Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Creighton | Creighton is in a tough stretch of games, but it got off to a good start against St. John's. MSU and G'town await. | 3 | |
2 | Notre Dame | The Irish got another conference draw, this time at Boston College. This week they face Duke at home. | 2 | |
3 | North Carolina | It took overtime for UNC to win 1-0 at Campbell and they followed it up with a 0-0 draw at Virginia Tech. | 1 | |
4 | Georgetown | The Hoyas have now won four in a row. We'll see if they stay hot on Saturday against Creighton. | 6 | |
5 | California | Behind defender Steve Birnbaum and forward Stefano Bonomo, Cal netted six goals in two games last week. | 15 | |
6 | Washington | The Huskies netted five goals against Florida Gulf Coast, but drew Georgia State 1-1 on Sunday night. | 10 | |
7 | St. John's | Following three straight 1-0 wins, the Red Storm were on the wrong side of that score line against Creighton. | 8 | |
8 | Akron | With a 1-0 win over Bowling Green, Akron has begun another run at yet another MAC title. | 7 | |
9 | Connecticut | Uconn suffered another loss last week, falling 1-0 to Syracuse. They did follow it up with a nice win over St. Louis. | 4 | |
10 | UCLA | Splitting against UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge on the road is a pretty good week. | 5 | |
11 | Louisville | Louisville should get a couple more wins this week against SIUE and Temple. | 14 | |
12 | Maryland | Thanks to two goals by Patrick Mullins and one by Schillo Tshuma, Maryland got a huge win at Clemson. | 13 | |
13 | Tulsa | Cristian Mata netted three goals last week as Tulsa beat Hartwick 3-2 and Valparaiso 4-0. | 16 | |
14 | Wake Forest | A win over Pittsburgh puts Wake Forest at 3-0-0 in ACC play. The perfection could end against North Carolina. | 9 | |
15 | Cal State Northridge | Following a win against UNLV, the Matadors finally suffered a blemish on their resume with a loss to UCLA. | 19 | |
16 | Saint Louis | Saint Louis' attempt at a comeback fell short against Connecticut. In two weeks they play Creighton and VCU. | 12 | |
17 | New Mexico | Now with two losses in a row, New Mexico's offense needs to step up if they do not want to make it three. | 11 | |
18 | VCU | The Rams have had an extremely tough schedule and the next three games are against Wake, UVA and St. Louis. | 18 | |
19 | UMBC | UMBC are now a perfect 7-0-0 and they got a nice 3-1 win at a very good Loyola (MD) squad. | 25 | |
20 | Coastal Carolina | Keeper Devin Cook had a great outing for Coastal Carolina in their 1-0 over VCU. | 17 | |
21 | Furman | In their last four games, Furman has outscored the opposition 15-0. Watch out Gardner-Webb and James Madison. | NR | |
22 | Indiana | The early season losing skid seems to be behind the Hoosiers. This week they start Big Ten play against Ohio State. | 20 | |
23 | Clemson | The ACC slate finally gave Clemson their first loss of the year. We'll see how they respond at Virginia Tech. | 21 | |
24 | Stanford | Stanford keeps tallying wins, but none of great quality. However, they can get a good win this week at UCSB. | 23 | |
25 | UAB | UAB drew Charlotte a couple weeks back in their conference opener. They will look for a win at Kentucky. | 24 |
9/23 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/23/2013