2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

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Three major human polls make up the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings: United Soccer Coaches, Top Drawer Soccer, and College Soccer News.

Contents

Legend

 Increase in ranking
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 New to rankings from previous week
Italics Number of first place votes
(#–#) Win-loss record
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

United Soccer Coaches

Source: [1]

Preseason
Jul 31
Week 1
Aug 26
Week 2
Sep 2
Week 3
Sep 9
Week 4
Sep 16
Week 5
Sep 23
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Final
1. Vermont (4)Vermont (2–0–0) (8)Stanford (4–0–0) (8)Indiana (5–0–1) (7)Wake Forest (4–0–2) (6)NC State (7–0–1)1.
2. Marshall (3)Marshall (1–0–0)Marshall (1–0–1)Clemson (3–0–1)NC State (5–0–1)Portland (5–0–1)2.
3. Ohio State (1)Pittsburgh (1–0–0)Clemson (2–0–1)Akron (4–0–1)Stanford (6–1–0)Indiana (6–1–1)3.
4. Denver Stanford (2–0–0)Indiana (3–0–1)Wake Forest (3–0–1) (1)Portland (4–0–1) (1)Marshall (3–0–3)4.
5. SMU Wake Forest (1–0–0)NC State (3–0–0)NC State (3–0–1)Indiana (5–1–1) (1)Michigan (5–0–2)5.
6. Wake Forest Clemson (0–0–1)West Virginia (2–0–1) Louisville (4–0–0)Marshall (2–0–3)Stanford (7–1–1)6.
7. Pittsburgh Indiana (1–0–1)Wake Forest (2–0–1)Gardner-Webb (5–0–0)Saint Louis (3–1–2)Vermont (6–0–3)7.
8. UMass NC State (2–0–0)Virginia Tech (2–0–1)Stanford (4–1–0)Michigan (4–0–2)Saint Louis (4–1–3)8.
9. Clemson Duke (2–0–0)Vermont (2–0–2)Portland (4–0–0)Vermont (4–0–3)High Point (5–0–2)9.
10. San Diego West Virginia (2–0–0)Pittsburgh (2–1–0)Marshall (1–0–2)Akron (5–1–1)West Virginia (5–1–1)10.
11. Indiana Virginia (2–0–0)Akron (2–0–1)UNC Greensboro (4–0–1)High Point (4–0–2)San Diego (6–1–2)11.
12. Dayton Virginia Tech (2–0–0)UNC Greensboro (3–0–1)High Point (3–0–1)Louisville (5–1–0) Virginia (5–1–1)12.
13. Stanford High Point (2–0–0)Gardner-Webb (3–0–0)Vermont (3–0–2)West Virginia (4–1–1)Wake Forest (4–1–3)13.
14. NC State Oregon State (2–0–0)Duke (2–0–1)Virginia Tech (2–0–2)Clemson (3–1–2)Bryant (7–0–1)14.
15. Duke North Carolina (2–0–0)High Point (2–0–1)West Virginia (3–1–1) Furman (3–0–3)Gardner-Webb (7–1–0)15.
16. West Virginia Akron (2–0–0) Saint Louis (2–0–1)Utah Valley (5–0–0)Utah Valley (6–0–0)Duke (3–0–3)16.
17. Virginia California (2–0–0)Kentucky (2–0–1) Bryant (4–0–1)Bryant (5–0–1)UNC Greensboro (5–1–1)17.
18. Kansas City Kentucky (1–0–0) Utah Valley (4–0–0)Kentucky (2–0–1)Gardner-Webb (5–1–0)Kentucky (4–0–2)18.
19. Penn Kansas City (0–0–1)Florida Atlantic (3–0–0)Duke (2–0–2)Duke (2–0–3)Georgia Southern (6–0–1)19.
20. Western Michigan Gardner-Webb (2–0–0)UMass (3–0–1) San Francisco (4–1–0)UC Irvine (4–0–1) Marist (5–0–2)20.
21. Akron Denver (1–1–0)Penn (1–0–0)North Carolina (3–1–1)UNC Greensboro (4–1–1) Notre Dame (4–1–2)21.
22. Cornell Florida Atlantic (2–0–0) South Florida (2–0–2) UC Irvine (2–0–1)Kentucky (3–0–2) Connecticut (6–0–3)22.
23. Hofstra UNC Greensboro (2–0–0)т George Mason (1–1–0)Cornell (2–0–0)San Diego (4–1–2) Maryland (5–0–1)23.
24. Missouri State Missouri State (1–0–0)т Portland (2–0–0)Saint Louis (3–1–1)Cornell (3–1–0) Bucknell (4–1–2)24.
25. Georgetown Dayton (1–0–1) Michigan (3–0–1)San Diego (3–1–1) Georgia Southern (5–0–1)George Mason (3–2–1)25.
Preseason
Jul 31
Week 1
Aug 26
Week 2
Sep 2
Week 3
Sep 9
Week 4
Sep 16
Week 5
Sep 23
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Final
Dropped:
  • No. 3 Ohio State
  • No. 5 SMU
  • No. 8 UMass
  • No. 10 San Diego
  • No. 19 Penn
  • No. 20 Western Michigan
  • No. 22 Cornell
  • No. 23 Hofstra
  • No. 25 Georgetown
Dropped:
  • No. 11 Virginia
  • No. 14 Oregon State
  • No. 15 North Carolina
  • No. 17 California
  • No. 19 Kansas City
  • No. 21 Denver
  • No. 24 Missouri State
  • No. 25 Dayton
Dropped:
  • No. 10 Pittsburgh
  • No. 19 Florida Atlantic
  • No. 20 UMass
  • No. 21 Penn
  • No. 22 South Florida
  • No. 23 George Mason
  • No. 25 Michigan
Dropped:
  • No. 14 Virginia Tech
  • No. 20 San Francisco
  • No. 21 North Carolina
Dropped:
  • No. 10 Akron
  • No. 12 Louisville
  • No. 14 Clemson
  • No. 15 Furman
  • No. 16 Utah Valley
  • No. 20 UC Irvine
  • No. 24 Cornell
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Top Drawer Soccer

Source: [2]

Preseason
Aug 18 [3]
Week 1
Aug 24 [4]
Week 2
Sep 1 [5]
Week 3
Sep 8 [6]
Week 4
Sep 15 [7]
Week 5
Sep 22 [8]
Week 6
Sep 29 [9]
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Final
1. Vermont Vermont (2–0–0)Stanford (4–0–0)Clemson (3–0–1)Wake Forest (4–0–2)NC State (7–0–1)NC State (7–0–2)1.
2. Wake Forest Wake Forest (1–0–0)Clemson (2–0–1)Indiana (5–0–1)NC State (5–0–1)Marshall (3–0–3)Stanford (9–1–1)2.
3. Denver Stanford (2–0–0)Indiana (4–0–1)Wake Forest (3–0–1)Furman (4–0–3)Virginia (5–1–1)Portland (7–0–1)3.
4. Ohio State Pittsburgh (1–0–0)Marshall (1–0–2) Louisville (4–0–0)Stanford (6–1–0)Michigan (5–0–2)Vermont (7–0–3)4.
5. Pittsburgh Marshall (1–0–0)Vermont (2–0–2)Virginia Tech (2–0–2)Marshall (2–0–3)Indiana (6–1–1) Georgia Southern (8–0–1)5.
6. Marshall Denver (1–1–0)Wake Forest (3–0–1)Marshall (1–0–2)Clemson (3–1–2)Stanford (7–1–1)Bryant (9–0–1)6.
7. SMU Clemson (0–0–1)Virginia Tech (2–0–2)Stanford (4–1–0)Virginia (4–1–1)Wake Forest (4–1–3)Furman (5–1–3)7.
8. Dayton Duke (2–0–0)Duke (2–0–2) Gardner-Webb (5–0–0) Michigan (4–0–2)Portland (6–0–1)Virginia (5–1–2)8.
9. San Diego West Virginia (1–0–0)Furman (3–0–2)Furman (3–0–2)Indiana (5–1–1)Vermont (6–0–3)Duke (5–0–3)9.
10. Stanford Indiana (1–0–1)Cornell (2–0–0)Vermont (3–0–2)Portland (5–0–1)Furman (4–1–3)Clemson (5–2–2)10.
11. Clemson Virginia (2–0–0)NC State (3–0–1)Duke (2–0–2)Vermont (4–0–3)Bryant (7–0–1)Marshall (3–1–4)11.
12. Cornell Cornell (0–0–0)Pittsburgh (2–1–0) Portland (5–0–0)Louisville (5–1–0)Gardner-Webb (7–1–0)Michigan (5–1–2)12.
13. Kansas City NC State (2–0–0)San Diego (3–1–1)Cornell (2–0–0)Akron (5–1–1)West Virginia (5–1–1)Indiana (7–2–1)13.
14. Georgetown Dayton (1–0–1)West Virginia (2–1–1)Akron (4–0–1) Bryant (5–0–1)San Diego (6–1–2)Wake Forest (5–2–3)14.
15. Duke Kansas City (0–0–1)Denver (2–3–0)NC State (3–0–1)Gardner-Webb (5–1–0)San Francisco (5–1–1)West Virginia (6–1–2)15.
16. West Virginia Virginia Tech (2–0–0)Ohio State (2–2–0)San Diego (3–1–1)West Virginia (4–1–1)Duke (3–0–3)High Point (6–0–3)16.
17. Virginia Ohio State (0–1–0) Akron (4–0–1) San Francisco (4–1–0)Virginia Tech (2–1–3)Clemson (4–2–2)Maryland (6–0–2)17.
18. Indiana Saint Louis (1–0–1)Saint Louis (2–1–1)SMU (3–2–1)San Diego (4–1–2) Connecticut (6–0–3)Georgetown (6–2–2)18.
19. NC State SMU (0–1–1)Kansas City (2–1–2)UNC Greensboro (4–0–1)Saint Louis (3–1–2)High Point (5–0–2)Cornell (5–1–0)19.
20. Furman Furman (1–0–1)SMU (3–1–1)West Virginia (3–1–1)San Francisco (4–1–1)Cornell (4–1–0)Akron (7–2–1)20.
21. Penn Penn (0–0–0)Penn (1–0–1)Pittsburgh (3–2–0)Duke (2–0–3)Saint Louis (4–1–3)San Diego (6–1–3)21.
22. Missouri State Missouri State (1–0–0)UNC Greensboro (3–0–1)Saint Louis (3–1–1)Utah Valley (5–0–0)Louisville (5–2–0) Kentucky (5–0–3)22.
23. UNC Greensboro UNC Greensboro (2–0–0) George Mason (2–1–0)George Mason (2–2–0)High Point (4–0–2)Akron (5–2–1)Gardner-Webb (8–1–1)23.
24. High Point High Point (1–0–0)Virginia (3–1–1)Virginia (3–1–1)Cornell (3–1–0)Maryland (5–0–1)Saint Louis (5–2–3)24.
25. Western Michigan San Diego (0–1–1) South Florida (2–0–3) Utah Valley (5–0–0) Maryland (4–0–1)Utah Valley (6–0–1)Utah Valley (6–0–1)25.
Preseason
Aug 18 [10]
Week 1
Aug 24 [11]
Week 2
Sep 1 [12]
Week 3
Sep 8 [13]
Week 4
Sep 15 [14]
Week 5
Sep 22 [15]
Week 6
Sep 29 [16]
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Final
Dropped:
  • No. 14 Georgetown
  • No. 25 Western Michigan
Dropped:
  • No. 14 Dayton
  • No. 22 Missouri State
  • No. 24 High Point
Dropped:
  • No. 15 Denver
  • No. 16 Ohio State
  • No. 19 Kansas City
  • No. 21 Penn
  • No. 25 South Florida
Dropped:
  • No. 18 SMU
  • No. 19 UNC Greensboro
  • No. 21 Pittsburgh
  • No. 23 George Mason
Dropped:
No. 17 Virginia Tech
Dropped:
  • No. 15 San Francisco
  • No. 18 Connecticut
  • No. 22 Louisville
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College Soccer News

Preseason
Aug 11 [17]
Week 1
Aug 26 [18]
Week 2
Sep 2 [19]
Week 3
Sep 8 [20]
Week 4
Sep 15 [21]
Week 5
Sep 22 [22]
Week 6
Sep 29 [23]
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Final
1. Marshall Marshall (1–0–0)Marshall (1–0–1)Clemson (3–0–1)NC State (5–0–1)NC State (7–0–1)NC State (7–0–2)1.
2. Vermont Vermont (2–0–0)Stanford (4–0–0)Indiana (5–0–1)Marshall (2–0–3)Vermont (6–0–3)Vermont (7–0–3)2.
3. Denver Pittsburgh (1–0–0)Vermont (2–0–2)Marshall (1–0–2)Indiana (5–1–1)Marshall (3–0–3)Stanford (9–1–1)3.
4. Wake Forest Wake Forest (1–0–0)Clemson (2–0–1)Stanford (4–1–0)Vermont (4–0–3)Indiana (6–1–1)Portland (7–0–1)4.
5. Pittsburgh Denver (1–1–0)Indiana (4–0–1)Vermont (3–0–2)Wake Forest (4–0–2)Stanford (7–1–1)Indiana (7–2–1)5.
6. SMU Stanford (2–0–0)Wake Forest (2–0–1)Wake Forest (3–0–1)Clemson (3–1–2)Portland (6–0–1)Maryland (6–0–2)6.
7. Clemson Clemson (0–0–1)Pittsburgh (2–2–0)NC State (3–0–1)Stanford (6–1–0)Michigan (5–0–2)West Virginia (6–1–2)7.
8. Georgetown West Virginia (1–0–0)NC State (3–0–0)Akron (4–0–1)Akron (5–1–1)Clemson (4–2–2)Marshall (3–1–4)8.
9. Ohio State Indiana (1–0–1)West Virginia (2–1–1)Pittsburgh (3–2–0)Furman (4–0–3)Maryland (5–0–1)High Point (6–0–3)9.
10. Stanford Duke (2–0–0)Duke (2–0–1)Duke (2–0–2)Portland (5–0–1)Saint Louis (4–1–3)Michigan (5–1–2)10.
11. West Virginia SMU (0–1–1) Virginia Tech (2–0–1)West Virginia (3–1–1)Saint Louis (3–1–2)Wake Forest (4–1–3)Bryant (9–0–1)11.
12. Indiana NC State (2–0–0) Akron (3–0–1)Virginia Tech (2–0–2)Maryland (4–0–1)Akron (5–2–1)Virginia (5–1–2)12.
13. Duke Ohio State (0–1–0)Denver (2–2–0)Cornell (2–0–0)West Virginia (4–1–1)High Point (5–0–2)Duke (5–0–3)13.
14. Dayton Dayton (1–0–1)Cornell (2–0–0)UNC Greensboro (4–0–1)High Point (4–0–2)West Virginia (5–1–1)Clemson (5–2–2)14.
15. San Diego Georgetown (0–2–0) Saint Louis (2–1–1)Saint Louis (3–1–1)Duke (2–0–3)Furman (4–1–3)Saint Louis (5–2–3)15.
16. NC State Kansas City (0–0–1)Ohio State (2–1–0) Gardner-Webb (5–0–0)Gardner-Webb (5–1–0)Gardner-Webb (7–1–0)Akron (7–2–1)16.
17. Missouri State Missouri State (1–0–0)Kansas City (2–0–2)Maryland (3–0–1)Louisville (5–1–0)Duke (3–0–3)UNC Greensboro (6–1–1)17.
18. Hofstra UMass (1–0–1) UNC Greensboro (3–0–1)High Point (3–0–1)UNC Greensboro (4–1–1)Byrant (7–0–1)San Diego (6–1–3)18.
19. UMass San Diego (0–1–1) High Point (2–0–1)Furman (3–0–2)Cornell (3–1–0)UNC Greensboro (5–1–1)Furman (5–1–3)19.
20. Western Michigan Virginia (2–0–0)Maryland (2–0–1)Penn (1–0–1) Michigan (4–0–2)Virginia (5–1–1)Gardner-Webb (8–1–1)20.
21. Penn North Carolina (2–0–0)Penn (1–0–1) Louisville (4–0–0)Virginia Tech (2–1–3)San Diego (6–1–2)Cornell (5–1–0)21.
22. Kansas City Cornell (0–0–0)Dayton (1–1–2) Portland (5–0–0)Pittsburgh (3–3–0)Cornell (4–1–0) Georgia Southern (8–0–1)22.
23. Cornell Hofstra (1–1–0)North Carolina (3–1–0)Kansas City (2–1–2)San Diego (4–1–2) Notre Dame (4–1–2)Wake Forest (5–2–3)23.
24. UCLA Penn (0–0–0)Missouri State (2–1–0)Denver (2–3–0) Bryant (5–0–1)Louisville (5–2–0)Notre Dame (5–2–2)24.
25. Washington Maryland (1–0–0) Furman (3–0–2)Ohio State (2–2–0)Virginia (4–1–1) Connecticut (6–0–3) Princeton (6–1–0)25.
Preseason
Aug 11 [24]
Week 1
Aug 26 [25]
Week 2
Sep 2 [26]
Week 3
Sep 8 [27]
Week 4
Sep 15 [28]
Week 5
Sep 22 [29]
Week 6
Sep 29 [30]
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Final
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Western Michigan
  • No. 24 UCLA
  • No. 25 Washington
Dropped:
  • No. 11 SMU
  • No. 15 Georgetown
  • No. 18 UMass
  • No. 19 San Diego
  • No. 20 Virginia
  • No. 23 Hofstra
Dropped:
  • No. 22 Dayton
  • No. 23 North Carolina
  • No. 24 Missouri State
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Penn
  • No. 23 Kansas City
  • No. 24 Denver
  • No. 25 Ohio State
Dropped:
  • No. 21 Virginia Tech
  • No. 22 Pittsburgh
Dropped:
  • No. 24 Louisville
  • No. 25 Connecticut
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