Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Washington | Washington hosted Stanford and Cal and beat both of them. This week they play Oregon State. | 2 | |
2 | UCLA | The Bruins snuck past San Diego State in their lone game of the week. Next up is a trip to Northern California. | 3 | |
3 | Creighton | The Bluejays are now back up to a three game winning streak after beating Kansas City and Seton Hall. | 8 | |
4 | Syracuse | Syracuse kept their impressive 1-0 streak going with a nice win at Virginia Tech. This is a tough team to beat. | 10 | |
5 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame suffered their first ACC loss lost in a home game against Boston College. Go figure. | 1 | |
6 | Penn State | Penn State has now won seven games in a row. This week they had to Maryland for another big game. | 6 | |
7 | New Mexico | New Mexico rebounded nicely from their loss to Charlotte. The good times should keep rolling this week. | 7 | |
8 | Virginia | Virginia put an end to their two three game winless streak by beating James Madison and Pitt last week. | 9 | |
9 | Louisville | Louisville lost to Ohio St. and NC State. With games against IU and Notre Dame next, the losing streak may get to 4. | 4 | |
10 | Georgetown | Georgetown picked up a nice win at Maryland and tied Marquette 0-0 in a scrappy contest. | 13 | |
11 | UC Irvine | The Anteaters had their toughest road trip of the year and came away with a tie at Cal Poly and a loss at UCSB. | 5 | |
12 | Indiana | The Hoosiers picked up a great win against Saint Louis. This week they head to Louisville and Ohio State. | 18 | |
13 | Charlotte | Charlotte keeps cruising along and scored six goals last week against William & Mary and South Carolina. | 20 | |
14 | North Carolina | The Tar Heels ended their three game skid with a 3-2 overtime win over Clemson. They really needed that victory. | 11 | |
15 | Marquette | Marquette had no problem with Wisconsin and then tied their first game of the year against Georgetown. | 16 | |
16 | Stanford | Stanford beat Oregon State 1-0, but could not get the win in Seattle with 3-1 loss to Washington. | 14 | |
17 | Saint Louis | Saint Louis has a massive weekend coming up with road trips to Davidson and George Mason. | 17 | |
18 | Delaware | Delaware kicked off CAA play with their toughest game of the year and came back from Wilmington with a win. | 21 | |
19 | Michigan State | The Michigan State defense that allowed just one game up to last week, gave up three in a loss to Ohio State. | 12 | |
20 | South Florida | South Florida beat both Georgia Southern and Temple 3-0. Perhaps their toughest AAC game is Wednesday vs Tulsa. | NR | |
21 | George Mason | It was a tough week for George Mason. They tied Navy 1-1 and then fell 3-0 at VCU. | 19 | |
22 | California | We knew it would be a tough test up North, but Cal lost 2-3 to Washington and 2-6 to Oregon State. | 15 | |
23 | Coastal Carolina | The Coastal Carolina defense looked much better in wins against North Carolina State and Campbell | 25 | |
24 | American | AU bounced back from their surprise loss with a win over Holy Cross, but the conference could be decided at Navy. | 22 | |
25 | Denver | Denver does not have many opportunities for big wins and they cannot afford to draw teams like Eastern Illinois. | 23 | |
10/6 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 10/06/2014