8/25 Women’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
August 25, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
UCLA | UCLA had little trouble in outclassing Maryland and UC Irvine with resounding 3-0 wins in both matches. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Florida State | Two very nice results for Florida State outlasting Portland and dominating Minnesota. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Virginia | Cavaliers win their school-record 19th straight match at Klockner Stadium thanks to a 3-0 win over Marshall. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Stanford | Cardinal make a big-time statement by finally beating Carolina and then beat Duke. | 8 |
| 5 |  |
Florida | Gators were very sound across the board in dispatching of in-state rivals Miami and South Florida. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Notre Dame | A very encouraging start for the Fighting Irish as the attack scored six goals in two wins over Illinois and Oakland. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Virginia Tech | Don’t sleep on the Hokies as they scored ten goals over the course of beating VCU and Davidson. | 7 |
| 8 |  |
North Carolina | A hard-fought split for the Tar Heels in the opening weekend. A trip to UCLA is on tap for next Friday Night. | 4 |
| 9 |  |
Penn State | Nittany Lions get plenty of key contributions from its freshman class in a big win over West Virginia. | 14 |
| 10 |  |
Texas A&M | A solid start for the Aggies as they survived a shootout against Dayton and shut down Stephen F. Austin. | 10 |
| 11 |  |
Wake Forest | Wake Forest opens the 2014 season Monday night at home against Wright State. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
South Carolina | The defense was rock solid in a pair of 2-0 wins over East Carolina and Samford. | 12 |
| 13 |  |
Michigan | Michigan had little trouble with Cal State Northridge and Bowling Green to get off to a 2-0-0 start. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Santa Clara | Broncos suffer a tough loss to Cal at home by conceding two penalty kick goals. | 9 |
| 15 |  |
Texas Tech | Red Raiders were on fire offensively in a 5-0 rout of Oral Roberts in the season opener on Sunday night. | 18 |
| 16 |  |
Portland | Pilots battled the Seminoles well in the opener and followed that up with a nice win at NC State. | 16 |
| 17 |  |
Duke | Tough weekend for Duke as didn’t finish chances well offensively. They will be better as the season goes along. | 17 |
| 18 |  |
UCF | It was not easy for the Knights on Sunday against Miami but they found a way to win in the end. | 21 |
| 19 |  |
West Virginia | The Mountaineers had an up and down weekend but closed strong to knock off Missouri. | 15 |
| 20 |  |
California | Golden Bears exact revenge against Santa Clara by getting the golden goal penalty kick from Lorin Hom. | NR |
| 21 |  |
Georgetown | A nice set of results for the Hoyas by beating San Diego and battling for a scoreless draw at Long Beach State. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Boston College | Eagles start strong against Colgate in a 3-1 win but could not slow down Boston University in a 2-1 loss. | 19 |
| 23 |  |
BYU | The defense let the Cougars down late at Cal State Fullerton but they recovered to hang on for a draw. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Washington State | A strong start under new head coach Steve Nugent for Washington State as they rolled over TCU 3-0. | 24 |
| 25 |  |
Mississippi | The defense was strong for the Rebels as they got a soilid draw against Georgia and a win over Iowa State. | NR |
