NCAA Men’s Soccer Rankings: SMU and West Virginia enter the Top 5

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released the association’s latest set of college rankings for men’s and women’s soccer in all divisions.

Marshall earned the No. 1 spot on the NCAA Division I men’s poll again this week, followed by Central Florida at No. 2, Wake Forest at No. 3, SMU at No. 4 and West Virginia rounding out the Top 5.

NATIONAL – POLL 8 – OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Marshall	1	8	200	12-0-0
2	Central Florida	2	0	192	7-1-2
3	Wake Forest	4	0	184	10-1-3
4	SMU	6	0	175	9-1-2
5	West Virginia	7	0	167	9-0-4
6	Notre Dame	8	0	162	9-1-3
7	Akron	3	0	151	9-0-5
8	Georgetown	5	0	143	8-2-1
9	Duke	15	0	138	8-3-1
10	Missouri State	16	0	124	7-1-3
11	North Carolina	14	0	121	6-2-4
12	Portland	17	0	112	8-3-0
13	Seattle	20	0	96	9-2-3
14	FIU	23	0	91	7-2-3
15	Clemson	21	0	88	8-3-2
16	Vermont	22	0	86	9-2-2
17	Stanford	9	0	66	6-2-3
18	Virginia	NR	0	62	7-3-3
19	New Hampshire	24	0	55	7-1-4
20	Michigan State	19	0	42	6-0-6
21	Northwestern	12	0	34	9-1-3
22	Syracuse	10	0	28	6-3-4
23	Pittsburgh	11	0	26	5-4-3
24	Bryant	NR	0	19	11-1-2
25	Oral Roberts	RV	0	13	7-2-2

Records shown are through games of October 15, 2023

Also receiving votes: Hofstra University (7), California State University Fullerton (6), Oregon State University (4), Saint Louis University (4), Loyola Marymount University (2), Davidson College (2)