2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

CentPA · October 22, 2026, 12:47:09 PM

New NPI rankings out today: through games 10/21/2026

Rowan takes over #1 from Wash U!

CentPA · October 24, 2026, 06:39:18 PM

NYU (#33 NPI, #22 USC) upset Carnegie Mellon (#14 NPI, #9 USC) at home yesterday 2-0. Really nice win for NYU.

With a 5-2-5 overall record, NYU is sitting in third in the UAA as of today! They are ahead of Emory, Carnegie Mellon, and Case Western in the conference. Although tomorrow's games may shake that up some more.

Ron Boerger · October 25, 2026, 02:58:22 PM

Huge upset today in Tennesee where unranked Maryville College (now 6-4-4, 3-3-0 SAA) upsets formerly unbeaten (#7 NPI) Trinity(TX) (12-1-1/4-1-1) 1-0 in a match where the home side was outshot 28-5, 14-3 on goal. The Scots' Ruby Saylor hit the game winner, her only shot of the day, in the 20th minute and keeper Paige Silva stopped all 14 shots she faced.

Saylor's goal was not only the first one scored today, but the first of the freshman's college career.

CentPA · October 25, 2026, 04:25:12 PM

Emory just tied Wash U 1-1 with 13 minutes left in the game on a penalty kick that was taken by Emory's Goalkeeper!

CentPA · October 25, 2026, 04:41:11 PM

Emory ties Wash U in St. Louis 1-1.

CentPA · October 26, 2026, 12:24:11 PM

Here is the most recent NCAA NPI rankings: through games 10/25/26

There has definitely been some movement in the top 5!

Rowan holds onto the #1 spot, but with Wash U tying Emory they drop from #2 down to #4. Wash & Lee and North Central (IL) both slide up a spot to #2 and #3 respectively. Chicago jumps Tufts and goes to #5 with Tufts falling out the top 5 to #6.

CentPA · October 26, 2026, 12:35:14 PM

A couple of big moves today in the NPI top 25:

Trinity (TX) with their upset loss on the road drop from #8 to #16.

NYU with two road wins in the UAA over the weekend see themselves move from #33 all the way up to #17.

Lynchburg with their 2-1 win on the road against Bridgwater (VA) move up from #28 to #18 to become the third team from the ODAC in the top 25.

WUPHF · October 27, 2026, 09:58:51 AM

Quote from: WUPHF on October 05, 2026, 01:30:04 PM
Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2026, 12:45:18 PMHow about North Central sitting at #1 in the NPI (even ahead of Wash U) .. it can pay to not play!

The only team that has a chance of finishing ahead of Washington University is Tufts. The worst team in the UAA would be the third best in the CCIW.

Well...

CentPA · October 27, 2026, 12:15:08 PM

Looks like the daily updates to the NCAA NPI rankings have started: through games 10/26/2026

With very few games yesterday (Monday 10/26) the top 25 barely moved at all. The first change happens at NPI #18/#19 with MIT moving up from 19 to 18 and Lynchburg moving down from 18 to 19.

CentPA · October 28, 2026, 09:07:26 AM

With more games yesterday (Tuesday 10/27), today's new NPI rankings (through games 10/27/2026) have more movement in the top 25.

Williams with their win yesterday over Middlebury crack the top ten and go from NPI #12 to NPI #9. The top 8 above them saw no change in the rankings.

CentPA · Reply #175 - Re: 2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

This week's USC poll came out yesterday: National - Poll 7 - October 27, 2026

Below are the USC top 25 teams and in parentheses their NPI ranking through games 10/27/2026 followed by their NPI number:

1. Wash U (#4, 66.889)
2. Wash & Lee (#2, 67.318) - this will change today since they were upset by Bridgewater yesterday!
3. Rowan (#1, 67.623)
4. Tufts (#6, 65.865)
5. MIT (#19, 61.317)
6. TCNJ (#11, 62.256)
7. Messiah (#25, 60.607)
8. Williams (#9, 62.421)
9. Calvin (#7, 63.863)
10. Chicago (#5, 66.523)
11. William Smith (#16, 61.530)
12. Carnegie Mellon (#21, 61.123)
13. Swarthmore (#13, 62.118)
14. Batten (#12, 62.231)
15. Pomona-Pitzer (#37, 59.083)
16. Johns Hopkins (#10, 62.306)
17. Vassar (#27, 60.348)
18. NYU (#18, 61.429)
19. Hamilton (#28, 60.284)
20. Carleton (#22, 60.938)
21. Emory (#14, 61.615)
22. Penn State-Behrend (#20, 61.186)
23. Puget Sound (#8, 62.732) - Ron Boerger you should at least give me a like for correcting the spelling

24. Wisconsin-La Crosse (#24, 60.673)
25. Middlebury (#40, 58.616)

CentPA · Reply #176 - Re: 2026 Women’s Soccer Top 25

Quote from: CentPA on Yesterday at 07:46:02 AMThis week's USC poll came out yesterday: National - Poll 7 - October 27, 2026

Below are the teams that are in the NPI top 25 of yesterday's rankings: through games 10/27/2026 BUT are not even showing in the USC top 25 or even receiving votes!

#3 NPI: North Central (IL) (66.926)
#15 NPI: Trinity (TX) (61.538)
#17 NPI: Lynchburg (61.499)

Interesting that the USC doesn't have North Central (IL) anywhere in the top 25 .. maybe they don't like that they didn't show up to play Chicago!