NCAA Men’s Soccer Top 25: Stanford takes over No. 1 spot in the country

University of Denver v Stanford University

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

Stanford climbed up to the No. 1 spot this week, after improving to 4-0-0 on the season. The Cardinal are now sitting atop both the men’s and women’s rankings, at this early juncture.

Marshall is holding steady at No. 2, followed by Clemson at No. 3, Indiana at No. 4 and NC State at No. 5.

See below for a full look at the Top 25.

NCAA Men’s Soccer National Poll 2

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Stanford	4	8	200	4-0-0
2	Marshall	2	0	192	1-0-1
3	Clemson	6	0	184	2-0-1
4	Indiana	7	0	176	3-0-1
5	NC State	8	0	168	3-0-0
6	West Virginia	10	0	160	2-0-1
7	Wake Forest	5	0	152	2-0-1
8	Virginia Tech	12	0	144	2-0-1
9	Vermont	1	0	136	2-0-2
10	Pittsburgh	3	0	128	2-1-0
11	Akron	16	0	120	2-0-1
12	UNC-Greensboro	23	0	112	3-0-1
13	Gardner-Webb	20	0	104	3-0-0
14	Duke	9	0	96	2-0-1
15	High Point	13	0	88	2-0-1
16	Saint Louis	RV	0	80	2-0-1
17	Kentucky	18	0	72	2-0-1
18	Utah Valley	NR	0	64	4-0-0
19	Florida Atlantic	22	0	56	3-0-0
20	UMass	RV	0	28	3-0-1
21	Penn	NR	0	27	1-0-0
22	South Florida	NR	0	17	2-0-2
22	George Mason	NR	0	17	1-1-0
24	Portland	RV	0	16	2-0-0
25	Michigan	NR	0	14	3-0-1

Records shown are through games of August 31, 2025

Also receiving votes: University of California-Irvine (11), Bucknell University (9), University of North Carolina (7), University of Virginia (6), UMKC (5), University of Denver (4), University of Louisville (3), University of Dayton (3), California Baptist University (1)