Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Notre Dame | The Irish picked up a quality win at Syracuse and will have to earn a perfect start to ACC play with a trip to UVA next. | 1 | |
2 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels had no trouble with Pittsburgh in their ACC opener. They'll look to move to 2-0-0 at Duke. | 3 | |
3 | UCLA | UCLA's defense looked good, but the offense failed to score a goal over the weekend in a couple 0-0 draws. | 2 | |
4 | New Mexico | The Lobos rebounded from their loss to UCLA with wins at Cal State Northridge and San Diego. | 8 | |
5 | Washington | Washington looked very good over the weekend against Connecticut and Penn. | 5 | |
6 | Virginia | Virginia has a couple huge home games this week, against VCU on Monday and Notre Dame on Sunday. | 7 | |
7 | Louisville | Louisville lost to St. Louis 1-0, but dismantled Duke 5-0 in their ACC opener. | 6 | |
8 | Michigan State | Michigan State lost a tough game to Valparaiso, but beat a decent Loyola (IL) squad on Sunday. | 9 | |
9 | Creighton | Creighton went on the road for the first time and suffered their first blemish of the year, a 1-1 draw at Tulsa. | 14 | |
10 | Penn State | Penn State hit the road and came away with a great conference opening win in Bloomington. | 11 | |
11 | Georgetown | Georgeotwn fell to VCU and tied UC Irvine last week. This week they head to Princeton and play on ESPNU. | 4 | |
12 | UC Irvine | The Anteaters took a trip out East and came away with a nice win over WVU and a tie at Georgetown. | 16 | |
13 | Stanford | Stanford picked up a nice win over UCSB and have another chance to pick up a big win against Delaware. | 15 | |
14 | Coastal Carolina | The Coastal Carolina defense has struggled this year and the offense did not have a good showing against Furman. | 12 | |
15 | Delaware | Delaware remains perfect, but they will be seriously tested this week with trips to California and Stanford. | 24 | |
16 | UMBC | UMBC lost a couple close games in Las Vegas against UNLV and Cal State Fullerton. | 13 | |
17 | California | We should learn much more about California this week when they host Delaware and SIUE. | 20 | |
18 | Maryland | It was another tough week for Maryland, who lost at Navy and tied Michigan. | 10 | |
19 | Marquette | After a couple early losses, Marquette have won three in a row and not allowed a single goal during that stretch. | 17 | |
20 | Wake Forest | The Demon Deacons have now won three games in a row. They'll go for four and five against Davidson and VT. | 18 | |
21 | Indiana | The Hoosiers lost their Big Ten opener 1-0 against Penn State. This week they head to Rutgers. | 23 | |
22 | American | American followed up their great win over UCLA with relatively easily victories over Hartwick and Milwaukee. | NR | |
23 | George Mason | With victories over Milwaukee and Hartwick, George Mason has moved to a perfect 5-0-0 on the season. | NR | |
24 | Denver | The Pioneers rebounded with wins over Oakland and UNH after two losses the previous week. | NR | |
25 | Navy | Navy earned a surprise 2-1 win over Maryland are building a nice tournament resume. | NR | |
9/15 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/15/2014