Men's Soccer remains No. 4 in sixth weekly D3soccer.com poll, moves up two spots in NSCAA poll
By Caleb Scott
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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team remained at No. 4 in the sixth weekly D3soccer.com national poll.
Northern (12-0-2) is coming off of a 1-0-1 week in which it defeated Otterbein 5-0 and posted a 2-2 tie at then-No. 25 Capital.
The top four teams remained unchanged with Chicago (Ill.) in the top spot with 991 points and 19 first place votes, Trinity (Tex.) is second with 957 points and three first place votes and Rowan (N.J.) in third with 930 points and one first place vote.
The Polar Bears jumped two spots to No. 5 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, after being ranked No. 7 in the fourth weekly poll.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
The Polar Bears return to action Tuesday afternoon with a 4 pm match at Heidelberg.
D3Soccer.com Poll - Week 6
Oct. 11, 2016
| 2016 | Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) (19) |
12-0-0 | 991 | 1 |
| 2. | Trinity (Tex.) (3) |
13-0-0 | 857 | 2 |
| 3. | Rowan (N.J) (1) |
11-0-1 | 930 | 3 |
| 4. | Ohio Northern | 12-0-2 | 866 | 4 |
| 5. | Amherst (Mass.) | 9-1-1 | 816 | 8 |
| 6. | Messiah (Pa.) | 9-0-3 | 767 | 13 |
| 7. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 9-1-3 | 736 | 10 |
| 8. | Massachusetts-Boston |
11-0-1 | 671 | 9 |
| 9. | Kenyon | 9-2-0 | 639 | 11 |
| 10. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 9-2-0 | 572 | 5 |
| 11. | Calvin (Mich.) | 10-2-0 | 553 | 6 |
| 12. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 11-2-0 | 545 | 16 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 9-1-1 | 532 | 17 |
| 14. | Lynchburg (Pa.) | 9-0-2 | 510 | 19 |
| 15. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 9-2-0 | 443 | 7 |
| 16. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 10-2-1 | 415 | 21 |
| 17. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 10-0-2 | 318 | 24 |
| 18. | Haverford (Pa.) | 8-2-2 | 306 | 12 |
| 19. | Capital | 10-1-1 | 2303 | 25 |
| 20. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 8-2-1 | 296 | 22 |
| 21. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 6-1-2 | 238 | 14 |
| 22. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 7-1-2 | 205 | 20 |
| 23. | Washington (Mo.) | 7-1-1 | 200 | 15 |
| 24. | Springfield (Mass.) | 10-0-1 | 174 | NR |
| 25. | Colorado College | 9-2-1 | 139 | 23 |
Others recieving votes: Oberlin 64, Gordon 61, Redlands 57, Tufts 52, Macalester 42, Ohio Wesleyan 38, Cortland State 28, Lebanon Valley 21, Rutgers-Newark 14, Connecticut College 5, Maryville (Tenn.) 5, Kean 3, Dubuque 2
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 5
Oct. 11, 2016
| 2016 | Last | ||
| Rank | School | Record | Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tx.) | 13-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Chicago (Ill.) |
12-0-0 | 3 |
| 3. | Rowan (N.J.) |
11-0-1 | 6 |
| 4. | Mass.-Boston |
11-0-2 | 6 |
| 5. | Ohio Northern |
12-0-2 | 7 |
| 6. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 9-1-3 | 12 |
| 7. | SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.) |
10-2-1 | 22 |
| 8. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
10-0-2 | 24 |
| 9. | Rochester (N.Y.) |
7-1-2 | 4 |
| 10. | Washington (Mo.) |
7-1-1 | 8 |
| 11. | Amherst (Mass.) | 9-1-1 | 16 |
| 12. | Messiah (Pa.) |
9-0-3 | 21 |
| 13. | Redlands (Cal.) |
11-2-0 | 13 |
| 14. | Lynchburg (Va.) |
9-0-2 | 20 |
| 15. | Oberlin | 10-1-1 | 17 |
| 16. | Luther (Ia.) | 9-2-2 | 9 |
| 17. | Haverford (Pa.) |
8-2-2 | 5 |
| 18. | Capital | 10-1-1 | 23 |
| 19. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 6-1-2 | 14 |
| 20. | Colorado College | 9-2-1 | 19 |
| 21. | Carthage (Wis.) |
10-3-0 | 25 |
| 22. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 11-2-0 | RV |
| 23. | SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) | 10-2-0 | RV |
| 24. | Macalester (Minn.) |
8-2-2 | 15 |
| 25. | Calvin (Mich.) | 10-2-0 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Gordon College (5), Carnegie Mellon University (3), Washington & Lee University (2), St. Lawrence University (1)