| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Maryland | The Terps got a nice win against Virginia. This week they go out of conference to play Rutgers and then go to Duke. | 2 |
| 2 |  | North Carolina | North Carolina got a couple more wins last week. This week their lone game is at Charleston. | 3 |
| 3 |  | UCLA | The Bruins got a great 1-0 win over Oregon State. This week they take on Washington and San Diego State. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Connecticut | The Huskies fell from ranks of the unbeaten with a hard fought 3-2 loss at Marquette. | 1 |
| 5 |  | Akron | Akron keeps dominating the competition in the MAC, but this week they travel to Northern Illinois. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Marquette | Marquette got a huge win over Connecticut. This week they'll take the show on the road to face Georgetown. | 9 |
| 7 |  | Indiana | The Hoosiers cruised to quality wins over Kentucky and Wisconsin. A big game at Louisville is up next. | 11 |
| 8 |  | New Mexico | New Mexico got a surprise loss at home to Air Force. The offense needs to pick up with return trips this week. | 6 |
| 9 |  | Notre Dame | The Irish beat Pitt without a problem and followed it up with a huge win over Georgetown. Northwestern is next. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Georgetown | Big East play is causing Georgetown to tally up some marks in the loss column. Marquette could be next. | 7 |
| 11 |  | UCSB | UCSB got a nice win over Irvine. Then they too fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with a tough game versus CSUN. | 8 |
| 12 |  | St. John's | The Red Storm schedule from here on out is pretty tough. It starts on Saturday with a trip to Louisville. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Xavier | Xavier keeps cruising along. Last week they got an impressive 3-2 win over St. Louis. This week Dayton waits. | 15 |
| 14 |  | Coastal Carolina | Not surprisingly Coastal Carolina had no trouble with UNC Asheville. Campbell and VMI may not be much tougher. | 19 |
| 15 |  | Old Dominion | Old Dominion is not having an easy time in the tough CAA. Last week they drew James Madison and Delaware. | 13 |
| 16 |  | Louisville | Louisville got conference wins over DePaul and Syracuse. Indiana and St. John's will be much tougher tests. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Northwestern | Northwestern got a tough loss at Bradley. They'll stay out of conference to face an even tougher Notre Dame team. | 14 |
| 18 |  | South Florida | The Bulls got a couple more draws last week, but they need to beat teams like Cincinnati and Rutgers. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Creighton | Beating SIUE is a bigger win than it sounds. This week Creighton travels to Princeton and Central Arkansas. | 20 |
| 20 |  | Wake Forest | Wake Forest has a big road test on Friday at Virginia. They need to start tallying up some conference wins. | 21 |
| 21 |  | West Virginia | The Mountaineers lost to a hot Elon team last week. This week they'll get a warmup before the trip to Akron. | 23 |
| 22 |  | Southern Methodist | SMU is cruising through conference play, reaching a 4-0 mark. A trip to UCF is the toughest on the slate. | NR |
| 23 |  | Brown | Brown got a couple draws against Fairfield and Princeton. They will be tested at Boston College this week. | 22 |
| 24 |  | Charlotte | Charlotte started the weekend with a tough 4-1 loss to VCU. They have to start stringing together some wins. | 16 |
| 25 |  | Washington | Washington has a full week ahead of them with UCLA, California and Stanford on the schedule. | 24 |
10/8 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 10/08/2012
