9/29 Men’s Soccer Top 25 Rankings
September 29, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Notre Dame | With a quality win over North Carolina, Notre Dame should prove to be the team to beat in the ACC. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
Washington | The Huskies slipped past Portland in their only game of the week. Pac-12 play begins this weekend. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
UCLA | The Bruins lost to San Diego and Friday, but picked up a nice 3-0 win against CSUN. Pac-12 play starts this week. | 1 |
| 4 |  |
Louisville | With wins against Kentucky and Pitt, Louisville is now 5-1-1 on the year. This week they face Ohio State and NC State. | 7 |
| 5 |  |
UC Irvine | The Anteaters are cruising along nicely, but the fun begins this week when Big West play begins. | 9 |
| 6 |  |
Penn State | Penn State netted six goals against Penn and came away from Ann Arbor with a tight 1-0 win. | 11 |
| 7 |  |
New Mexico | New Mexico has to dig themselves out of a hole after losing their conferene opener at Charlotte. | 4 |
| 8 |  |
Creighton | The Bluejays won their conference opener at Villanova and will look for a 2-0 start against Seton Hall. | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Virginia | It was a rough week for UVA, who lost to Davidson and Syracuse. This week they face James Madison and Pitt. | 6 |
| 10 |  |
Syracuse | The Orange picked up a massive win against Virginia on Saturday. This team knows how to win 1-0. | 21 |
| 11 |  |
North Carolina | The Tar Heels are off to a tough start in ACC play, but going home should help. They do travel to Wilmington first. | 5 |
| 12 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans beat Bowling Green mid-week, but the offense sputtered in a 0-0 tie at home against Rutgers. | 8 |
| 13 |  |
Georgetown | Georgetown has a big week coming up. Before hosting Marquette on Saturday, they head to Maryland. | 12 |
| 14 |  |
Stanford | The Cardinal have outscored their opponents 15-4 during their current six game winning streak. | 13 |
| 15 |  |
California | With six wins in a row, Cal hopes to take that momentum with them to Washington and Oregon State. | 14 |
| 16 |  |
Marquette | Marquette has now won five games in a row. Their Big East opener comes on the road against Georgetown. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Saint Louis | Saint Louis heads to Indiana before kicking off A-10 play against St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon. | 16 |
| 18 |  |
Indiana | The Hoosiers Big Ten record moved to 1-1-1 following a draw against Northwestern. | 15 |
| 19 |  |
George Mason | George Mason has a couple interesting tests this week at Navy and VCU. The win over UMBC was not bad either. | 19 |
| 20 |  |
Charlotte | The 49ers had a huge CUSA opening win against New Mexico. This week they head to South Carolina. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Delaware | With the level of competition easing up again, Delaware got back to their dominating ways. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
American | American began conference play with a surprising loss at Lehigh. They also tied Hartford earlier in the week. | 18 |
| 23 |  |
Denver | Denver started conference play with a 4-0 win over ORU. That should be about the average score in Summit play. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
UAB | With a 3-2 win at FIU, UAB is 1-0 in conference play. After a trip to Akron, the Blazers host Kentucky this week. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina won a couple games last week, but the defense still has a long way to go. | 23 |
