NCAA Men’s Soccer 2026 Rankings: First poll of October released

United Soccer Coaches released the newest NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Rankings, featuring the nation’s Top 25 teams.

The Week 7 coaches’ poll features SMU in the No. 1 spot. They’re followed by Indiana at No. 2, Georgetown at No. 3, UMKC at No. 4 and Clemson rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the Top 25 following Week 7 competition.

NCAA Men’s National Poll 7

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	SMU	1	8	200	9-0-1
2	Indiana	2	0	192	9-0-2
3	Georgetown	3	0	184	9-1-1
4	UMKC	5	0	176	7-1-2
5	Clemson	9	0	168	9-2-0
6	Creighton	4	0	160	10-0-3
7	Maryland	6	0	152	6-2-1
8	Missouri State	7	0	144	8-0-2
9	South Carolina	11	0	136	7-1-2
10	Pittsburgh	10	0	128	6-2-2
11	Louisville	17	0	120	8-1-2
12	Akron	18	0	112	6-1-2
13	Stanford	14	0	104	8-2-1
14	Washington	15	0	96	6-3-2
15	West Virginia	16	0	88	5-1-3
16	Vermont	12	0	80	7-1-3
17	Charlotte	24	0	72	5-1-3
18	Xavier	25	0	64	7-0-2
19	Michigan State	8	0	56	7-2-1
20	Wisconsin	19	0	48	5-2-3
21	UCLA	NR	0	39	5-1-4
22	Cornell	RV	0	20	6-2-0
23	UNC Wilmington	20	0	15	7-2-1
24	Albany	NR	0	11	6-2-1
25	San Diego	22	0	7	6-2-3

Records shown are through games of October 4, 2026

Also receiving votes: Syracuse (7), Georgia Southern (6), Princeton (4), University of California-San Diego (4), California Baptist (3), Virginia Tech (3), Ohio State (1)