NCAA Men’s Soccer Top 25: Reigning National Champion Vermont remains on top

United Soccer Coaches released the latest set of NCAA Men’s Soccer Rankings, following the opening week of competition in the 2025 season.

Reigning College Cup champion Vermont retains the No. 1 spot this week after improving to 2-0-0 on the young season. They’re followed by Marshall at No. 2 and Pittsburgh at No. 3, while Stanford and Wake Forest round out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the Top 25.

NCAA Men’s Soccer National Poll 1

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Vermont	1	8	200	2-0-0
2	Marshall	2	0	192	1-0-0
3	Pittsburgh	7	0	184	1-0-0
4	Stanford	13	0	176	2-0-0
5	Wake Forest	6	0	168	1-0-0
6	Clemson	9	0	160	0-0-1
7	Indiana	11	0	152	1-0-1
8	NC State	14	0	144	2-0-0
9	Duke	15	0	136	2-0-0
10	West Virginia	16	0	128	2-0-0
11	Virginia	17	0	120	2-0-0
12	Virginia Tech	NR	0	112	2-0-0
13	High Point	NR	0	104	2-0-0
14	Oregon State	NR	0	96	2-0-0
15	North Carolina	RV	0	88	2-0-0
16	University of Akron	21	0	80	2-0-0
17	California	NR	0	65	2-0-0
18	Kentucky	NR	0	55	1-0-0
19	UMKC	18	0	53	0-0-1
20	Gardner-Webb	NR	0	49	2-0-0
21	Denver	NR	0	25	1-1-0
22	Florida Atlantic	NR	0	24	2-0-0
23	UNC-Greensboro	NR	0	19	2-0-0
23	Missouri State	24	0	19	1-0-0
25	Dayton	12	0	18	1-0-1

Records shown are through games of August 24, 2025

Also receiving votes: University of Massachusetts (7), Ohio State University (7), University of California-Irvine (5), Southern Methodist University (4), San Jose State University (3), University of Portland (2), University of Maryland (2), Saint Louis University (1), Bucknell University (1), University of Connecticut (1)