9/1 Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
September 2, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
UCLA | With wins at Wake Forest and North Carolina, the Bruins move into the top spot. They play at UNM this week. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish knocked off Marquette and tied Georgetown 0-0 in Bloomington. It was a decent enough start. | 1 |
| 3 |  |
Washington | Washington cruised past Gonzaga 4-0 on the road. This week they come home to face Seattle and St. Mary’s. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Virginia | It took overtime for UVA to get past a very good Old Dominion team. This week they head to the Tulsa Tournament. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Louisville | Louisville held on to beat Maryland 1-0 in their opener. Next up is another home game against Cornell. | 7 |
| 6 |  |
New Mexico | UNM picked up a great win over Akron on Friday night. This week they can pick up another big win against UCLA. | 10 |
| 7 |  |
North Carolina | North Carolina picked up a great 3-1 win over California, but fell to UCLA 1-0. ODU and VCU are next. | 6 |
| 8 |  |
Maryland | The Terps lost a tough 1-0 game to Louisville. It won’t get any easier with Coastal Carolina and UMBC up next. | 5 |
| 9 |  |
Georgetown | The Hoyas started off with a couple draws, but that is not bad when the opposition is Indiana and Notre Dame. | 8 |
| 10 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans have yet to allow a goal through two games, beating SMU 1-0 and Florida International 3-0. | 15 |
| 11 |  |
Penn State | Penn State slipped past Oakland 1-0, but dominated St. John’s on Sunday with a 3-0 victory. | 17 |
| 12 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina looked pretty good in a 3-2 win over Uconn. Next up is Maryland and Charlotte. | 19 |
| 13 |  |
Akron | The Zips fell at New Mexico 1-0 in a hard fought game. Next up they head South to play USF and FGCU. | 12 |
| 14 |  |
Connecticut | A 3-2 loss to Coastal Carolina proved that Connecticut has some work to do defensively. | 13 |
| 15 |  |
UMBC | UMBC will face their first tough test on Frida when they head to Maryland to take on the Terrapins. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
Stanford | The Cardinal lost their opener 2-0, but eventually, after overtime and a long lightning delay, beat Omaha 2-1. | 9 |
| 17 |  |
Marquette | The tough opening games for Marquette ended with two losses. They should get some wins this week. | 11 |
| 18 |  |
Wake Forest | It was a tough week for Wake, losing 3-1 to UCLA and 4-1 to Cal. This team can be good, but work needs to be done. | 14 |
| 19 |  |
UAB | UAB has a couple tough games coming up at the Tulsa Classic. They will face CSUN and Virginia this weekend. | 22 |
| 20 |  |
California | Cal helped ease the pain of their 3-1 loss to UNC by crushing Wake Forest 4-1. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Clemson | Clemson knocked off Radford 1-0. This week they play South Carolina before heading west to play SDSU and Irvine. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Northwestern | Northwestern’s defense looked great against Quinnipiac and Hofstra. The offense netted five goals too. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Duke | Duke tied a very good LMU squad before sneaking past Elon with a 1-0 win. Next up is a trip to SMU. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
UC Santa Barbara | There are some concerns at UCSB following their 3-0 loss to Furman, but its not like the team was completely outplayed. | 23 |
| 25 |  |
Creighton | Creighton beat Stanford 2-0 on Friday and got another good win on Sunday against Santa Clara. | NR |
