Men's Soccer jumps two spots to No. 4 in the D3Soccer.com Poll, move to No. 7 in NSCAA Poll
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team continued moving upward in the D3Soccer.com poll as it jumped two spots to No. 4 in the national poll.
Northern (11-0-1) is coming off of a 2-0-0 week in which it posted consecutive shutouts over Defiance and Ohio Athletic Conference-foe Mount Union.
Chicago (Ill.) took over the top spot with 980 points and 12 first place votes, Trinity (Tex.) moved to No. 2 with 950 points and four first place votes, and Rowan (N.J.) fell to No. 3 with 920 points and three first place votes.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
ONU is also ranked No. 7 in the fourth weekly National Soccer Coaches Assocation poll.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they welcome the Otterbein Cardinals to Kerscher Stadium at 7 pm.
D3Soccer.com Poll - Week 5
Oct. 5, 2016
| 2016 |
Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) (12) |
11-0-0 | 980 | 4 |
| 2. | Trinity (Tex.) (4) |
11-0-0 | 950 | 5 |
| 3. | Rowan (N.J) (3) |
10-0-1 | 920 | 1 |
| 4. | Ohio Northern | 11-0-1 | 886 | 6 |
| 5. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 8-1-0 | 828 | 7 |
| 6. | Calvin (Mich.) | 9-1-0 | 790 | 8 |
| 7. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) |
9-1-0 | 750 | 9 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 7-1-1 | 700 | 3 |
| 9. | Mass.-Boston (1) |
10-0-0 | 684 | 10 |
| 10. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) |
7-1-3 | 555 | 14 |
| 11. | Kenyon | 8-2-0 | 523 | 2 |
| 12. | Haverford (Pa.) |
7-1-2 | 515 | 15 |
| 13. | Messiah (Pa.) |
7-0-3 | 504 | 20 |
| 14. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 5-0-2 | 502 | 12 |
| 15. | Washington (Mo.) |
6-0-1 | 476 | 17 |
| 16. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 9-2-0 | 470 | 16 |
| 17. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
7-1-1 | 319 | 18 |
| 18. | Macalester (Minn.) | 8-1-2 | 302 | 11 |
| 19. | Lynchburg (Pa.) |
7-0-2 | 275 | 25 |
| 20. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 7-0-2 | 256 | RV |
| 21. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 8-2-1 | 241 | 21 |
| 22. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 6-2-1 | 198 | 19 |
| 23. | Colorado College | 8-1-1 | 195 | RV |
| 24. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 9-0-2 | 125 | RV |
| 25. | Capital | 9-1-0 | 100 | RV |
Others recieving votes: Ohio Wesleyan 86, Dubuque 80, Springfield 60, Redlands 38, Luther 32, Gordon 28, Cortland State 18, Plattsburgh State 14, Oberlin 14, Lebanon Valley 12, Scranton 10, Connecticut College 10, Rutgers-Newark 10, Lycoming 8, Clark 8, Loras 6, Montclair State 6, North Park 2
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 4
Oct. 4, 2016
| 2016 | Last | ||
| Rank | School | Record | Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tx.) | 11-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Chicago (Ill.) |
11-0-0 | 3 |
| 3. | Rowan (N.J.) |
10-0-1 | 5 |
| 4. | Rochester (N.Y.) |
7-0-2 | 7 |
| 5. | Haverford (Pa.) |
7-1-2 | 8 |
| 6. | Mass.-Boston |
10-0-0 | 10 |
| 7. | Ohio Northern | 11-0-1 | 12 |
| 8. | Washington (Mo.) |
6-0-1 | 9 |
| 9. | Luther (Ia.) |
8-1-2 | 17 |
| 10. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) |
9-1-0 | 11 |
| 11. | Washington & Lee (Va.) |
8-1-0 | 13 |
| 12. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) |
7-1-3 | 14 |
| 13. | Redlands (Cal.) |
9-2-0 | 15 |
| 14. | Middlebury (Vt.) |
5-0-2 | 16 |
| 15. | Macalester (Minn.) | 8-1-2 | 6 |
| 16. | Amherst (Mass.) | 7-1-1 | 4 |
| 17. | Oberlin | 8-1-1 | 25 |
| 18. | Calvin (Mich.) | 9-1-0 | 20 |
| 19. | Colorado College | 8-1-1 | 24 |
| 20. | Lynchburg (Va.) |
7-0-2 | 22 |
| 21. | Messiah (Pa.) | 7-0-3 | RV |
| 22. | SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.) | 8-2-1 | RV |
| 23. | Capital | 9-1-0 | NR |
| 24. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
9-0-2 | RV |
| 25. | Carthage (Wis.) | 7-3-0 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport University (2), University Of Dubuque (1), Elizabethtown College (1), SUNY Cortland (1), Carnegie Mellon University (1)