UCF takes over No. 1 spot 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.
Central Florida took over the No. 1 spot on the NCAA Division I men’s poll this week. UCF is followed by West Virginia at No. 2, Wake Forest and SMU holding steady at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively, and Notre Dame cracking the Top 5 as the Irish move up one spot.
NATIONAL – POLL 9 – OCTOBER 24, 2023
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Central Florida | 2 | 7 | 199 | 9-1-2 |
2 | West Virginia | 5 | 1 | 193 | 11-0-4 |
3 | Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 184 | 11-1-4 |
4 | SMU | 4 | 0 | 172 | 10-1-2 |
5 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 | 168 | 10-1-4 |
6 | Marshall | 1 | 0 | 162 | 12-2-0 |
7 | Georgetown | 8 | 0 | 153 | 9-2-2 |
8 | Duke | 9 | 0 | 138 | 8-3-2 |
9 | Portland | 12 | 0 | 132 | 9-3-0 |
10 | North Carolina | 11 | 0 | 125 | 7-2-5 |
10 | Clemson | 15 | 0 | 125 | 9-3-2 |
12 | Seattle | 13 | 0 | 113 | 10-2-3 |
13 | Akron | 7 | 0 | 95 | 9-1-6 |
14 | Virginia | 18 | 0 | 94 | 8-3-3 |
15 | Stanford | 17 | 0 | 93 | 7-2-4 |
16 | Michigan State | 20 | 0 | 77 | 7-0-6 |
17 | New Hampshire | 19 | 0 | 70 | 9-1-4 |
18 | Missouri State | 10 | 0 | 68 | 8-2-3 |
19 | Syracuse | 22 | 0 | 56 | 7-3-5 |
20 | Pittsburgh | 23 | 0 | 42 | 6-4-4 |
21 | Vermont | 16 | 0 | 36 | 10-3-2 |
22 | Hofstra | RV | 0 | 21 | 10-3-4 |
23 | Western Michigan | NR | 0 | 19 | 11-1-3 |
24 | FIU | 14 | 0 | 18 | 8-3-3 |
25 | Bryant | 24 | 0 | 14 | 12-1-2 |
Records shown are through games of October 22, 2023
Also receiving votes: University of Denver (10), Northwestern University (7), UCLA (7), Oral Roberts University (3), St. John’s University (2), Charlotte (2), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (1), Loyola Marymount University (1)
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