NCAA Women's Soccer Top 25 Poll

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Women's College Coaches Poll
Division I

Compiled by Gary Davidson
managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com
Preseason 1998. (First-place votes in parentheses.)
First regular season poll: September 14.

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	North Carolina (11)	27-0-1	299	-
2 (tie)	Notre Dame	23-1-1	282	-
2 (tie)	Santa Clara (1)	20-3-1	282	-
4	Connecticut	23-4-0	260	-
5	Florida	20-3-1	242	-
6	Virginia	14-5-2	227	-
7	Hartford	19-2-1	209	-
8	Texas A&M	18-3-0	200	-
9	William & Mary	20-5-0	185	-
10. (tie)	Clemson	15-7-0	179	-
10. (tie)	Nebraska	18-4-0	179	-
10. (tie)	Portland	14-5-0	179	-
13	Duke	15-6-0	161	-
14	Harvard	13-4-2	143	-
15	Maryland	12-9-3	134	-
16	UCLA	19-3-0	128	-
17	Michigan	18-4-1	111	-
18	Brigham Young	19-4-0	94	-
19	Minnesota	18-3-2	80	-
20	Southern Methodist	17-5-1	66	-
21	Southern California	16-3-1	53	-
22	Massachusetts	17-5-0	33	-
23. (tie)	George Mason	14-6-4	31	-
23. (tie)	Stanford	11-7-1	31	-
23. (tie)	Vanderbilt	14-8-0	31	-

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.

Others receiving votes: Georgia 21, Wake Forest 15, Penn State 15, California 6, Kentucky 6, Baylor 4, James Madison 4, Montana 4, North Carolina - Greensboro 4, Washington 3, Syracuse 2.

Voting panel: Becky Burleigh, Florida; Nicole Crepeau, Colorado College; John Daly, William & Mary; Anson Dorrance, North Carolina; Dean Duerst, Wisconsin; Lisa Fraser, Arizona; Alan Kirkup, Maryland; Tracy Leone, Clemson; Chris Petrucelli, Notre Dame; Jerry Smith, Santa Clara; Len Tsantiris, Connecticut; John Walker, Nebraska.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.