Seven new teams vault into NCAA Men’s Soccer Rankings after Week 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the association’s college rankings for men’s and women’s soccer in all divisions.
In the men’s NCAA Division I poll, Stanford remains in the No. 1 spot with a perfect 4-0-0 record. Marshall is holding strong at No. 2, followed by Akron at No. 3, West Virginia climbing up to No. 4 all the way from No. 16, and Louisville rounding out the top five this week.
Seven previously unranked teams climbed into the Top 25: No. 13 Marquette, No. 17 Pitt, No. 18 San Diego State, No. 19 Northwestern, No. 21 New Hampshire, No. 22 San Diego and No. 25 Cornell.
See below for a look at the full Top 25.
NATIONAL – POLL 3 – SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stanford | 1 | 4 | 195 | 4-0-0 |
2 | Marshall | 2 | 3 | 194 | 5-0-0 |
3 | Akron | 5 | 1 | 183 | 5-0-1 |
4 | West Virginia | 16 | 0 | 169 | 5-0-0 |
5 | Louisville | 7 | 0 | 164 | 4-0-1 |
5 | Central Florida | 6 | 0 | 164 | 4-0-1 |
7 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 | 156 | 3-0-2 |
8 | Duke | 10 | 0 | 146 | 4-0-1 |
9 | James Madison | 8 | 0 | 132 | 4-0-1 |
10 | Notre Dame | 20 | 0 | 130 | 4-0-1 |
11 | Portland | 3 | 0 | 113 | 3-1-0 |
12 | Vermont | 12 | 0 | 109 | 4-1-0 |
13 | Marquette | RV | 0 | 97 | 6-0-0 |
14 | Denver | 17 | 0 | 95 | 4-0-2 |
15 | Missouri State | 13 | 0 | 88 | 3-0-1 |
16 | SMU | 22 | 0 | 87 | 5-1-0 |
17 | Pittsburgh | RV | 0 | 61 | 2-2-1 |
18 | San Diego State | RV | 0 | 59 | 4-0-1 |
19 | Northwestern | NR | 0 | 53 | 5-0-1 |
20 | Wake Forest | 9 | 0 | 52 | 2-1-2 |
21 | New Hampshire | NR | 0 | 37 | 3-1-1 |
22 | San Diego | NR | 0 | 27 | 4-1-1 |
23 | Indiana | 15 | 0 | 16 | 2-2-1 |
24 | Kentucky | 19 | 0 | 12 | 3-2-0 |
25 | Cornell | NR | 0 | 11 | 2-1-0 |
Records shown are through games of September 10, 2023
Also receiving votes: Georgetown University (10), Oral Roberts University (7), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (6), Florida International University (6), UCLA (4), Loyola Marymount University (4), Fordham University (3), University of Memphis (3), University of Washington (2), Seton Hall University (2), Bryant University (1), University of California-Irvine (1), Penn State University (1)
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