| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Akron | The Zips wrapped up the regular season with a perfect 7-0-0 record in the MAC and a dozen wins in a row. | 2 |
| 2 |  | Maryland | Maryland suffered their first loss of the season at Wake Forest. Momentum is not good heading into the tourney. | 1 |
| 3 |  | North Carolina | The Tar Heels dominated NC State and Boston College. They'll face Duke in their ACC Tournament opener. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Notre Dame | Notre Dame ended up tied with Marquette for third place in the Big East Blue division, but this is a very good team. | 3 |
| 5 |  | UCLA | A draw against Cal was a bit disappointing, but the Bruins will win the Pac-12 with a result against SDSU. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Connecticut | Connecticut cruised into the semifinals of the Big East Tournament and will face off against Notre Dame. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Georgetown | The Hoyas had a great regular season and will face MU in the Big East semifinals. It should be another great game. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Marquette | Marquette had a nice 2-1 win at Louisville in the conference tournament. Now they want revenge against GU. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina has not lost a game since August 27th. That streak will last a couple more weeks at least. | 9 |
| 10 |  | New Mexico | The good news is that New Mexico gets to avoid Air Force in the MPSF Tournament until the finals. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Wake Forest | Wake Forest got a huge 4-2 win over previously unbeaten Maryland to close out the regular season. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Creighton | Creighton got off to a slow start, but they have won eight games in a row heading into the MVC tournament. | 15 |
| 13 |  | Xavier | Xavier won their two games this week by a combined score of 11-0, but it wasn't enough to win the A-10. | 17 |
| 14 |  | Indiana | It was a tough week for IU. After a draw to Northwestern, the Hoosiers ended up tied for third in the Big Ten. | 10 |
| 15 |  | Washington | After a long break, the Huskies wrap up the regular season with a trip to Oregon State on Friday afternoon. | 16 |
| 16 |  | Louisville | Louisville's season ended at the hands of Marquette in the conference tournament. The NCAA's await. | 13 |
| 17 |  | St. John's | St. John's held their own at Georgetown in the Big East tournament, but the Hoyas were too much for them. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Charlotte | Charlotte held on to win the A-10 title with a 7-1-1 record. They'll host what should be a great A-10 tournament. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Northwestern | Northwestern has not won in their last four games. They hope to change that against Ohio State on Wednesday. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Southern Methodist | SMU had a lot of turnover heading into this season, but came away with a C-USA title in the end. | 21 |
| 21 |  | Old Dominion | Ineligible for the CAA postseason due to their move to C-USA, Old Dominion gets to wait this week out. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Brown | A tie against Yale was a disappointing result and now Brown has to hope Cornell fails to win their last game. | 19 |
| 23 |  | St. Louis | Saint Louis needed Charlotte to slip up to win the A-10 crown. They settled for second place. | 24 |
| 24 |  | Cornell | With an overtime win over Dartmouth, Cornell can win the Ivy League title with a win at Columbia on Saturday. | 23 |
| 25 |  | Virginia | UVA finished the regular sesaon with a couple quality road results. A win at WF in the tournament would be huge. | NR |
11/5 Men's Soccer Top 25 Rankings
Mon, 11/05/2012
