Stanford earns top position in this week’s NCAA Men’s Soccer Top 25

United Soccer Coaches released the second set of weekly rankings for the NCAA Division I men’s soccer season.
Stanford secured the top spot in the Top 25 poll this week, jumping up from the No. 4 position. Marshall comes in at No. 2, while Portland, Syracuse and Akron finish out the Top 5.
See below for a full look at this week’s rankings.
NATIONAL – POLL 2 – SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stanford | 4 | 8 | 200 | 3-0-0 |
2 | Marshall | 5 | 0 | 189 | 3-0-0 |
3 | Portland | 6 | 0 | 184 | 3-0-0 |
4 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 170 | 3-0-1 |
5 | Akron | 9 | 0 | 165 | 3-0-1 |
6 | Central Florida | 14 | 0 | 155 | 3-0-0 |
7 | Louisville | 13 | 0 | 139 | 3-0-0 |
8 | James Madison | 17 | 0 | 132 | 3-0-0 |
9 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 | 125 | 2-0-2 |
10 | Duke | 3 | 0 | 125 | 3-0-1 |
11 | FIU | 7 | 0 | 124 | 2-0-1 |
12 | Vermont | 22 | 0 | 98 | 3-1-0 |
13 | Missouri State | 18 | 0 | 95 | 2-0-0 |
14 | Penn State | 20 | 0 | 90 | 2-0-2 |
15 | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 76 | 2-1-1 |
16 | West Virginia | RV | 0 | 74 | 3-0-0 |
17 | Denver | RV | 0 | 68 | 2-0-2 |
18 | SIU Edwardsville | NR | 0 | 56 | 3-0-0 |
19 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 55 | 2-1-0 |
20 | Notre Dame | NR | 0 | 51 | 2-0-1 |
21 | Wisconsin | NR | 0 | 44 | 3-1-0 |
22 | SMU | 11 | 0 | 37 | 3-1-0 |
23 | Seton Hall | NR | 0 | 31 | 3-1-0 |
24 | Loyola Marymount | 24 | 0 | 23 | 1-0-2 |
25 | Washington | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2-1-1 |
Records shown are through games of September 5, 2023.
Also receiving votes: University of Pittsburgh (18), Marquette University (14), Oregon State University (12), UCLA (9), San Diego State University (8), University of San Diego (5), Georgetown University (4), University of California-Irvine (1), Oral Roberts University (1)
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