Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | UCLA | The Bruins picked up a couple huge road wins against Stanford and Cal. Their final game is at San Diego State. | 4 | |
2 | Washington | Washington had last week off to recover from their loss at UCLA. This week they host Stanford and Cal. | 3 | |
3 | Notre Dame | Following a 3-1 win over Wake Forest, the Irish finish up this week against Michigan State and Pitt. | 2 | |
4 | California | Cal lost another home game…this time a more understandable 2-1 loss against UCLA. | 1 | |
5 | UMBC | UMBC is one win away from cruising through the America East without a loss. Only Stony Brook stands in the way. | 6 | |
6 | Maryland | Maryland is tied atop the ACC with Notre Dame with just one game remaining. The Terps head to Virginia Tech. | 7 | |
7 | Georgetown | Georgetown could not get a result against St. John's and now a Big East title looks very unlikely. | 5 | |
8 | Wake Forest | The Demon Deacons still have an outside shot of winning the ACC, but the loss to Notre Dame hurt. | 10 | |
9 | Akron | Two goals by Robbie Derschang put the Zips over Michigan. They head back to the Big Ten and face Penn State next. | 12 | |
10 | Louisville | The Cardinals finished up the regular season tied atop the American standings. | 8 | |
11 | Connecticut | Connecticut finished AAC play with a 4-0-4 record. They have not lost since September 17th. | 15 | |
12 | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina lost to Elon and UNC-Asheville, their first conference loss of the year. The NCAAs still await. | 9 | |
13 | Penn State | Penn State fell to Ohio State, but the Big Ten title is still theirs. They finish the year at Akron on Wednesday. | 13 | |
14 | Virginia | Virginia suffered their first loss in nearly two months at the hands of UNC. Boston College is up next. | 17 | |
15 | Marquette | If Marquette can knock off DePaul on Friday, the outright Big East title will be all theirs. | 24 | |
16 | Michigan State | Michigan State picked up their second conference win at Indiana in a 3-2 thriller. Notre Dame and UM await. | 25 | |
17 | New Mexico | With victories over UAB and ODU, the Lobos are finishing very strong. Only Kentucky remains on the schedule. | NR | |
18 | UC Santa Barbara | UCSB suffered another draw, but are still sitting at 6-0-2 in Big West play and the title is theirs to lose. | NR | |
19 | Wisconsin | The Badgers beat a depleted Northwestern squad and are looking good for the #2 seed in the Big Ten tournament. | NR | |
20 | Cal State Northridge | The Matadors have now lost three in a row and they may be getting cold at the wrong time. | 11 | |
21 | North Carolina | It seems like it has been a long time since North Carolina got a big win, but they finally did last week at UVA. | 23 | |
22 | Creighton | Creighton got back on track with relatively easy wins over Drake and DePaul. | 20 | |
23 | VCU | VCU is battling it out with George Mason for the regular season A-10 title. They finish at SBU and Duquesne. | 21 | |
24 | UAB | It was another rough week for UAB. They scored six goals on the week, but fell 4-3 to UNM and South Carolina. | 14 | |
25 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine has won three tough conference games in a row. They can make it four at UC Riverside. | NR |
11/04 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/04/2013