As the college soccer regular season winds down, we have a new team at the top of the SBI Men’s Top 25.
And it’s the same team that started the year at the top of the rankings.
Akron University is riding a 12-match winning streak, 11 of those being shutout victories, to a return to the top spot. Maryland took a late-season stumble last week, with a draw and loss (to Wake Forest) in ACC play. That opened the door for the Zips to grab the No. 1 spot.
Wake Forest’s 4-2 win against Maryland helped them catapult eight spots in the latest rankings, while Coastal Carolina extended their winning streak to 13 matches with a 1-0 victory against High Point.
Here is the latest SBI College Soccer Top 25:
SBI MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER TOP 25
(last week’s rank in parentheses)
1. (2)- AKRON (15-1-2)
2. (1)- MARYLAND (14-1-3)
3. (3)- NORTH CAROLINA (15-2-1)
4. (4)- UCONN (15-2-1)
5. (5)- NOTRE DAME (14-3-1)
6. (6)- GEORGETOWN (15-2-1)
7. (7)- COASTAL CAROLINA (16-1-2)
8. (8)- MARQUETTE (16-2-1)
9. (10)- NEW MEXICO (15-3)
10. (9)- UCLA (12-2-3)
11. (11)- CHARLOTTE (13-2-3)
12. (12)- XAVIER (13-1-4)
13. (13)- SAINT LOUIS (13-4)
14. (16). OLD DOMINION (11-3-2)
15. (15)- VCU (10-2-5)
16. (23)- WAKE FOREST (11-3-4)
17. (19)- CREIGHTON (13-3-2)
18. (14)- LOUISVILLE (12-5-1)
19. (22)- ELON (13-4-2)
20. (17)- INDIANA (11-4-3)
21. (25)- NORTHWESTERN (10-4-4)
22. (18)- BROWN (12-1-3)
23. (20)- ST. JOHN’S (10-4-4)
24. (24)- WASHINGTON (11-4-3)
25. (21)- FURMAN (12-4-3)
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HONORABLE MENTION– Penn State (9-4-3), Cornell (14-1), Cal-State Northridge (13-6), SMU (10-4-3), SIU-Edwardsville (12-6), Syracuse (12-6), Tulsa (11-5-1), Niagara (11-1-4), Virginia (9-6-2), Dayton (11-5-1)
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