Men’s Soccer 2013 Preseason Top 25 Rankings
August 2, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Maryland | Even if Patrick Mullins would have gone pro, this team could be ranked #1. With Mullins, there is no doubt. | |
| 2 |  |
North Carolina | North Carolina is, as always, loaded with talent. The biggest concern is replacing Scott Goodwin in goal. | |
| 3 |  |
UCLA | Behind another great recruiting class, the Bruins and Coach Jorge Salcedo are the obvious favorites to win the Pac-12. | |
| 4 |  |
Indiana | The Hoosiers are going to miss Eriq Zavaleta, who netted 18 goals in 2012, but they will make another run. | |
| 5 |  |
Georgetown | Brandon Allen and Steve Neumann are two of the best players in the country and the Hoyas will ride them to a Big East title. | |
| 6 |  |
Creighton | Creighton made another nice run in the tournament. The Big East will be different, but this group is used to tough games. | |
| 7 |  |
Virginia | Will Bates is gone, but Virginia has young talent ready to step up and fill the massive void. | |
| 8 |  |
Wake Forest | Coach Jay Vidovich has more than enough talent to put last year’s disappointing tournament behind them. | |
| 9 |  |
Marquette | Striker C. Nortey is back to provide another scoring option to a Marquette squad that returns a great defense. | |
| 10 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish will have to navigate a tough ACC schedule without Ryan Finley and Dillon Powers. | |
| 11 |  |
Connecticut | The Huskies return one of the best strikers in the country in Mamadou Doudou Diouf and keeper in Andre Blake. | |
| 12 |  |
Akron | There is a lot of talent to replace on Akron, but this group will once again reload. | |
| 13 |  |
Saint Louis | The building process at Saint Louis by Coach Mike McGinty should culminate in a great season. | |
| 14 |  |
Charlotte | A strong defense will keep Charlotte in every game as they adjust to life in Conference USA. Gentile will do the rest. | |
| 15 |  |
Michigan | The Wolverines had a strong finish to the 2012 campaign and they are more talented this time around. | |
| 16 |  |
Tulsa | Cristian Mata and Omar Mata lead a potent Tulsa offense who should be capable of another nice NCAA run. | |
| 17 |  |
Northwestern | After a nice showing in the NCAA Tournament, Northwestern and keeper Tyler Miller are ready to make another run. | |
| 18 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Everybody except the rest of the Big South is going to miss exciting striker Ashton Bennett. CCU will be fine though. | |
| 19 |  |
New Mexico | New Mexico will have a handful of long road trips now that they are in Conference USA, but it is good for the program. | |
| 20 |  |
St. John’s | The Red Storm have a tough schedule in the Big East, but they can remain competitive if a new scorer emerges. | |
| 21 |  |
Stanford | Stanford has the talent and experience on hand to quickly turnaround their disappointing 2012 campaign. | |
| 22 |  |
Michigan State | The spartans are notorius for getting off to slow starts. We will find out soon if it happens yet again. | |
| 23 |  |
Kentucky | With a strong defense and striker Tyler Riggs, Kentucky can make a run at a Conference USA title. | |
| 24 |  |
VCU | Coach Dave Giffard has built a solid program at VCU and now it is time to sustain that success. | |
| 25 |  |
Louisville | There are some big holes to fill, but the Cardinals have the talent to make another run to the quarterfinals. | |
