NCAA Men’s Soccer 2026 Preseason Rankings: Washington opens in top spot

United Soccer Coaches released the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer 2026 Preseason Rankings, featuring the nation’s Top 25 teams.

With the new college soccer season quickly approaching, the opening coaches’ poll features Stanford in the No. 1 spot. They’re followed by Notre Dame at No. 2, Duke at No. 3, Florida State at No. 4 and Vanderbilt rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the preseason rankings.

NCAA Men’s 2026 Preseason Poll

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Washington	1	6	195	16-6-2
2	NC State	2	0	192	16-3-4
3	Furman	3	1	183	16-2-5
4	Saint Louis	4	1	179	13-3-8
5	Georgetown University	5	0	156	14-4-4
6	University of Portland	6	0	154	14-2-4
7	University of Maryland	7	0	154	14-2-4
8	Princeton University	8	0	139	15-2-2
9	Stanford University	9	0	130	14-4-2
10	Bryant University	10	0	126	17-2-3
11	University of Virginia	11	0	121	12-2-5
12	University of Akron	12	0	115	13-5-3
13	University of Vermont	13	0	101	14-1-5
14	University of North Carolina-Greensboro	14	0	92	12-5-6
15	Southern Methodist University	15	0	85	11-5-4
16	High Point University	16	0	77	14-2-4
17	Marshall University	17	0	69	12-4-5
18	University of San Diego	18	0	64	13-3-3
19	Oregon State University	19	0	63	10-5-2
20	Hofstra University	20	0	47	14-5-1
21	Grand Canyon University	21	0	41	14-4-5
22	Indiana University	22	0	32	12-6-1
23	West Virginia University	23	0	29	13-5-3
24	University of Connecticut	24	0	23	12-5-4
25	UMKC	25	0	18	12-4-5

Records are final 2025 records

Also receiving votes: University of North Carolina (6), Cornell University (5), University of Kentucky (5), University of Denver (4), Duke University (3), University of Michigan (1)