Preseason NSCAA Women's Soccer Poll

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[TH="class: header"]SCHOOL[/TH]
[TH="class: header"]POINTS[/TH]
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[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Florida State (25)[/TD]
[TD]782[/TD]
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[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Virginia (3)[/TD]
[TD]754[/TD]
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[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Stanford (1)[/TD]
[TD]728[/TD]
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[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]UCLA (3)[/TD]
[TD]718[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Texas A&M[/TD]
[TD]628[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Penn State[/TD]
[TD]624[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]North Carolina[/TD]
[TD]612[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Florida[/TD]
[TD]567[/TD]
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[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Notre Dame[/TD]
[TD]491[/TD]
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[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Pepperdine[/TD]
[TD]453[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]South Carolina[/TD]
[TD]444[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]West Virginia[/TD]
[TD]428[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Virginia Tech[/TD]
[TD]405[/TD]
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[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Wisconsin[/TD]
[TD]386[/TD]
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[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Texas Tech[/TD]
[TD]353[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Kentucky[/TD]
[TD]299[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Central Florida[/TD]
[TD]279[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]California[/TD]
[TD]236[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]BYU[/TD]
[TD]209[/TD]
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[TR="class: even, bgcolor: #C7C7C7"]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Washington[/TD]
[TD]196[/TD]
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[TR="class: odd, bgcolor: #EBEBEB"]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]DePaul[/TD]
[TD]169[/TD]
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[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Clemson[/TD]
[TD]125[/TD]
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[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Kansas[/TD]
[TD]107[/TD]
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[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]Rutgers[/TD]
[TD]84[/TD]
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[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]Georgetown[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
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Others receiving votes: Duke (42), Connecticut (33), Southern California (27), Arizona State (22), Washington State (20), Marquette (20), Auburn (10), Michigan (10), Colorado (10), Northeastern (10), Santa Clara (9), Boston College (7), Missouri (6), Minnesota (5), Arizona (4), Maryland (4), South Florida (3), Texas (2), North Texas (2), Harvard (1), Furman (1), Oklahoma (1), Tennessee (1), San Diego State (1).

 

[AztecBuff]

Not that these things ever matter much but, pretty closely in line with the above national Top 25 poll (where it looks to me like the Buffs got the 8th most votes out of the Pac 12 teams), the Pac 12 today released its pre-season coaches poll, and the Buffs are picked to finish 6th ( http://pac-12.com/article/2015/08/10/women’s-soccer-coaches-tab-stanford-2015-favorite ).

 

[90sBuff]

Awesome that the Pac 12 has so many ranked teams. Just like in volleyball. Big game against CSU to start the season. Any predictions?

 

[AztecBuff]

Awesome that the Pac 12 has so many ranked teams. Just like in volleyball. Big game against CSU to start the season. Any predictions?

I would think, with CSU just starting its 2nd year as an NCAA sport, and having ended up at RPI #277 last year, the Buffs should be BIG favorites.

Of course, as always with sports, "games aren't played on paper". Last year the Buffs lost to a team with a pretty low RPI (Kent State, ended up RPI #165), so if the Buffs don't bring their best, anything can happen. The school rivalry factor (and assume greater CSU passion arising from it), the fact the match is at CSU, and it's the very 1st game for both schools for the year, all should contribute to make it interesting.

That being said, if I had to make a worthless prediction, I'd go with a 2-0 Buffs win (the same as last year).