Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Notre Dame | With a quality win over North Carolina, Notre Dame should prove to be the team to beat in the ACC. | 2 | |
2 | Washington | The Huskies slipped past Portland in their only game of the week. Pac-12 play begins this weekend. | 3 | |
3 | UCLA | The Bruins lost to San Diego and Friday, but picked up a nice 3-0 win against CSUN. Pac-12 play starts this week. | 1 | |
4 | Louisville | With wins against Kentucky and Pitt, Louisville is now 5-1-1 on the year. This week they face Ohio State and NC State. | 7 | |
5 | UC Irvine | The Anteaters are cruising along nicely, but the fun begins this week when Big West play begins. | 9 | |
6 | Penn State | Penn State netted six goals against Penn and came away from Ann Arbor with a tight 1-0 win. | 11 | |
7 | New Mexico | New Mexico has to dig themselves out of a hole after losing their conferene opener at Charlotte. | 4 | |
8 | Creighton | The Bluejays won their conference opener at Villanova and will look for a 2-0 start against Seton Hall. | 10 | |
9 | Virginia | It was a rough week for UVA, who lost to Davidson and Syracuse. This week they face James Madison and Pitt. | 6 | |
10 | Syracuse | The Orange picked up a massive win against Virginia on Saturday. This team knows how to win 1-0. | 21 | |
11 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels are off to a tough start in ACC play, but going home should help. They do travel to Wilmington first. | 5 | |
12 | Michigan State | The Spartans beat Bowling Green mid-week, but the offense sputtered in a 0-0 tie at home against Rutgers. | 8 | |
13 | Georgetown | Georgetown has a big week coming up. Before hosting Marquette on Saturday, they head to Maryland. | 12 | |
14 | Stanford | The Cardinal have outscored their opponents 15-4 during their current six game winning streak. | 13 | |
15 | California | With six wins in a row, Cal hopes to take that momentum with them to Washington and Oregon State. | 14 | |
16 | Marquette | Marquette has now won five games in a row. Their Big East opener comes on the road against Georgetown. | 17 | |
17 | Saint Louis | Saint Louis heads to Indiana before kicking off A-10 play against St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon. | 16 | |
18 | Indiana | The Hoosiers Big Ten record moved to 1-1-1 following a draw against Northwestern. | 15 | |
19 | George Mason | George Mason has a couple interesting tests this week at Navy and VCU. The win over UMBC was not bad either. | 19 | |
20 | Charlotte | The 49ers had a huge CUSA opening win against New Mexico. This week they head to South Carolina. | 20 | |
21 | Delaware | With the level of competition easing up again, Delaware got back to their dominating ways. | 22 | |
22 | American | American began conference play with a surprising loss at Lehigh. They also tied Hartford earlier in the week. | 18 | |
23 | Denver | Denver started conference play with a 4-0 win over ORU. That should be about the average score in Summit play. | 25 | |
24 | UAB | With a 3-2 win at FIU, UAB is 1-0 in conference play. After a trip to Akron, the Blazers host Kentucky this week. | NR | |
25 | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina won a couple games last week, but the defense still has a long way to go. | 23 | |
9/29 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/29/2014