0. Finishing shots for Penn State has to improve. | 12 |
| 17 |  |
Wake Forest | Tough loss to Virginia as the Cavaliers controlled the run of play. | 14 |
| 18 |  |
Denver | Pioneer attack has 12 goals in three Summitt Conference matches so far while allowing none. | 19 |
| 19 |  |
Stanford | Cardinal battled UCLA down to the wire but fell just short in a double overtime defeat. | 13 |
| 20 |  |
UCF | Good road win at a surging Louisville side on Sunday. The Knights have Rutgers and Memphis next up. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Texas A&M | Huge rally from 3-1 down to beat Arkansas is a critical confidence boosting result for the Aggies. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
Marquette | Great result on sub-day for Marquette in dominating Georgetown and securing Big East supremacy. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Nebraska | Big bounce back result against Purdue as the Huskers attack racked up four goals against the Boilermakers. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Kentucky | Wildcat attack pounded the Tennessee defense for four goals. They are a threat for the SEC Title. | NR |
| 25 |  |
LSU | The Tigers have quietly flown under the radar to the top of the SEC table but the schedule is going to get tougher. | NR |
