UCLA, which has played in national championship games in three of the last six seasons, is Soccer America’s pick to win the 2006 NCAA Women’s Division I title, which will be decided at the Women’s College Cup Dec. 1-3 in Cary, N.C.
Soccer America Preseason Women’s Top 25
TEAM (2005 RECORD)
1 UCLA (22-2-2)
2 Portland (23-0-2)
3 North Carolina (23-1-1)
4 Florida State (20-4-1)
5 Santa Clara (17-5-2)
6 Notre Dame (22-3-0)
7 Virginia (18-6-1)
8 Penn State (23-0-2)
9 Texas A&M (18-4-2)
10 Boston College (13-6-2)
11 Tennessee (15-6-2)
12 Connecticut (15-5-2)
13 Duke (14-6-1)
14 Nebraska (14-8-1)
15 Texas (11-9-1)
16 Marquette (19-4-1)
17 West Virginia (12-6-3)
18 California (16-4-2)
19 Vanderbilt (17-3-3)
20 Stanford (10-7-3)
21 Illinois (12-7-3)
22 USC (13-6-2)
23 Yale (15-4-1)
24 Florida (13-6-1)
25 Georgia (12-6-2)
Tomorrow: Soccer America Preseason Men’s Top 25
Friday: Soccer America Preseason Women’s All-Americans
Monday: Soccer America Preseason Men’s All-Americans