| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Virginia | Virginia made a magical run in the NCAA Tournament, surpassing UNCW, Notre Dame, Georgetown, UMBC and UCLA. | |
| 2 |  | UCLA | The Bruins made it all the way to the College Cup Finals, but fell in penalty kicks to Virginia. | |
| 3 |  | Providence | Providence capped off an amazing season by making it to the College Cup, where they gave UCLA a great game. | |
| 4 |  | Creighton | Creighton knocked off Oregon State and Xavier in the tournament before falling to UMBC in penalties. | |
| 5 |  | Georgetown | Georgetown tied eventual national champs Virginia in the Elite Eight 1-1, but failed to advance on penalties. | |
| 6 |  | North Carolina | The unseeded Tar Heels beat #10 Charlotte and #7 Clemson en route to the Elite Eight. | |
| 7 |  | Michigan State | Michigan State earned the #3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but their run ended at the Elite Eight. | |
| 8 |  | UMBC | UMBC made an absolutely amazing run to the College Cup. They did not allow a goal until the semifinals against UVA. | |
| 9 |  | Syracuse | Syracuse got a bit of a tough draw in the NCAA Tournament and lost at Georgetown in the Third Round. | |
| 10 |  | Notre Dame | Speaking of tough draws, it turned out that way for the Irish too, who had to play a destined UVA team. | |
| 11 |  | Washington | Arguably, Washington could have been ranked higher than #14, but they struggled with Furman and lost to MSU. | |
| 12 |  | Xavier | The Musketeers upset Indiana in the second round after beating Monmouth in the first. They lost to Creighton. | |
| 13 |  | California | Cal gave UCLA a good battle in the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament, but were eliminated with a 3-2 defeat. | |
| 14 |  | UC Irvine | UC Irvine capped off a strong season by upsetting Stanford in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. | |
| 15 |  | Clemson | Clemson knocked off Coastal Carolina in their second round opener, but then ran into North Carolina. | |
| 16 |  | Stanford | Stanford's extremely brief stay in the NCAA Tournament ended what was a very strong season for the Cardinal. | |
| 17 |  | Indiana | Indiana earned the #5 seed in the tournament, but were upset in their opener at home to Xavier. | |
| 18 |  | Louisville | Louisville beat St. Louis in their first NCAA Tournament game, but then ran into a UMBC defense they could not crack. | |
| 19 |  | Maryland | After their extremely strong finish to the regular season, Maryland failed to win a game in the tournament. | |
| 20 |  | Charlotte | Charlotte was first ranked victim of North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament, losing 2-1 in the Second Round. | |
| 21 |  | Saint Louis | Saint Louis failed to make a big tournament run, but they were the class of the A-10. | |
| 22 |  | Penn State | Penn State was able to get a tournament win over Hartwick in the first round before falling to Syracuse. | |
| 23 |  | Northwestern | The Wildcats had an up and down season and it ended on a down as they lost in the First Round of the tournament. | |
| 24 |  | Kentucky | Like most of the Conference USA, Kentucky had a brief tournament appearance. They fell 2-0 against Oakland. | |
| 25 |  | North Carolina-Wilmington | UNCW got a nice 2-0 win over Bucknell in the First Round before running into a great Virginia squad. | |
Men's Soccer 2014 Final Top 25 Rankings
Tue, 12/16/2014
