The Big Ten conference announced their preseason coaches poll on Monday and Rutgers was picked to finish third in the 2018 season. Here is the full poll:
1. Penn State
2. Ohio State
3. Rutgers
4. Northwestern
5. Wisconsin
6. Minnesota
7. Michigan
8. Nebraska
9. Purdue
10. Iowa
11. Indiana
12. Illinois
13. Maryland
14. Michigan State
Last season, Rutgers finished tied for fourth place with Penn State in the Big Ten with a 6-2-3 conference record.
The top three schools in the 2018 preseason poll were also included in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women National Preseason Ranking, which came out last week.