Sept. 18, 2000
CLEMSON, S.C.–The Clemson women’s soccer team is ranked second according to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll released Monday, September 16. Clemson jumped from the fourth position to the number two slot after defeating number-one ranked North Carolina Wednesday and Western Carolina on Sunday afternoon. This is the highest the Lady Tigers have ever been ranked.
Clemson will play host to the Clemson University Invitational this weekend in the Lady Tigers’ next aciton. Clemson will play UNC-Asheville on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Furman on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.
| School | Record | Points | Prev. Rnk | |
| 1 | Notre Dame | 7-0-0 | 295 | 2 |
| 2 | Clemson | 8-0-0 | 285 | 4 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 8-0-0 | 281 | 3 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 8-1-0 | 264 | 1 |
| 5 | Stanford | 5-1-0 | 252 | 6 |
| 6 | UCLA | 6-1-0 | 237 | 5 |
| 7 | Penn State | 5-2-1 | 224 | 8t |
| 8 | Duke | 6-0-0 | 213 | 7 |
| 9 | Hartford | 5-1-0 | 192 | 10 |
| 10 | Texas A&M | 5-3-0 | 185 | 8t |
| 11 | Cal-Berkeley | 7-0-0 | 182 | 25 |
| 12 | Kentucky | 7-1-0 | 176 | 12 |
| 13 | Virginia | 4-3-0 | 155 | 15 |
| 14 | Portland | 7-1-0 | 132 | NR |
| 15 | Washington | 7-1-0 | 123 | 11 |
| 16 | Harvard | 2-1-0 | 108 | 16 |
| 17 | So. Methodist | 5-2-0 | 49 | 14 |
| 18 | Florida State | 5-4-0 | 88 | 21 |
| 19 | Santa Clara | 4-3-0 | 86 | 19 |
| 20 | Wake Forest | 5-2-0 | 49 | 14 |
| 21 | Maryland | 4-4-0 | 48 | 23 |
| 22 | Boston College | 6-2-0 | 47 | NR |
| 23 | So. California | 6-1-0 | 38 | 13 |
| 24 | Michigan | 3-3-0 | 34 | NR |
| 25 | Arizona State | 7-0-0 | 22 | 17 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 3-3-1 | 22 | 20 |
Also receiving votes: Missouri, Marquette, West Virginia, BYU, Furman, William & Mary, Purdue