INDIANAPOLIS — With less than three weeks to go before selections, the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Committee has revealed its ranking of the top 16 teams.
“The committee is very excited to provide a midseason reveal for the second time, and this year, expanding that reveal to 16 teams,” said Keri Mendoza, Senior Associate AD at Cal Poly and this year’s committee chair. “This allowed us to really look at each team’s body of work at this point in the season and have an in-depth discussion of the top teams in the nation.”
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Using results through games on October 17, Penn State comes in as the top team in the committee rankings. The Nittany Lions are undefeated in 2023 with a record of 11-0-4 against one of the nation’s toughest schedules. Outside of Big Ten play, PSU had four non-conference matchups with teams in the top 50 of the RPI, going 3-0-1 in those contests.
The next two spots go to perennial ACC powers Florida State (11-0-1) and North Carolina (9-0-6). The Seminoles and Tar Heels again look to be contenders for the national title and are in line for potential top seeds in the tournament.
Rounding out the top four,…
