Aug. 11, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
Two-time defending NCAA champion North Carolina leads a strong Atlantic Coast Conference contingent in the 2010 NSCAA Women's Soccer Preseason Poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon.
The Tar Heels hold the No. 1 ranking, and three other ACC teams are among the top 10. Florida State and Boston College, which shared the 2009 regular-season conference title, are ranked sixth and seventh respectively. Wake Forest holds a No. 10 preseason ranking.
Virginia Tech checks in at No. 15, while Maryland is ranked 16th and Virginia 17th.
Each of the ACC teams ranked in the 2010 NSCAA preseason poll reached the final 16 of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Duke also represented the ACC in NCAA play last season.
The 2010 season gets under way the weekend of Aug. 20-22, when all 11 ACC tams are scheduled to be in action.
NSCAA National Rankings
NCAA Rankings Pre-Season Women
Division I Pre-Season Poll - August 10, 2010
Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 North Carolina 1 23 - 3 - 1
2 Stanford 2 25 - 1 - 0
3 UCLA 3 21 - 3 - 1
4 Notre Dame 4 21 - 4 - 1
5 Portland 5 21 - 2 - 0
6 Florida State 6 19 - 5 - 1
7 Boston College 7 18 - 4 - 2
8 Texas A&M 13 15 - 7 - 3
9 Santa Clara 10 14 - 7 - 2
10 Wake Forest 8 16 - 6 - 2
11 Florida 15 16 - 6 - 2
12 South Carolina 9 19 - 4 - 2
13 Penn State 22 13 - 6 - 2
14 California RV 11 - 9 - 1
15 Virginia Tech 12 16 - 8 - 0
16 Maryland 11 14 - 6 - 2
17 Virginia 19 10 - 6 - 6
18 Rutgers 16 14 - 4 - 4
19 USC 24 12 - 6 - 3
20 Wisconsin RV 10 - 6 - 5
21 Washington State 18 14 - 6 - 2
22 BYU 20 18 - 4 - 2
22 Oklahoma State RV 15 - 7 - 2
24 West Virginia RV 10 - 7 - 6
25 Central Florida 17 17-5-1
