9/15 Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
September 16, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Notre Dame | The Irish picked up a quality win at Syracuse and will have to earn a perfect start to ACC play with a trip to UVA next. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
North Carolina | The Tar Heels had no trouble with Pittsburgh in their ACC opener. They’ll look to move to 2-0-0 at Duke. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
UCLA | UCLA’s defense looked good, but the offense failed to score a goal over the weekend in a couple 0-0 draws. | 2 |
| 4 |  |
New Mexico | The Lobos rebounded from their loss to UCLA with wins at Cal State Northridge and San Diego. | 8 |
| 5 |  |
Washington | Washington looked very good over the weekend against Connecticut and Penn. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Virginia | Virginia has a couple huge home games this week, against VCU on Monday and Notre Dame on Sunday. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Louisville | Louisville lost to St. Louis 1-0, but dismantled Duke 5-0 in their ACC opener. | 6 |
| 8 |  |
Michigan State | Michigan State lost a tough game to Valparaiso, but beat a decent Loyola (IL) squad on Sunday. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Creighton | Creighton went on the road for the first time and suffered their first blemish of the year, a 1-1 draw at Tulsa. | 14 |
| 10 |  |
Penn State | Penn State hit the road and came away with a great conference opening win in Bloomington. | 11 |
| 11 |  |
Georgetown | Georgeotwn fell to VCU and tied UC Irvine last week. This week they head to Princeton and play on ESPNU. | 4 |
| 12 |  |
UC Irvine | The Anteaters took a trip out East and came away with a nice win over WVU and a tie at Georgetown. | 16 |
| 13 |  |
Stanford | Stanford picked up a nice win over UCSB and have another chance to pick up a big win against Delaware. | 15 |
| 14 |  |
Coastal Carolina | The Coastal Carolina defense has struggled this year and the offense did not have a good showing against Furman. | 12 |
| 15 |  |
Delaware | Delaware remains perfect, but they will be seriously tested this week with trips to California and Stanford. | 24 |
| 16 |  |
UMBC | UMBC lost a couple close games in Las Vegas against UNLV and Cal State Fullerton. | 13 |
| 17 |  |
California | We should learn much more about California this week when they host Delaware and SIUE. | 20 |
| 18 |  |
Maryland | It was another tough week for Maryland, who lost at Navy and tied Michigan. | 10 |
| 19 |  |
Marquette | After a couple early losses, Marquette have won three in a row and not allowed a single goal during that stretch. | 17 |
| 20 |  |
Wake Forest | The Demon Deacons have now won three games in a row. They’ll go for four and five against Davidson and VT. | 18 |
| 21 |  |
Indiana | The Hoosiers lost their Big Ten opener 1-0 against Penn State. This week they head to Rutgers. | 23 |
| 22 |  |
American | American followed up their great win over UCLA with relatively easily victories over Hartwick and Milwaukee. | NR |
| 23 |  |
George Mason | With victories over Milwaukee and Hartwick, George Mason has moved to a perfect 5-0-0 on the season. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Denver | The Pioneers rebounded with wins over Oakland and UNH after two losses the previous week. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Navy | Navy earned a surprise 2-1 win over Maryland are building a nice tournament resume. | NR |
