Men's Soccer Ranked No. 8, No. 14 in seventh weekly D3soccer.com and NSCAA polls
By: Zaji Lieberman
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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 8 in the seventh weekly D3soccer.com poll Men's Division III poll and is No. 14 in the seventh weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA on Tuesday.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 400 points and was ranked No. 9 in last week's poll.
Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Messiah (Pa.) is second and Amherst (Mass.) is third.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (14-2-0) were ranked No. 21 in the sixth poll last week, No. 25 in the fifth poll, No. 18 in forth poll, No. 9 in the third poll, No. 12 in the second poll, No. 4 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 11 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Amherst (Mass.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.
Last week, the Bears defeated Otterbein 2-0 and Marietta 3-0.
ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.
The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday with a 7 pm match against Heidelberg.
D3soccer.com Men's Poll - #7
Oct. 16, 2012
| Rank | School (1st Pl. Votes) | 2012 Record | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tex.) (20) | 14-0-1 | 620 | 1 |
| 2. | Messiah (Pa.) (5) | 13-0-1 | 604 | 2 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) (4) |
11-0-1 | 547 | 4 |
| 4. | Loras (Iowa) |
14-1-1 | 545 | 5 |
| 5. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
14-1-0 | 503 | 8 |
| 6. | Williams (Mass.) |
9-0-2 | 426 | 12 |
| 7. | York (Pa.) | 12-2-1 | 413 | 10 |
| 8. | Ohio Northern | 14-2-0 | 400 | 9 |
| 9. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) |
11-2-1 | 389 | 3 |
| 10. | Brandeis (Mass.) |
12-1-1 | 377 | 7 |
| 11. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
9-2-1 | 374 | 6 |
| 12. | Whitworth (Calif.) | 10-0-3 | 355 | 11 |
| 13. | Dominican (Ill.) |
11-1-1 | 314 | 18 |
| 14. | Swarthmore (Pa.) |
9-1-2 | 238 | 15 |
| 15. | Susquehanna (Pa.) |
11-2-0 | 221 | 20 |
| 16. | Stevens (N.J.) |
12-2-0 | 209 | 22 |
| 17. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) |
15-1-0 | 203 | 21 |
| 18. | Olivet (Mich.) | 13-1-1 | 175 | 13 |
| 19. | New York U. |
10-2-1 | 174 | 14 |
| 20. | Eastern Connecticut State |
12-0-1 | 169 | 25 |
| 21. | Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) | 11-2-2 | 159 | 16 |
| 22. | Scranton (Pa.) | 10-0-2 | 139 | - |
| 23. | Carleton (Minn.) | 12-1-1 | 80 | - |
| 24. | Hiram | 12-1-1 | 80 | 17 |
| 25. | Ohio Wesleyan |
9-2-3 | 66 | 23 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 46, Allegheny (Pa.) 39, Christopher Newport (Va.) 36, University of Wisconsin Platteville 35, Babson (Mass.) 34, DePauw (Ind.) 24, Calvin (Mich.) 23, Medaille (N.Y.) 21, Colorado College 16, Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 13, Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 10, Illinois Wesleyan 9, Penn State-Behrend 9, Puget Sound (Wash.) 8, Union (N.Y.) 8, Lasell (Mass.) 7, Frostburg State (N.Y.) 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2.
NSCAA Division III Men's Poll - #7
Oct. 16, 2012
| Rank | School | 2012 Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tex.) | 14-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 11-0-1 | 2 |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) | 13-0-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Loras (Iowa) | 14-1-1 | 4 |
| 5. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
14-1-0 | 8 |
| 6. | Dominican (Ill.) |
11-1-1 | 11 |
| 7. | Stevens (N.J.) |
12-2-0 | 15 |
| 8. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 9-2-1 | 5 |
| 9. | Whitworth (Calif.) |
10-0-3 | 10 |
| 10. | Williams (Mass.) | 9-0-2 | 17 |
| 11. | York (Pa.) |
12-2-1 | 14 |
| 12. | Swarthmore (Pa.) | 9-1-2 | 16 |
| 13. | Olivet (Mich.) |
13-1-1 | 6 |
| 14. | Ohio Northern | 14-2-0 | 21 |
| Carleton (Wis.) | 12-1-1 | 18 | |
| 16. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 7-2-3 | RV |
| 17. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 11-2-1 | 7 |
| 18. | Brandeis (Mass.) |
12-1-1 | 9 |
| 19. | Scranton (Pa.) |
10-0-2 | 22 |
| 20. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 12-1-1 | RV |
| Christopher Newport (Va.) | 10-2-2 | NR | |
| 22. | Colorado College | 11-3-1 | 24 |
| 23. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-3-2 | NR |
| 24. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 10-2-3 | RV |
| 25. | Eastern Connecticut State | 12-0-1 | 25 |
Others Receiving Votes: Rutgers-Camden (N.J.), Hiram.