NCAA Men’s Soccer Top 25: Wake Forest featured as nation’s new No. 1 team

United Soccer Coaches revealed the fourth set of NCAA Men’s Rankings for the 2025 season.
Indiana has taken over the No. 1 spot this week, followed by Clemson at No. 2, Akron at No. 3, Wake Forest at No. 4 and NC State rounding out the Top 5.
See below for a full look at the Top 25.
NCAA Men’s Soccer National Poll 4
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wake Forest | 4 | 6 | 196 | 4-0-2 |
2 | NC State | 5 | 0 | 189 | 5-0-1 |
3 | Stanford | 8 | 0 | 181 | 6-1-0 |
4 | Portland | 9 | 1 | 179 | 5-0-1 |
5 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | 172 | 5-1-1 |
6 | Marshall | 10 | 0 | 163 | 2-0-3 |
7 | Saint Louis | 24 | 0 | 152 | 3-1-2 |
8 | Michigan | RV | 0 | 144 | 4-0-2 |
9 | Vermont | 13 | 0 | 133 | 4-0-3 |
10 | Akron | 3 | 0 | 124 | 5-1-1 |
11 | High Point | 12 | 0 | 120 | 4-0-2 |
12 | Louisville | 6 | 0 | 115 | 5-1-0 |
13 | West Virginia | 15 | 0 | 104 | 4-1-1 |
14 | Clemson | 2 | 0 | 96 | 3-1-2 |
15 | Furman | RV | 0 | 88 | 4-0-3 |
16 | Utah Valley | 16 | 0 | 80 | 6-0-0 |
17 | Bryant | 17 | 0 | 71 | 5-0-1 |
18 | Gardner-Webb | 7 | 0 | 57 | 5-1-0 |
19 | Duke | 19 | 0 | 40 | 2-0-3 |
20 | UC Irvine | 22 | 0 | 38 | 5-0-1 |
21 | UNC Greensboro | 11 | 0 | 28 | 4-1-1 |
22 | Kentucky | 18 | 0 | 25 | 3-0-2 |
23 | San Diego | NR | 0 | 21 | 4-1-2 |
24 | Cornell | 23 | 0 | 18 | 3-1-0 |
25 | Georgia Southern | RV | 0 | 17 | 5-0-1 |
Records shown are through games of September 14, 2025
Also receiving votes: University of Notre Dame (11), University of Connecticut (6), Virginia Tech (6), Marist University (4), University of Virginia (4), Virginia Commonwealth University (4), Elon University (3), UIC (3), University of San Francisco (3), University of North Carolina (2), Lindenwood University (1)
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