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After an impressive victory over another championship contender, it's no wonder that Louisville maintained its perch atop the Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25 rankings.
The Cardinals topped UCLA in an early-season battle of national powers to justify their preseason No. 1 spot. A number of teams traded places in the top 10 behind Louisville, but the only newcomer in the bunch is West Virginia, which split its games against ACC foes Virginia and Maryland and is emerging as a team that can compete with anyone.
William & Mary and South Florida each jumped four spots after wins over SMU and Wake Forest, respectively, and newcomers UNC Greensboro, Central Florida and Brown round out the rankings.
Here is the latest Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25:
FOX SOCCER/SBI NCAA TOP 25
1. (Last week, 1) Louisville (1-0)
2. (3) Akron (1-0)
3. (4) North Carolina (1-0)
4. (5) Maryland (2-0)
5. (2) UCLA (0-1)
6. (7) Creighton (1-0)
7. (8) UCONN (1-0)
8. (10) UCSB (1-0)
9. (6) SMU (0-1)
10. (15) West Virginia (1-1)
11. (12) Notre Dame (0-0-1)
12. (9) Duke (1-1)
13. (17) South Florida (1-0)
14. (11) Virginia (1-1)
15. (16) Indiana (0-0-1)
16. (18) Penn State (2-0)
17. (13) Ohio State (0-0-1)
18. (19) Boston College (2-0)
19. (23) William & Mary (1-0)
20. (14) Wake Forest (0-1)
21. (21) California (1-0)
22. (22) Monmouth (1-0)
23. (NR) UNC-Greensboro (1-0)
24. (NR) Central Florida (1-0)
25. (NR) Brown (0-0)
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What do you think of the rankings? Which teams surprised you or stood out for you in the opening week of the college season?
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UNC-G lost this week to ETSU…
(SBI-That came after the rankings were put together, records are through Tuesday.)
Michigan and not Duke was your preseason 9. Now unranked despite not playing a game.
May I be the first to point out Ives that you did not put Creighton in your top 25 last year! It was an atrocious error.
Two words – Ethan Finlay
(SBI-Show me where I did a Top 25 last year.)
Go Bulls!!!
No UC Irvine???? Where’s the Anteater Love!?!?!?
Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25
I LIKE IT !
IF college soccer was done like college football, you could determine the alledged National Champion.
Lets go U-S-F!
Brown moving into the Top 25 on the strength of their 0-0 record…
Go Cards!
Anyone who actually watched Akron play would know why they got moved up.
Not sure how number 2 UCLA losing to number one Louisville drops UCLA in the rankings. That would seem to say you got it right. Suddenly Akron who beats a mediocre team is better than UCLA? (I am definitely not a fan of UCLA btw)
Akron broke the record for the longest home winning streak in NCAA history by beating Cleveland State 5-0 lat Saturday. While Cleveland State is no top 25 team, they are the only team that has beaten Akron in last two years.
So Brown is the Ivy league team to beat?
UCLA needs to fire Jorge Salcedo immediately.