No. 20 Pitt leads trio of newcomers in NCAA Men’s Soccer Rankings

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 once again as the Herd remain perfect through 10 games.

Central Florida jumped up one spot from No. 3 up to No. 2 this week. Rounding out the Top 5 are West Virginia, SMU and Akron, as the same five teams are still on top despite some shuffling amongst themselves.

Three teams have climbed into the Top 25 after previously being unranked: No. 20 Pittsburgh, No. 24 Fordham and No. 25 Florida International.

NATIONAL – POLL 6 – OCTOBER 3, 2023

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	Marshall	1	7	199	10-0-0
2	Central Florida	3	0	187	5-1-2
3	West Virginia	4	1	186	8-0-2
4	SMU	2	0	177	7-1-1
5	Akron	5	0	169	6-0-4
6	Wake Forest	10	0	157	7-1-3
7	Portland	11	0	148	6-2-0
8	Georgetown	12	0	146	6-1-1
9	Missouri State	9	0	137	6-0-2
10	Stanford	6	0	133	5-1-3
11	Notre Dame	15	0	118	6-1-3
12	Northwestern	16	0	114	8-0-2
13	North Carolina	18	0	102	4-0-4
14	Duke	21	0	94	6-2-1
15	Vermont	14	0	84	7-1-2
16	Hofstra	19	0	83	8-1-2
17	Seattle	23	0	68	7-2-2
18	Syracuse	7	0	64	4-2-3
19	Penn State	25	0	49	6-1-3
20	Pittsburgh	RV	0	42	4-3-3
21	Louisville	8	0	23	7-2-1
22	San Diego State	17	0	19	6-1-2
23	Michigan State	13	0	18	5-0-4
24	Fordham	NR	0	12	5-1-3
25	UIC	20	0	10	7-2-1
25	Florida International	RV	0	10	5-2-2

Records shown are through games of October 1, 2023

Also receiving votes: University of Denver (9), Clemson University (8), Oregon State University (8), University of Washington (7), University of Virginia (4), California State University Fullerton (4), Loyola Marymount University (4), Oral Roberts University (2), Saint Louis University (2), Bryant University (1), Western Michigan University (1), University of New Hampshire (1)