United Soccer Coaches released the first 2021 NCAA Division I women’s spring rankings Tuesday.

Florida State claimed the top spot on the women’s poll followed by North Carolina in the second spot, and UCLA ranked third. TCU claim No. 4, preceding Duke in fifth.

 

Rank School Prev 1st Votes Total Points W-L-T
1 Florida State University 28 836 11-0-0
2 University Of North Carolina 1 813 11-1-0
3 UCLA 4 751 4-0-0
4 TCU 1 721 8-0-1
5 Duke University 0 691 7-4-2
6 Vanderbilt University 0 633 9-4-0
7 West Virginia University 0 608 7-2-0
8 University Of Virginia 0 578 9-3-1
9 Clemson University 0 548 8-4-0
10 University Of California 0 523 1-0-0
11 Texas A&M University 0 488 8-2-0
12 University Of South Carolina 0 452 7-3-0
13 Penn State University 0 428 2-1-0
14 Brigham Young University 0 388 2-2-0
15 University Of Arkansas 0 343 10-3-0
16 Oklahoma State University 0 309 7-2-1
17 Saint Louis University 0 287 5-0-0
18 University Of Memphis 0 260 2-1-0
19 Rutgers University 0 239 2-1-0
20 University of Oregon 0 184 2-0-1
21 Georgetown University 0 153 2-0-0
22 Pepperdine University 0 128 2-2-0
23 Stanford University 0 114 1-2-0
24 Indiana University 0 87 2-1-0
25 Washington State University 0 75 4-0-1

Also receiving votes: University of Tennessee (61), Arizona State University (57), Santa Clara University (47), University Of South Florida (41), University Of Southern California (37), University Of Kansas (35), University of Mississippi (16), University of Notre Dame (16), Hofstra University (15), Virginia Tech (12), University Of Michigan (12), University Of Wisconsin (11), University Of South Alabama (9), Northwestern University (8), Rice University (8), University of Central Florida (7), University Of Florida (6), Florida Gulf Coast University (5), Baylor University (4), University of Illinois (3), University of Arizona (2), University of Missouri (1)

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.