By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina moved up three spots to No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 women’s poll released Tuesday after kicking off the season with two victories in Colorado.

The Tar Heels (2–0–0), in their first matches since the legendary coach Anson Dorrance retired, beat Denver 2–1 on Thursday and rallied from a late one-goal deficit to beat Colorado 3–2 on Sunday on a pair of late Kate Faasse goals. Olivia Thomas (top photo) had two assists.

The first home game under interim coach Damon Nahas is Thursday at 5 p.m. against Georgia (ESPN3), which fell two spots to No. 16 after opening the season at home with a scoreless draw against Pittsburgh. The Panthers stayed at No. 7 after also beating Duquesne 2–1.

ACC teams remain atop the poll with Florida State No. 1 and Stanford No. 2 after both won two matches last week. The Noles, who earned all eight first-place votes, rolled a 5–0 win at South Florida and a 10–0 home win over North Florida. The Cardinal won 1–0 at San Franciso and 3–0 at home against UC Irvine.

North Carolina’s men’s soccer team, which plays at UAB in its opener at 8 p.m. Thursday (ESPN+), is No. 6 in the preseason poll, meaning UNC and Stanford are the only schools with both teams ranked in the Top 6. Stanford’s men are No. 5.

Two ACC teams fell out of the women’s poll after opening-week losses. Clemson, No. 5 in the preseason poll, fell out of the rankings after losing its opener Thursday at Auburn 4–0 and beating High Point 2–0 on Sunday. Duke, which was No. 24, received no votes after losing its opener on Thursday at Ohio State 1–0.

Virginia and Virginia Tech entered the poll after being unranked and are tied at No. 21 after each earned two wins. The Cavaliers beat Towson and Northwestern, both by 2–0 scores. The Hokies rolled to a 4–0 home win over Campbell and won 2–0 at James Madison.

Notre Dame moved up one spot to No. 14 after losing 2–1 at home to Michigan State, which moved up five spots to No. 8 and rolled to a 6–0 victory at Samford.

United Soccer Coaches Top 25

Rank	School	Previous	1st-place vote	Poll points	W–L–T
1	Florida State	1	8	200	2–0–0
2	Stanford	2	0	191	2–0–0
3	Penn State	4	0	181	1–0–0
4	BYU	3	0	172	1–0–0
5	North Carolina	8	0	164	2–0–0
6	UCLA	11	0	161	2–0–0
7	Pittsburgh	7	0	141	1–0–1
8	Michigan State	13	0	135	1–0–0
9	Arkansas	16	0	132	1–0–0
10	Memphis	10	0	121	2–0–0
11	Santa Clara	22	0	100	2–0–0
12	Texas	17	0	98	2–0–0
13	TCU	RV	0	97	2–0–0
14	Notre Dame	15	0	94	1–1–0
15	Auburn	NR	0	90	1–0–0
16	Georgia	14	0	81	0–0–1
17	Oklahoma State	NR	0	70	2–0–0
18	Ohio State	NR	0	62	1–0–0
19	Xavier	NR	0	48	2–0–0
20	Mississippi State	18	0	46	2–0–0
T21	Virginia	RV	0	34	2–0–0
T21	Virginia Tech	NR	0	34	2–0–0
23	Saint Louis	12	0	29	0–0–1
T24	Texas A&M	25	0	17	1–0–0
T24	Iowa	25	0	17	1–0–0

Also receiving votes: Georgetown (14), South Carolina (12), Wake Forest (12), Utah State (11), Utah Valley (11), UC Irvine (9), Wisconsin (7), Butler (3), Clemson (3), Indiana (1), Montana (1).

Date	Month/day	Time/ score	Opponent	TV/ record
	August
14	Thursday	L, 2–0	at Tennessee	0–1
17	Sunday	W, 5–0	vs. Siena	1–1
21	Thursday	6:30	at Georgia	SECN+
24	Sunday	Noon	vs. Rice	ACCNE
28	Thursday	4 p.m.	vs. UNCG	ACCNE
31	Sunday	Noon	vs. Wisc.-Milwaukee
	September
4	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Alabama
7	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. James Madison
11	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Virginia Tech
17	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. Florida State	ACCN
25	Thursday	6 p.m.	At Notre Dame	ACCN
	October
2	Thursday	7 p.m.	vs. Boston College	ACCN
5	Sunday	4 p.m.	vs. Pittsburgh
12	Sunday	1 p.m.	at Duke	ESPNU
17	Friday	6 p.m.	at SMU
23	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Miami
26	Sunday	1 p.m.	vs. Syracuse
30	Thursday	8 p.m.	vs. N.C. State	ACCN
	November		ACC tournament
2	Sunday		First round: Campus sites
6, 9	Thurs., Sun.	W, 2–1	Semifinals, final: Cary
			NCAA tournament
13	Thursday		First round Campus sites
	December	Women’s College Cup
5, 8	Fri., Mon.		CPKC Stadium Kansas City