| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies started off Big East play with a big 3-0 win over St. John's. This weekend they host Notre Dame. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Maryland | The Terps got another conference win, moving to 3-0 in ACC play. This week they'll play Georgia State and Charleston. | 2 |
| 3 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina picked up a tight home win over Virginia. This week they'll head down the road to Duke. | 3 |
| 4 |  | UCLA | After 110 minutes, the epic clash at UCSB ended in a 1-1 tie. This weekend UCLA heads to Northern California. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Akron | The Zips blanked Bowling Green in their conference opener. More shutouts await in the not so distant future. | 5 |
| 6 |  | New Mexico | The Lobos are scoring a lot of goals, their latest victory being 3-0 over NIU. The flow of goals won't stop now. | 7 |
| 7 |  | UCSB | The Gauchos head into conference play with a 6-0-2 record. They get a tough test right away in Riverside. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Indiana | The Hoosiers got a quality win at Ohio State. Right after their Big Ten opener though they host Notre Dame. | 12 |
| 9 |  | Georgetown | In yet another quality Big East opening game, Georgetown slipped past a fiesty Rutgers squad at home. | 13 |
| 10 |  | Creighton | Saint Louis is a very good team, but Creighton should not lose 3-1 at home. A trip to Tulsa could be very tough. | 6 |
| 11 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish started off conference play with a loss at Louisville. Trips to Indiana and Connecticut will be tough too. | 10 |
| 12 |  | Louisville | Following a midweek beatdown of Ohio State, Louisville got a big 2-1 win over Notre Dame. | 15 |
| 13 |  | Northwestern | The Wildcats are emerging as a great story in the Big Ten. They are a perfect 6-0-2 and should add more wins now. | 16 |
| 14 |  | Old Dominion | A week after their head turning win at Creighton, Old Dominion lost their conference opener at Drexel 4-1. | 9 |
| 15 |  | Xavier | Xavier keeps picking up quality results, but now a big conference opener looms in October against Saint Louis. | 17 |
| 16 |  | St. John's | After a couple draws two weeks ago, St. John's suffered their first loss last week at Connecticut. | 11 |
| 17 |  | Marquette | The Golden Eagles got an easy win at home against DePaul, but the schedule will get much, much tougher. | 18 |
| 18 |  | Charlotte | Charlotte has a big game at UCF this week. Coming off of their first loss, the 49ers have something to prove. | 14 |
| 19 |  | South Florida | South Florida squeezed out a win against Providence on Saturday and that was a big win after their loss to Akron. | 19 |
| 20 |  | West Virginia | West Virginia kicked off conference play with an easy win over FAU. Up next is an interesting game against Iona. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Brown | Brown was running out of time to get quality wins, but they got them in Seattle against UW and Portland. | NR |
| 22 |  | Furman | Furman dropped five goals on North Florida on Sunday and the goals will keep coming this week. | NR |
| 23 |  | Duke | The Blue Devils tied Wake Forest. This week they will need to get a better result at home against North Carolina. | 20 |
| 24 |  | Coastal Carolina | Ashton Bennett and Ricky Garbanzo are proving to be a difficult duo for opposing defenses to stop. | NR |
| 25 |  | Wake Forest | Eventually Wake Forest will need to win a conference game, but tying Duke is not a bad result at all. | NR |
9/24 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 09/24/2012
