NCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Rankings announced for Fall 2025

2024 Division I Men's Soccer Championship

United Soccer Coaches released the NCAA Division I men’s soccer preseason poll ahead of the 2025 campaign.

The reigning NCAA National Champion Vermont Catamounts have earned the No. 1 ranking as they look to repeat their success, after capturing the program’s first-ever College Cup title in 2024.

Last season’s national runner-up Marshall enters the new campaign at No. 2, followed by Ohio State at No. 3, Denver at No. 4 and SMU rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the preseason rankings, as voted on by current college coaches.

National – Pre-season Poll – July 31, 2025

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Vermont	1	4	193	16-2-6
2	Marshall	2	3	192	15-2-7
3	Ohio State	3	1	188	16-2-4
4	Denver	4	0	179	15-3-5
5	SMU	5	0	159	12-3-6
6	Wake Forest	6	0	156	12-5-7
7	Pittsburgh	7	0	147	14-6-0
8	Massachusetts	8	0	144	13-4-5
9	Clemson	9	0	127	15-3-4
10	San Diego	10	0	121	15-3-2
11	Indiana	11	0	118	11-5-5
12	Dayton	12	0	115	14-3-3
13	Stanford	13	0	99	9-5-6
14	NC State	14	0	87	10-5-5
15	Duke	15	0	83	11-4-4
16	West Virginia	16	0	70	13-2-7
17	Virginia	17	0	66	11-7-3
18	UMKC	18	0	61	14-5-3
19	Penn	19	0	52	14-4-1
20	Western Michigan	20	0	46	12-3-6
21	Akron	21	0	38	12-5-4
22	Cornell	22	0	36	13-4-2
23	Hofstra	23	0	32	14-5-2
24	Missouri State	24	0	26	12-4-2
25	Georgetown	25	0	21	11-5-5

Records shown are final 2024 records.

Also receiving votes: University of Maryland (15), University of California Santa Barbara (13), University of North Carolina (8), University of Washington (7), Seattle University (7)