NSCAA releases preseason NCAA Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings

The NSCAA’s NCAA Men’s Soccer Preseason Top 25 Rankings were announced on Tuesday. Stanford comes in at No. 1 with 20 first place votes, followed by Akron, Clemson, Maryland and Wake Forest rounding out the top five.
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RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stanford (20) | 570 | 18-2-3 | 1 | ||
2 | Akron (2) | 567 | 18-3-3 | 3 | ||
3 | Clemson (2) | 548 | 18-3-3 | 2 | ||
4 | Maryland | 494 | 12-5-6 | 7 | ||
5 | Wake Forest | 484 | 17-3-2 | 5 | ||
6 | Syracuse | 465 | 15-6-3 | 4 | ||
7 | Creighton | 449 | 19-4-0 | 6 | ||
8 | North Carolina | 443 | 15-2-3 | 9 | ||
9 | Notre Dame | 399 | 11-5-6 | 11 | ||
10 | Georgetown | 380 | 16-2-3 | 8 | ||
11 | Boston College | 317 | 11-8-1 | 10 | ||
12 | Southern Methodist | 298 | 14-3-4 | 13 | ||
13 | UC Santa Barbara | 279 | 14-7-2 | 15 | ||
14 | Seattle | 273 | 18-4-0 | 12 | ||
15 | Indiana | 267 | 13-5-1 | 16 | ||
16 | UCLA | 246 | 11-9-1 | 23 | ||
17 | Virginia | 214 | 10-5-3 | 19 | ||
18 | Ohio State | 206 | 13-7-3 | 14 | ||
19 | South Florida | 197 | 11-6-3 | 18 | ||
20 | Denver | 174 | 15-1-3 | 17 | ||
21 | Coastal Carolina | 156 | 13-3-4 | 20 | ||
22 | Charlotte | 100 | 11-6-3 | 21 | ||
23 | FIU | 58 | 12-7-1 | 24 | ||
24 | South Carolina | 52 | 11-8-2 | 22 | ||
25 | Rutgers | 34 | 12-7-2 | 25 |
Also receiving votes: Connecticut (24), Tulsa (20), Dartmouth (19), Dayton (13), Radford (8), Utah Valley (6), Florida Gulf Coast (5), Boston University (4), Virginia Commonwealth (4), Cal Poly (4), Hofstra (2), Santa Clara (2), California (2), Elon (1), American (1), Harvard (1).
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