Men's Soccer moves up two spots to No. 7 in third weekly D3Soccer.com poll; moves to No. 13 in NSCAA Poll
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to No. 7 in the third weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (7-0-1 overall) received 699 points in the poll, 61 more points that last week when they were ranked No. 9.
ONU was No. 16 in the first weekly poll.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Rowan (N.J.) took over the top spot in the rankings with 966 points and nine first place votes, Kenyon is second with 960 points and nine first place votes and Amherst (Mass.) in third with 883 points and the remaining three first place votes.
Northern is also ranked in the NSCAA Poll, coming in at No. 13 in the second weekly poll.
Trinity (Tx.) took the number one spot, while Kenyon and Amherst (Mass.) came in second and third, respectively.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday when they host area-rival Defiance at 7 pm at Kerscher Stadium.
D3Soccer.com Poll - Week 3
Sept. 20, 2016
| 2016 | Total | Last | |||
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week | |
| 1. | Rowan (N.J.) (9) | 7-0-0 | 966 | 3 | |
| 2. | Kenyon (9) | 6-0-0 | 960 | 2 | |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) (3) | 3-0-1 | 883 | 1 | |
| 4. | Trinity (Tex.) | 6-0-0 | 876 | 4 | |
| 5. | Chicago (Ill.) | 7-0-0 | 869 | 5 | |
| 6. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 6-0-0 | 811 | 6 | |
| 7. | Ohio Northern | 7-0-1 | 699 | 9 | |
| 8. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 5-0-2 | 690 | 11 | |
| 9. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 5-1-0 | 638 | 14 | |
| 10. | Ohio Wesleyan | 5-1-1 | 547 | 13 | |
| 11. | Calvin (Mich.) | 5-1-0 | 541 | 15 | |
| 12. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 6-1-0 | 533 | 7 | |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 5-0-0 | 499 | 16 | |
| 14. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 3-1-1 | 445 | 10 | |
| 15. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 4-1-0 | 433 | 8 | |
| 16. | Massachussetts-Boston | 6-0-0 | 429 | 17 | |
| 17. | Centre (Ky.) | 5-0-0 | 355 | 22 | |
| 18. | Macalester (Minn.) | 6-0-1 | 293 | 20 | |
| 19. | Redlands (Cal.) | 6-1-0 | 257 | 18 | |
| 20. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 2-0-1 | 541 | NR | |
| 21. | Haverford (Pa.) | 3-1-2 | 227 | 19 | |
| 22. | Messiah (Pa.) | 4-0-2 | 219 | 23 | |
| 23. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 6-0-0 | 195 | 24 | |
| 24. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) |
7-0-0 | 166 | NR | |
| 25. | Loras (Iowa) | 3-2-0 | 103 | 12 |
Others recieving votes: Scranton 61, Bowdoin 61, Rochester 51, Washington U. 42, St. Mary's (Md.) 42, Carthage 38, Oneonta State 36, Chapman 32, Montclair State 27, Lycoming 27, Connecticut College 27, Cortland State 23, Ramapo 23, Williams 17, MIT 15, Rutgers-Camden 15, St. Thomas 11, Kean 10, Thomas More 4, Colorado College 4, New Jersey City 4, Lynchburg 2, Clark 2.
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 2
Sept. 20, 2016
| Rank | School | Previous | Record |
| 1. | Trinity (Tx.) | 2 | 6-0-0 |
| 2. | Kenyon | 3 | 6-0-0 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) | 1 | 3-0-1 |
| 4. | U. of Chicago (Ill.) | 4 | 7-0-0 |
| 5. | St. Lawrence | 5 | 6-0-0 |
| 6. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 7 | 4-0-3 |
| 7. | Macalester (Minn.) | 6 | 6-0-1 |
| 8. | Rowan (N.J.) | 10 | 7-0-0 |
| 9. | Chris. Newport (Va.) | 8 | 6-1-0 |
| 10. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 14 | 5-0-0 |
| 11. | Mass.-Boston | 13 | 6-0-0 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 17 | 4-0-0 |
| 13. | Ohio Northern | 12 | 6-0-1 |
| 14. | Redlands (Cal.) | 11 | 6-2-0 |
| 15. | Calvin (Mich.) | 9 | 5-1-0 |
| 16. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 15 | 4-1-0 |
| 17. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 21 | 6-0-0 |
| 18. | Dubuque (Ia.) | NR | 6-0-0 |
| 19. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 20 | 2-0-1 |
| 20. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | NR | 5-1-0 |
| 21. | Plattsburgh St. (N.Y.) | NR | 7-0-0 |
| 22. | Haverford (Pa.) | RV | 3-1-2 |
| 23. | Luther (Ia.) | 16 | 4-1-2 |
| 24. | Carthage (Wis.) | RV | 4-2-0 |
| 25. | Ohio Wesleyan | NR | 5-1-1 |
Others receiving votes: Whitworth University (9), Lynchburg College (8), Messiah College (5), Whitman College (4), SUNY Cortland (3), Endicott College (1), Williams College (1)