10/28 Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
October 29, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
California | In their lone game last week, California suffered their first loss of the season. And it came against San Diego. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | Like Cal, the Irish also suffered their first loss of the season last week, falling 2-0 at home against Virginia. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Washington | The busy Huskies tied UCLA at home, beat San Diego State on the road and lost at UCLA. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
UCLA | UCLA knocked off Washington, handing the Huskies their first loss of the year. This week they head to the Bay Area. | 7 |
| 5 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown’s victory at Marquette opened up the Big East title race. The hoyas can get a step closer at St. John’s. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
UMBC | UMBC failed to find the back of the net in Binghamton. However, they are still 3-0-2 in conference play. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Maryland | With a nice road win at Syracuse, Maryland is within striking distance of an ACC title. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Louisville | Louisville is sitting on top of the AAC with a 5-1-1 record and finishes up the regular season against South Florida. | 4 |
| 9 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina has won 11 games in a row. A trip to Elon may put an end to their impressive run. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Wake Forest | Wake Forest’s offense is on a roll. They will need to stay hot to take down Notre Dame on Saturday. | 12 |
| 11 |  |
Cal State Northridge | The Matadors suffered their second conference loss at the hands of UC Irvine. The Big West South race got closer. | 9 |
| 12 |  |
Akron | Akron can get a big boost with their non-conference games. This week they head to Michigan, with Penn State later. | 10 |
| 13 |  |
Penn State | With their 2-1 win over Northwestern, Penn State moved to 5-0-0 in the Big Ten and already won the title. | 21 |
| 14 |  |
UAB | The Blazers are eyeing a regular season C-USA title, but they have to go through New Mexico first. | 16 |
| 15 |  |
Connecticut | Connecticut can finish 4-0-4 in American play if they win their season finale at SMU on Saturday. | 24 |
| 16 |  |
Furman | Furman suffered a bit of a letdown following their huge win over Elon by falling 2-0 at Georgia State. | 13 |
| 17 |  |
Virginia | Virginia reappears in the top 25 after a massive 2-0 victory over previously unbeaten Notre Dame. | NR |
| 18 |  |
Northwestern | The Wildcats fell to Penn State and are just 1-2-1 in Big Ten play. They get to stay home for a while at least. | 14 |
| 19 |  |
Clemson | The Tigers nearly let Boston College back into the game, but they held on to win 3-2. This week it’s Syracuse. | 18 |
| 20 |  |
Creighton | Creighton’s slide appeared to come to an end with a win at Butler, but they lost on Saturday to Seton Hall. | 17 |
| 21 |  |
VCU | VCU made easy work of La Salle, a team who is making some noise in A-10 play. They then lost to St. Joe’s. | 19 |
| 22 |  |
Saint Louis | The Billikens will have their work cut out for them in Louisville on Halloween night, but it’s a big opportunity. | 20 |
| 23 |  |
North Carolina | On the heels of a loss to UNC-Wilmington, North Carolina at least squeezed out a victory over winless Pittsburgh. | 15 |
| 24 |  |
Marquette | Marquette’s 0-0 draw at St. John’s and 1-0 loss to Georgetown are not horrible results. They can still win the BE. | 22 |
| 25 |  |
Michigan State | Following a decent 0-0 at Akron, Michigan State fell to a scrappy Wisconsin team on an unfortunate own goal. | 23 |
