Pair of West Virginia programs ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in NCAA Men’s Soccer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the association’s college rankings for men’s and women’s soccer in all divisions of NCAA and junior college competition.

Both of the top two teams in the NCAA Division I men’s poll this week hail from the state of West Virginia. Marshall earned the No. 1 spot, climbing up from the second slot. Meanwhile, the West Virginia Mountaineers jumped up to No. 2 this week after previously being ranked fourth.

Rounding out this week’s Top 5 are UCF, Akron and Portland. See below for a full look at the Top 25.

NATIONAL – POLL 4 – SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Marshall	2	7	198	7-0-0
2	West Virginia	4	0	190	5-0-1
3	Central Florida	5	0	180	4-0-2
4	Akron	3	0	171	5-0-2
5	Portland	11	0	165	4-1-0
6	SMU	16	1	162	6-1-0
7	Syracuse	7	0	155	3-0-3
8	Stanford	1	0	148	4-1-1
9	Missouri State	15	0	127	4-0-1
10	Louisville	5	0	122	4-1-1
11	Duke	8	0	119	4-1-1
12	James Madison	9	0	107	4-1-2
13	Northwestern	19	0	97	6-0-1
14	Wake Forest	20	0	89	3-1-3
15	Notre Dame	10	0	86	4-1-2
16	Georgetown	RV	0	83	3-1-1
17	Vermont	12	0	79	4-1-1
18	New Hampshire	21	0	63	4-1-1
19	Denver	14	0	56	4-1-3
20	Washington	NR	0	45	3-1-3
21	San Diego State	18	0	42	5-0-1
22	Michigan State	RV	0	36	4-0-2
23	Marquette	13	0	16	6-1-0
24	Hofstra	NR	0	13	4-1-2
25	UIC	NR	0	11	5-1-1

Records shown are through games of September 17, 2023

Also receiving votes: Bryant University (9), University of Virginia (7), Fordham University (6), Oral Roberts University (5), Clemson University (5), University of Pittsburgh (4), Florida International University (2), Penn State University (2)