The signs of fall dotting the country also signifies that the final stretch of the women's college regular season is drawing close.

An enticing race for the top team in the country continues to take shape, with a number of heavyweight programs holding serve over the past week, leaving this week's TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25 unscathed.

The weekend's most significant result took place in the ACC, as No. 3 Duke took down No. 8 Viginia(w) thanks to a Christina Gibbons penalty kick in a 1-0 win.

No. 2 South Carolina also won its significant conference clash, edging No. 13 Florida thanks to an overtime penalty kick off the foot of Chelsea Drennan.

New entrants to this week's Top 25 are Auburn and Colorado.

Check out the latest women's DI Top 25 rankings.

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