Best College Soccer Teams: Top 50 Current NCAA Women’s Programs (2022 Edition)

SoccerWire has provided an updated edition of the highest-ranked women’s college soccer programs in the United States.

With the 2022 NCAA soccer season quickly approaching, we take a look below at the best 50 programs in NCAA women’s soccer over the past 5 full seasons (not including 2020’s abbreviated “Covid” results) , based on their average position in the end-of-season rankings. Rankings are based on a combination of final United Soccer Coaches Polls and Rating Percentage Index (RPI) from each season, with bonuses awarded for NCAA Tournament qualification and College Cup victories.

One of the predominant ranking mechanisms used by the NCAA across various sports, RPI measures each team’s performance weighted against their strength of schedule, with wins over quality opponents playing a key role. Utilizing RPI data across multiple seasons, SoccerWire’s top 50 rankings heavily reward programs that consistently produce a high number of quality wins from year-to-year.

Headlining the list of the top 50 women’s soccer programs is reigning national champion Florida State, followed by North Carolina, UCLA, Stanford and Duke, comprising the top five.

See below for the full Top 50 rankings.


1		Florida State
2		North Carolina
3		UCLA
4		Stanford
5		Duke
6		USC
7		South Carolina
8		Virginia
9		Penn State
10		Santa Clara
11		Georgetown
12		Rutgers
13		Arkansas
14		West Virginia
15		Wisconsin
16		NC State
17		Texas A&M
18		Notre Dame
19		BYU
20		Washington State
21		South Florida
22		Pepperdine
23		Memphis
24		Tennessee
25		Princeton
26		Clemson
27		Auburn
28		Florida
29		Virginia Tech
30		TCU
31		Texas
32		Kansas
33		Michigan
34		Wake Forest
35		Monmouth
36		Texas Tech
37		Vanderbilt
38		Hofstra
39		Oklahoma State
40		Colorado
41		Ole Miss
42		Ohio State
43		Baylor
44		Cal
45		Arizona
46		Samford
47		Saint Louis
48		Northwestern
49		Milwaukee
50		South Alabama