By JOHN BOSCHINI
A pair of big-time ACC match-ups highlight a jam-packed weekend of NCAA action, with 21 of the top 25 schools in action.
Later today, No. 9 Maryland looks to rebound from their early loss to Michigan State by traveling to fifth-ranked Boston College. Also playing tonight, No. 3 Tulsa welcomes unranked Western Illinois.
Saturday sees two match ups between top-10 teams. At 7pm, defending national champion Virginia, currently ranked No. 2, travels south to Durham, NC to take on the #8 Duke Blue Devils. 30 minutes later the No. 6 Harvard Crimson kick off against #10 Connecticut. It's an early test for two teams that are easily the favorites in their respective conferences. Also on Saturday, Akron will travel to Bowling Green in an attempt to retain their top ranking.
No. 22 Drake and No. 18 Indiana clash at 11:30am on Sunday morning to round out the weekend.
Here is the weekend's schedule of top college matches to watch:
NCAA TOP 25 SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
St. Peters at #7 Monmouth, 3:00
Cal Poly at #18 Indiana, 5:00
St. Mary's at #19 California, 7:00
Fordham at #13 Louisville, 7:00
#9 Maryland at #5 Boston College, 7:00
#4 North Carolina at North Carolina State, 7:00
Clemson at #12 Wake Forest, 7:00
Bucknell at #15 Penn State, 7:30
#22 Drake at Notre Dame, 7:30
Farleigh Dickinson at #25 St. John's, 8:00
Western Illinois at #3 Tulsa, 8:35
#20 Georgetown at New Mexico, 9:00
Davidson at #21 UC-Santa Barbara, 10:00
Saturday
#1 Akron at Bowling Green, 1:00
#2 Virginia at #8 Duke, 7:00
#6 Harvard at #10 Connecticut, 7:30
Depaul at #24 Creighton, 8:00
Sunday
#22 Drake at #18 Indiana, 11:30 a.m.
Appalachian State at #13 Louisville, 1:00
#7 Monmouth at American University, 1:00
#20 Georgetown vs. Denver, 1:00
Niagara at #23 Michigan State, 2:30
SIU-Edwardsville at #3 Tulsa
#4 North Carolina at San Diego State, 4:30
UNLV at #19 California, 5:00
Davidson at #17 UCLA, 6:00
Boston University at #25 St. John's, 8:00
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What do you think about this weekend's games?
Share your thoughts below.
sooo…..what happened to the 2 games #16 portland is playing this weekend? one of which is against UNM, is that why you don’t have them posted? what do you have against UNM? come on ives get with it.
UNM so far this season:
exh- UNM 3, #3 Tulsa 2
exh- missouri state 0, UNM 1
exh- FT lewis 1, UNM 2
#25(at the time)st. louis 1, UNM 2
#5(at the time)UCSB 1, UNM 1
#20 Georgetown 1, UNM 3
how about some love ives? or does a school have to be on one of the coasts to get ANY attention at all? how about our 4500 in attendance last night?
Sorry to report the Pack fell to the dreaded “Tarholes” 1-0 at Dail Stadium. It was SRO. Wish I had the attendance figures. Fantastic atmosphere. Even the marching band was there. Incredible.
Cal lost in a very uhhh very exciting manner…. lol
With our football team being a disgrace hopefully the lobo soccer team will continue to perform well and maybe gain some support!
Go lobos!
Come on you Lobos!
Ives, no love for the “TLC Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Invitational”?
It really is a good tournament with The University of New Mexico, Georgetown, Portland and Denver competing – all of which are ranked in the top 40.
yes much appreciated indeed.
Any of these games televised?
#20 Georgetown plays New Mexico today at 9PM eastern. http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-soccer/sched/gu-m-soccer-sched.html
Virginia for the repeat! And thank you to SBI for your expanded coverage of college soccer this year, it is very much appreciated.
got to hand it to Davidson. they play in a pretty tough Southern Conference but also add an out of conference road trip to face UCSB and UCLA.
Go Wolfpack!