2025 Women's Soccer Top 25

[CentPA]

Today is the last slate of regular season games involving NESCAC teams.  Ten of the eleven teams in the NESCAC conference play today.  The only team in the conference that has finished their regular season is Hamilton (currently in solo 4th place in the conference with 16pts: https://nescac.com/standings.aspx?standings=390).

Later this afternoon the new USC National Poll 8 will come out, but based on the current rankings, three of the NESCAC teams are currently in the top 25 and playing today.  #4 Tufts is hosting Bowdoin, and then #14 Williams is hosting #10 Middlebury.  In the conference standings, Tufts and Williams are tied for 1st with 20pts and Middlebury is in solo 3rd with 18pts.

The only other team in the top 25 playing today is #15 Loras who is playing at Central (IA) this afternoon.

[CentPA]

I just saw that the NPI ranking updated again today 10/27/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties).  I thought they went to daily updates the week before the NCAA Championship selections but we are still almost two weeks out from that.??

[CentPA]

Here is the new USC National Poll - 8 for games through 10/26/25: https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/

As suspected Wash U and Emory flip-flop and Wash U returns to #1 with Emory now #2.

Chicago's two losses over the weekend drop them from #3 down to #7 with Tufts, Messiah, Case Western, and Pomona-Pitzer all slotting up a spot to #3, #4, #5, and #6 respectively.

[CentPA]

With the game just ending, #12 Williams (based on this afternoon's USC National - Poll 8) beat #10 Middlebury at home 1-0.

That puts Williams in first place (temporarily) in the conference with 23pts.  However, #3 Tufts will host Bowdoin at 6pm EDT tonight and if they win will tie Williams for 1st place in the conference with 23 pts.  With Tufts winning the head to head they will secure home field throughout the conference championships.

[CentPA]

Tonight (10/29/25) there are six games involving top 25 teams.  All of them are in-conference games:

6pm: #11 Rowan at TCNJ (NJAC)
6pm: #8 MIT at Emerson (NEWMAC)
7pm: Dickinson at #28 Johns Hopkins (Centennial)
7pm: #4 Messiah at York(PA) (MAC-Commonwealth)
7pm: #13 Swarthmore at Washington (Centennial)
7pm: Delaware Valley at #16 Misericordia (MAC-Freedom)

The two games that are the most evenly matched and with the most implications for conference standings, would be the Dickinson at Hopkins game and the Messiah at York game.

Dickinson (ranked 36 NPI) sits in second place with 19 points in the conference and Hopkins (ranked 21 NPI) sits one point back (18 points) in third place.  The first two teams in the conference get a buy for the first round and then are guaranteed to host the second round game.

Messiah (ranked 9 NPI) and York (ranked 53 NPI) are both undefeated in the conference and tied for first with 15 points each. 

Both the Centennial and MAC-Commonwealth conferences have their last conference games this weekend, but the weekend games should be a little more lopsided in their favor.  However, when playing in your conference, certainly upsets are always a potential.

[CentPA]

Just an FYI - it looks like the NPI rankings will be updating daily from now through selection Monday (11/10/25). 

Here is a link to that page: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties

[CentPA]

A lot of activity today in the top 25.  In fact, I believe only three top 25 teams are not playing today. 

Rowan needed two second half goals on Wednesday night to tie TCNJ 2-2, and as a result, ends up finishing second in the NJAC conference.  They still, however, secured a first round bye in their Conference Championship Tournament which starts today.

And in the UAA, Brandeis will be at Chicago but that game is tomorrow.  All the other UAA teams play today.

The biggest game involving top 25 teams today would be #2 Emory at #5 Case Western at 1:30pm.  Both teams are currently tied for second place in the conference.

Finally, the NESCAC conference begins their Conference Championship Tournament today which will see four of the top 25 teams in action: #3 Tufts, #10 Middlebury, #12 Williams, and #23 Amherst.

[DagarmanSpartan]

Four of the current top five in NPI are UAA schools.

Go CWRU!!!

[CentPA]

Four of the current top five in NPI are UAA schools.

Go CWRU!!!

There was a time a few weeks ago that I thought the UAA may put all eight teams in the NCAA tournamanet, but with Brandeis now ranked #53 in the NPI standings, I think they may be too far down for an At Large bid.  So, like last year, I think the UAA will have seven teams in the NCAA tournament which is still an incredible accomplishment!

However, keep an eye on the NESCAC conference.  Last year the final At Large bid into the NCAA tournament went to McDaniel who was 46th in the NPI standings.  As of right now, the NESCAC conference should have six teams in the tournament (Tufts #3, Middlebury #9, Williams #10, Colby #20, Amherst #24, and Wesleyan (CT) #31) and Bowdoin is sitting at #47 and Hamilton is sitting at #48.  So depending on the rest of the games this week and how the Automatic Qualifiers fall out, there is a chance (certainly not a great chance but a chance) that the NESCAC conference could put eight teams in the NCAA tournament.  That's quite an improvement from last year when they had four teams qualify for the tournament.

[WLCALUM83]

11/4/25 Top 25:

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/

[CentPA]

NJAC conference tournament final is tonight at 7pm between #11 Rowan (#19 NPI) and Montclair St (#42 NPI).

Rowan escaped their semifinal game against TCNJ on Tuesday night needing PK's to advance.  It was TCNJ, in the final game of the regular season, that tied Rowan 2-2 causing Rowan to finish 2nd in the conference.  As a result Rowan will travel to Montclair St for tonight's Conference Championship Final.

During their regular season match-up Rowan and Montclair St played to a 2-2 draw at Montclair St.  So tonight could be a competitive game.  I think for Montcair they will need to win tonight and secure the AQ to ensure they get to play in the NCAA tournament.  If they loose, their NPI ranking would probably move too far down to get an At Large bid.