Women's soccer rankings after Week 13: Updated IWSOC Soccer Coaches Poll

With conference tournaments ramping up in women's soccer, the women's NCAA tournament is just around the corner. That means teams still have opportunities to strengthen their resumes, while bubble teams will be looking to avoid damaging losses that could jeopardize their path to the postseason. Vand

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With conference tournaments ramping up in women's soccer, the women's NCAA tournament is just around the corner.

That means teams still have opportunities to strengthen their resumes, while bubble teams will be looking to avoid damaging losses that could jeopardize their path to the postseason.

Vanderbilt, which retained its No. 1 overall spot in Tuesday's latest IWSOC Coaches Poll, is eyeing its second straight SEC tournament championship after earning the top seed in the tournament. Should the Sydney Watts and the Commodores handle business in Pensacola, they will earn their third straight berth to the tournament.

After jumping 12 spots from No. 22 to No. 10 in the poll last

week, Florida State was upset in the first round of the ACC tournament, falling 3-0 to No. 5 seed Virginia. Speaking of upsets, No. 6 seed Duke upset No. 4 Wake Forest, 5-4 in overtime.

In the Big Ten, Ohio State suffered just its second loss of the season in the opening round of the conference tournament, falling to none other than "That Team Up North" as No. 8 seed Michigan pulled off the 2-1 upset, just five days after the Buckeyes downed the Wolverines 3-1 in the regular-season finale.

With that, here's a look at the updated IWSOC Coaches Poll:

Women's college soccer rankings after Week 13

First place votes in parentheses

No. 1: Vanderbilt (8)
No. 2: North Carolina
No. 3: Michigan State
No. 4: Notre Dame
No. 5: Ohio State
No. 6: Wake Forest
No. 7: Baylor
No. 8: Alabama
No. 9: Texas Tech
No. 10: Virginia
No. 11: South Carolina
No. 12: Duke
No. 13: Purdue
No. 14: BYU
No. 15: UCLA
T-16: Florida State
T-16: Stanford
No. 18: Colorado
No. 19: Kansas
No. 20: Utah State
No. 21: Washington
No. 22: Kentucky
No. 23: Houston
No. 24: Penn State
T-25: Xavier
T-25: Arkansas

Others receiving votes: Utah Valley University (7), Liberty University (6), Clemson University (4), Boise State University (4), Virginia Tech (2), Auburn University (2).

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