9/23 Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
September 24, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Creighton | Creighton is in a tough stretch of games, but it got off to a good start against St. John’s. MSU and G’town await. | 3 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish got another conference draw, this time at Boston College. This week they face Duke at home. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
North Carolina | It took overtime for UNC to win 1-0 at Campbell and they followed it up with a 0-0 draw at Virginia Tech. | 1 |
| 4 |  |
Georgetown | The Hoyas have now won four in a row. We’ll see if they stay hot on Saturday against Creighton. | 6 |
| 5 |  |
California | Behind defender Steve Birnbaum and forward Stefano Bonomo, Cal netted six goals in two games last week. | 15 |
| 6 |  |
Washington | The Huskies netted five goals against Florida Gulf Coast, but drew Georgia State 1-1 on Sunday night. | 10 |
| 7 |  |
St. John’s | Following three straight 1-0 wins, the Red Storm were on the wrong side of that score line against Creighton. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Akron | With a 1-0 win over Bowling Green, Akron has begun another run at yet another MAC title. | 7 |
| 9 |  |
Connecticut | Uconn suffered another loss last week, falling 1-0 to Syracuse. They did follow it up with a nice win over St. Louis. | 4 |
| 10 |  |
UCLA | Splitting against UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge on the road is a pretty good week. | 5 |
| 11 |  |
Louisville | Louisville should get a couple more wins this week against SIUE and Temple. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Maryland | Thanks to two goals by Patrick Mullins and one by Schillo Tshuma, Maryland got a huge win at Clemson. | 13 |
| 13 |  |
Tulsa | Cristian Mata netted three goals last week as Tulsa beat Hartwick 3-2 and Valparaiso 4-0. | 16 |
| 14 |  |
Wake Forest | A win over Pittsburgh puts Wake Forest at 3-0-0 in ACC play. The perfection could end against North Carolina. | 9 |
| 15 |  |
Cal State Northridge | Following a win against UNLV, the Matadors finally suffered a blemish on their resume with a loss to UCLA. | 19 |
| 16 |  |
Saint Louis | Saint Louis’ attempt at a comeback fell short against Connecticut. In two weeks they play Creighton and VCU. | 12 |
| 17 |  |
New Mexico | Now with two losses in a row, New Mexico’s offense needs to step up if they do not want to make it three. | 11 |
| 18 |  |
VCU | The Rams have had an extremely tough schedule and the next three games are against Wake, UVA and St. Louis. | 18 |
| 19 |  |
UMBC | UMBC are now a perfect 7-0-0 and they got a nice 3-1 win at a very good Loyola (MD) squad. | 25 |
| 20 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Keeper Devin Cook had a great outing for Coastal Carolina in their 1-0 over VCU. | 17 |
| 21 |  |
Furman | In their last four games, Furman has outscored the opposition 15-0. Watch out Gardner-Webb and James Madison. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Indiana | The early season losing skid seems to be behind the Hoosiers. This week they start Big Ten play against Ohio State. | 20 |
| 23 |  |
Clemson | The ACC slate finally gave Clemson their first loss of the year. We’ll see how they respond at Virginia Tech. | 21 |
| 24 |  |
Stanford | Stanford keeps tallying wins, but none of great quality. However, they can get a good win this week at UCSB. | 23 |
| 25 |  |
UAB | UAB drew Charlotte a couple weeks back in their conference opener. They will look for a win at Kentucky. | 24 |
