Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
1 | Notre Dame | The Irish took care of business against Dartmouth, beating them 4-1. This week they take on Kentucky and Syracuse. | 2 | |
2 | UCLA | After a shocking loss to American, UCLA went on to beat a quality New Mexico squad. | 1 | |
3 | North Carolina | North Carolina is looking good after a couple of 1-0 wins over Old Dominion and VCU. | 7 | |
4 | Georgetown | After tying Indiana and Notre Dame on the opening weekend, Georgetown looked better against Harvard and Wiscy. | 9 | |
5 | Washington | UW is coming off a tough loss to St. Mary's and a game against UConn on Friday is not a good way to start winning. | 3 | |
6 | Louisville | The Cardinals had a disappointing 0-0 draw against Cornell last week. This week they face St. Louis and Duke. | 5 | |
7 | Virginia | Virginia suffered a 1-0 loss in Tulsa before getting a decent 2-1 win over UAB. | 4 | |
8 | New Mexico | The Lobos lost to UCLA and have another tough game against a Los Angeles team, Cal State Northridge, on Friday. | 6 | |
9 | Michigan State | The Spartans could not find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw against a good looking Illinois-Chicago team. | 10 | |
10 | Maryland | Maryland's brutal schedule continues this week when they head to Navy on Monday and Michigan on Friday. | 8 | |
11 | Penn State | Penn State has not had the toughest schedule, but they are 3-0 and have yet to allow a goal. | 11 | |
12 | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina still needs to shore up their defense, but they did get a win at Charlotte last week. | 12 | |
13 | UMBC | UMBC keeps beating the teams they should beat and they looked solid in a 0-0 tie at Maryland. | 15 | |
14 | Creighton | Creighton kept their good times going with wins over WIU and Cincinnati. They have not allowed a goal in 4 games. | 25 | |
15 | Stanford | The Cardinal boosted their win total to two after a 2-0 victory over San Jose State on Saturday night. | 16 | |
16 | UC Irvine | With quality wins over Denver and Clemson, UC Irvine is on a roll. WVU and Georgetown await this week. | NR | |
17 | Marquette | Marquette finally won a couple games after their disappointing 0-2 start to the 2014 campaign. | 17 | |
18 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest finally got into the winner's circle, beating Connecticut and Cleveland State by a combined score of 6-1. | 18 | |
19 | Connecticut | The Huskies must beat a quality opponent or two pretty soon. They have chances at Washington and Seattle. | 14 | |
20 | California | Cal's week and a half off ends on Friday afternoon when Cleveland State comes to town. Gonzaga also visists. | 20 | |
21 | Northwestern | There is nothing wrong with tying UCSB and Cal State Fullerton so far from home. | 22 | |
22 | UC Santa Barbara | The Gauchos managed to draw Northwestern at home, Stanford is up this week. | 24 | |
23 | Indiana | Indiana is not scoring many goals, but 1-0 wins are still wins. They start Big Ten play on Saturday against PSU. | NR | |
24 | Delaware | Delaware dropped six goals on Iona and three more against St. Bonaventure. They have 13 goals in four games so far. | NR | |
25 | Duke | Duke lost to SMU, but they should be able to get another win when they face Temple on Tuesday. | 23 | |
9/8 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/08/2014