For some of the highest-ranked teams in women's college soccer, things didn't exactly go according to plan last week.
No. 2 Michigan State fell to Purdue, 2-1, on the road after an Irene Campo second-half goal broke a 1-1 stalemate. The Spartans weren't the only top-five team to go down, either, with No. 5 Alabama losing to Florida, 1-0, after a goal from Lena Bailey in the 89th minute. No. 7 Baylor was thumped on the road by No. 24 Colorado, 3-0, to snap a nine-game unbeaten streak.
Other teams near the top of the poll fared better.
No. 1 North Carolina didn't play last week after its lone scheduled game, a road match against reigning national champion
Florida State, was postponed due to the projected impact from Hurricane Isaias. No. 3 Vanderbilt beat Missouri, 1-0, on the road thanks to a 16th-minute Mia Hebert goal. No. 4 Wake Forest tied Miami, 0-0.
Here's a look at how those results impacted the latest IWSOC Coaches Poll:
Women's college soccer rankings after Week 7
First-place votes in parentheses
- 1. North Carolina (8)
- 2. Vanderbilt
- 3. Ohio State
- 4. Wake Forest
- 5. Michigan State
- T-6. Duke
- T-6. South Carolina
- T-8. Texas Tech
- T-8. Alabama
- 10. Stanford
- 11. UCLA
- 12. West Virginia
- 13. Baylor
- 14. Washington
- 15. Louisville
- 16. Utah State
- 17. Notre Dame
- 18. Virginia
- 19. Kansas
- 20. Purdue
- 21. Auburn
- 22. BYU
- 23. Liberty
- 24. Floria State
- 25. Michigan
Also receiving votes: Colorado (14), Harvard (10), Florida (9), Utah Valley (6), Boise State (5), Clemson (3)
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Women's college soccer rankings after Week 8: Updated IWSOC Soccer Coaches Poll
