NCAA Men’s Top 25: Previously unranked North Carolina Tar Heels rise to No. 18

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

Marshall earned the No. 1 spot on the NCAA Division I men’s poll again this week, as they are still perfect through eight games. SMU climbed to No. 2 up from sixth last week. UCF remains in the No. 3 position, while West Virginia and Akron round out the Top 5.

Three teams are featured in the Top 25 this week after previously being unranked: No. 18 North Carolina, No. 23 Seattle and No. 25 Penn State.

See below for a look at the full Top 25.

NATIONAL – POLL 5 – SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Marshall	1	8	200	8-0-0
2	SMU	6	0	192	7-1-0
3	Central Florida	3	0	183	4-1-2
4	West Virginia	2	0	166	6-0-2
5	Akron	4	0	164	5-0-4
6	Stanford	8	0	163	5-1-1
7	Syracuse	7	0	150	4-1-3
8	Louisville	10	0	139	6-1-1
9	Missouri State	9	0	133	5-0-1
10	Wake Forest	14	0	126	5-1-3
11	Portland	5	0	123	5-2-0
12	Georgetown	16	0	113	5-1-1
13	Michigan State	22	0	104	5-0-2
14	Vermont	17	0	91	6-1-1
15	Notre Dame	15	0	82	5-1-3
16	Northwestern	13	0	79	7-0-2
17	San Diego State	21	0	73	6-0-1
18	North Carolina	NR	0	71	4-0-3
19	Hofstra	24	0	49	6-1-2
20	UIC	25	0	42	7-1-1
21	Duke	11	0	37	4-2-1
22	Washington	20	0	32	4-2-3
23	Seattle	NR	0	19	5-2-2
24	New Hampshire	18	0	13	4-1-2
25	Penn State	RV	0	12	5-1-2

Records shown are through games of September 24, 2023

Also receiving votes: University of Pittsburgh (9), Bryant University (7), Marquette University (7), University of Denver (6), James Madison University (5), Clemson University (5), Oral Roberts University (3), Cornell University (1), Florida International University (1)