NCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Rankings Revealed for 2021
Preseason rankings have been revealed by United Soccer Coaches ahead of the Fall 2021 campaign for men’s and women’s college soccer.
Defending men’s national champions Marshall University and 2020 women’s runner-up Florida State sit atop the polls in NCAA Division I to kickoff the season. To view the NCAA Women’s Division I Top 25, Click Here.
See below for a look at the NCAA Division I Men’s Top 25:
NATIONAL – PRE-SEASON POLL – AUGUST 4, 2021
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marshall University | 1 | 22 | 594 | 9-3-3 |
2 | Indiana University | 2 | 0 | 569 | 11-1-3 |
3 | University Of Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 555 | 16-3-0 |
4 | University Of North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 510 | 9-4-4 |
5 | Georgetown University | 5 | 0 | 488 | 10-2-2 |
6 | Clemson University | 7 | 1 | 476 | 14-3-3 |
7 | Wake Forest University | 6 | 0 | 464 | 13-3-2 |
8 | Stanford University | 10 | 0 | 435 | 10-3-1 |
9 | University Of Washington | 8 | 0 | 424 | 12-5-0 |
10 | Seton Hall University | 9 | 0 | 389 | 10-2-4 |
11 | Penn State University | 11 | 0 | 343 | 9-2-2 |
12 | Missouri State University | 12 | 0 | 317 | 12-2-0 |
13 | University of Central Florida | 13 | 0 | 293 | 8-4-1 |
14 | University Of Kentucky | 16 | 0 | 261 | 12-5-2 |
15 | Virginia Tech | 15 | 0 | 247 | 8-6-4 |
16 | Oregon State University | 18 | 0 | 223 | 10-5-0 |
17 | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | 0 | 206 | 6-0-3 |
18 | Charlotte | 20 | 0 | 183 | 6-3-2 |
19 | Marquette University | 14 | 0 | 177 | 8-3-2 |
20 | University of New Hampshire | 19 | 0 | 164 | 8-1-1 |
21 | James Madison University | 21 | 0 | 132 | 5-1-3 |
22 | Grand Canyon University | 25 | 0 | 80 | 8-2-0 |
23 | Fordham University | 22 | 0 | 67 | 8-0-2 |
24 | High Point University | 23 | 0 | 58 | 12-2-0 |
25 | Coastal Carolina University | 24 | 0 | 38 | 10-5-2 |
Records shown are final 2020-21 season records.
Also receiving votes: University of Maryland (17), University Of Virginia (15), Saint Mary’s College of California (13), St. Francis College (Brooklyn) (8), University of California, Davis (7), Saint Louis University (6), University Of Dayton (5), Yale University (5), University Of Michigan (4), Bowling Green State University (4), University Of Massachusetts (4), Campbell University (3), University of North Carolina-Wilmington (3), San Diego State University (3), University Of Denver (2), University Of North Carolina-Greensboro (2), University of Nebraska-Omaha (2), University of Notre Dame (1), American University (1), University Of Akron (1), United States Air Force Academy (1)
United Soccer Coaches Rankings – Aug. 4, 2021
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