List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

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2016 NCAA Division I
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This is a week-by-week listing of the NCAA Division I teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), the most widely recognized national collegiate soccer ranking system in the U.S. Several weeks prior to the season and each week during the playing season, the 206 Division I teams are voted on by a panel of 24 coaches from the division during a weekly conference call, with the rankings then announced early on Tuesday afternoon (Eastern Time). The poll has no bearing on the selections for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and the coaches association states: "The NSCAA College Rankings are an indicator of week-to-week status of qualified programs and in no way should be used as a guide or indicator of eligibility for championship selection." [1]

First place votes received in parentheses; rv = received votes. Source = [2]

SchoolPreseasonWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Final Poll
Stanford 1 (20)15242523rvrv161299851 (21)
Wake Forest 52121121411117222222 (3)
Denver 20131188875546443
North Carolina 83 (3)3 (2)2 (3)944833410104
Clemson 3 (2)2 (3)2 (5)67553853 (1)335
Louisville rvrv1398413710976
Maryland 475 (1)41 (11)1 (22)1 (22)1 (21)1 (23)1 (24)1 (23)1 (24)1 (24)7
Virginia Tech rv152319181815232323rvrv8
Indiana 1554346697108769
Providence 2522rv10
Syracuse 66652 (11)33106676811
Washington rvrvrv161622171611141412
Virginia 1712171716rvrv21161717171613
Notre Dame 94 (1)1 (15)1 (21)3 (2)2 (2)2 (2)2 (3)41216201514
Creighton 7814141210106101824252315
Charlotte 22199951417149855916
Albany rvrvrvrv2117
Butler rv1910107911191518151118
UMass Lowell rv24192218141913111219
Florida Gulf Coast rvrv151212112022212020
Loyola Chicago rv1817121413151114131721
SIUE 22
Kentucky 171621rv201520181412191823
Akron 2 (2)1 (16)10161523232322rvrvrv2424
Michigan State 22252119201315121325
New Mexico rv21rvrvrvrvrvrvrv22rv
UCLA 16987613191724rvrvrvrvrv
Pacific rvrvrvrvrvrvrvrvrv
South Carolina 24rvrvrvrvrv25rvrvrv
San Diego State 23131111221325rv22211619rv
Vermont rv23rvrvrvrvrvrv
Dartmouth rvrvrvrvrvrvrvrvrv
Boston College 11112515rvrvrvrvrvrv25rvrv
Wisconsin rvrv24201825rv
Utah Valley rv1812191821rvrv21211923rv
Portland rvrvrvrvrvrvrv
Coastal Carolina 21rvrvrv
Rider rvrv22rvrvrvrvrvrvrvrvrv
South Florida 19rvrvrvrvrvrvrv
Tulsa rvrv
East Tennessee State rvrvrvrv
Radford rv20182420rvrvrv25rvrvrvrv
Mercer rvrv
Colgate rvrvrvrvrv
Buffalo rvrvrvrvrvrv
Loyola Maryland rv
American rvrv20rvrvrvrvrvrvrv
Seattle U 1416rvrvrvrv
Harvard rvrv
Villanova rvrv
North Florida rvrvrvrvrv
UNC Wilmington rv2420rvrvrv
New Hampshire rv25rvrv
Connecticut rv14rvrvrv24rvrv
Hofstra rvrvrvrvrvrv
UC Santa Barbara 131071325rv
Bowling Green rv
West Virginia rv1724rv
Xavier rvrvrv
Delaware rv22rvrvrvrv
William & Mary rvrvrv
California rv22rvrvrvrv
San Diego rvrv
FIU 23rv
Elon rvrvrvrv
Gonzaga rv20
Old Dominion rvrv
Brown rv
Marist rv
NC State rvrv
Temple rv
Duke rv
SMU 1225rv
Penn State rvrv
Saint Louis rvrv
Oregon State rv
Georgetown 1024
Ohio State 18rv
Rutgers 25rv
Western Michigan rv
Lipscomb rv
Oral Roberts rv
Dayton rv
Boston University rv
VCU rv
Cal Poly rv
Santa Clara rv

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References

  1. "About Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  2. "College Rankings  » NCAA DI MEN Ranking". NSCAA.com. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.