This week’s top clash takes place Friday at Stanford, where the No. 3 Cardinal hosts No. 7 North Carolina at the Stanford/Nike Invitational. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …

THIS WEEK’S TOP 25
RANK/SCHOOL (RECORD) LAST WEEK
1. UCLA (4-0-0) 3
9/12 at Connecticut (UConn Classic)
9/14 Brown (UConn Classic)

2. Notre Dame (5-0-0) 4
9/12 SMU

3. Stanford (5-0-0) 6
9/12 North Carolina (Stanford/Nike Invitational)
9/14 UNC Greensboro  (Stanford/Nike Invitational)

4. Texas (4-0-0) 8
9/11 Houston
9/14 Arizona State

5. Portland (4-1-0) 9
9/12 Northern Arizona (Nike Portland Invitational)
9/14 San Diego State (Nike Portland Invitational)

6. USC (4-1-0) 1
9/12 at Louisville
9/14 at Xavier

7. North Carolina (4-1-0) 2
9/12 Stanford (Stanford/Nike Invitational)
9/14 Santa Clara (Stanford/Nike Invitational)

8. Florida State (4-1-0) 5
9/12 at Geogria
9/14 at Clemson

9. Virginia (4-0-1) 7
9/12 William & Mary (Virginia Nike Classic)
9/14 Dartmouth (Virginia Nike Classic)

10. Penn State (4-1-0) 10
9/12 Brown (UConn Classic)
9/14 at Connecticut (UConn Classic)

11. Boston College (4-1-0) 16
9/12 Stony Brook
9/14 Central Conn. State

12. LSU (4-0-0) 17
9/12 at La.-Lafayette
9/14 Houston

13. Texas A&M (5-1-0) 18
9/12 Princeton

14. Duke (4-1-0) 11
9/12 at Dayton
9/14 at Ohio State

15. Santa Clara (3-2-0) 12
9/12 UNC Greensboro (Stanford/Nike Invitational)
9/14 North Carolina (Stanford/Nike Invitational)

16. Wake Forest (4-1-0) 14
9/12 Charlotte (Wake Forest Nike Tournament)
9/14 Cal State Fullerton (Wake Forest Nike Tournament)

17. West Virginia (3-1-1) 15
9/11 Kentucky
9/14 James Madison

18. Oklahoma State (4-0-0) 19
9/12 at Louisville
9/14 at Xavier

19. Kansas (4-0-0) 20
9/12 at Missouri State
9/14 Loyola (Ill.)

20. Illinois (4-1-0) 13
9/12 at Florida
9/14 at UCF

21. Florida (3-1-1) NR
9/12 Illinois

22. Denver (4-0-1) 23
9/12 at Colorado College
9/14 at Air Force

23. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (6-0-0) 24
9/12  at New Mexico (UNM Nike Classic)
9/14 UNLV (UNM Nike Classic)

24. Tennessee (2-3-0) 22
9/12 at Pepperdine
9/14 at UC Santa Barbara

25. Cal State Fullerton (4-1-0) 21
9/12 Virginia Tech (Wake Forest Nike Tournament)
9/14 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest Nike Tournament)

(The Soccer America Top 25 appears each Monday during the regular season.)