NCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Top 25 Rankings announced ahead of 2023 campaign

United Soccer Coaches released the preseason Top 25 poll ahead of the 2023 NCAA Division I men’s soccer season.

Defending champion Syracuse enters the year holding the No. 1 position, followed by No. 2 Indiana, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 4 Duke and No. 5 Pittsburgh.

See below for a look at the full preseason rankings. To view preseason polls for more divisions of men’s and women’s college soccer, click here.

NATIONAL – PRE-SEASON POLL – AUGUST 1, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Syracuse	1	4	188	18-2-5
2	Indiana	2	1	180	14-4-7
3	Kentucky	6	1	172	15-1-5
4	Duke	3	1	167	13-2-4
5	Pittsburgh	8	0	154	12-5-5
6	Washington	11	0	143	15-2-3
7	Stanford	7	0	142	12-2-6
8	Creighton	9	0	127	13-5-6
9	Clemson	13	0	113	13-7-1
10	UNC Greensboro	5	0	111	13-2-6
11	Marshall	12	1	109	11-4-4
12	Vermont	4	0	102	16-4-2
13	Portland	10	0	92	15-3-3
14	Maryland	17	0	80	11-4-5
15	Virginia	16	0	78	10-4-5
16	Tulsa	15	0	74	10-5-2
17	Georgetown	20	0	72	12-6-3
18	Wake Forest	24	0	66	14-6-0
19	SMU	18	0	64	10-6-1
20	Cornell	14	0	63	14-4-1
21	Florida International	19	0	53	13-5-2
22	Akron	23	0	50	11-4-5
23	New Hampshire	21	0	30	15-4-1
24	Saint Louis	25	0	27	12-5-3
25	Penn	RV	0	24	13-3-2

Records shown are final 2022 records

Also receiving votes: UCLA (18), University of Denver (17), West Virginia University (15), Lipscomb University (14), Providence College (13), Western Michigan University (10), Rutgers University (10), Missouri State University (8), University of Louisville (7), Ohio State University (4), Oregon State University (2), University of South Carolina (1)