2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season will be the 30th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Duke Blue Devils the defending regular season champions. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the defending ACC tournament Champions.

Changes from 2017

 * Pre-Season
 * 1) Pittsburgh fired their coach Greg Miller on November 3, 2017.  On December 19, 2017 Randy Waldrum was announced as his replacement.
 * 2) Miami fired their coach Mary-Frances Monroe on January 15, 2018, after 5 seasons as head coach. On February 27, 2018 Sarah Barnes was announced as the new head coach.  Barnes was hired from George Washington University.
 * 3) Notre Dame's coach Theresa Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family. Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.


 * Post-Season
 * 1) Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018 citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.

Stadiums and locations
1. Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Hermann Trophy Watchlist
Prior to the season, seven ACC women's soccer players were named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist.


 * Kayla McCoy, Duke
 * Deyna Castellanos, Florida State
 * Natalia Kuikka, Florida State
 * Emina Ekic, Louisville
 * Julia Ashley, North Carolina
 * Alessia Russo, North Carolina
 * Tziarra King, NC State

Pre-season poll
The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team. Results were released on August 6.

Pre-season coaches poll

 * 1) North Carolina – 183 (4)
 * 2) Florida State – 174 (5)
 * 3) Virginia – 173 (2)
 * 4) Duke – 151 (3)
 * 5) NC State – 144
 * 6) Clemson – 120
 * 7) Notre Dame – 111
 * 8) Wake Forest – 104
 * 9) Louisville – 75
 * 10) Boston College – 72
 * 11) Virginia Tech – 66
 * 12) Syracuse – 40
 * 13) Miami – 34
 * 14) Pittsburgh – 23

First Place Votes shown in

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Pre-season All-ACC Team
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Conference matrix
The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays 10 matches. Each team does not play every other team.

NCAA tournament
An NCAA record 10 ACC teams were selected to the 2018 Women's Soccer Tournament. Additionally, two teams received No. 1 seeds and five total teams were seeded.

Draft picks
The ACC had 9 players selected in the 2019 NWSL Draft. This was the most selections in the draft from a single conference. The ACC had three players selected in the first round, three in the second round and three in the fourth round.