Florida State's climb from No. 6 to No. 1 tells you everything about how volatile this women's soccer season has become. The Seminoles (16-2-4) didn't just inch upward — they vaulted past five programs to seize the summit, dethroning a Stanford team (21-2-2) that slides to No. 2 after holding the pole position.
The real chaos lives in the middle. Duke rockets from No. 11 to No. 3, Washington surges from No. 13 to No. 6, and Ohio State crashes the party at No. 9 after being unranked entirely. Meanwhile, Notre Dame free-falls from No. 2 to No. 11, Arkansas plummets from No. 4 to No. 17, and Memphis drops from No. 3 all the way to No. 18. Three programs — North Carolina, Kansas, and BYU — entered the poll fresh, joining a top 25 that looks almost nothing like last week's version.
What the poll says is simple: nobody is safe, and the race to the postseason is wide open.
Data via ESPN · Summarized by D1Ball's editorial engine from official statistics.
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