Men's Soccer ranked No. 5 in seventh weekly D3Soccer.com poll, jumps to No. 4 in NSCAA Coaches poll
By Caleb Scott
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ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team fell one spot to No. 5 in the seventh weekly D3soccer.com national poll.
Northern (13-0-3) is coming off of a 1-0-1 week in which it defeated Heidelberg 3-0 and posted a 1-1 tie with John Carroll.
Chicago (Ill.) remained at the No. 1 spot with 991 points and 17 first place votes, while Trinity (Tex.) came in at No. 2 with 969 points and the remaining five first place votes, and Messiah (Pa.) moved into the top-3 with 873 points.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Ohio Northern moved up one spot in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll to No. 4.
Trinity (Tex.) took the top spot, while Chicago (Ill.) ranked second, and Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) rounded out the top three.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Wilmington to take on the Quakers at 7 pm.
D3Soccer.com Poll - Week 7
Oct. 18, 2016
| 2016 | Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) (17) |
14-0-0 | 991 | 1 |
| 2. | Trinity (Tex.) (5) |
15-0-0 | 969 | 2 |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) |
11-0-3 | 873 | 6 |
| 4. | Amherst (Mass.) | 11-1-1 | 862 | 5 |
| 5. | Ohio Northern | 13-0-3 | 833 | 4 |
| 6. | Rowan (N.J.) | 12-1-1 | 788 | 3 |
| 7. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 10-1-3 | 767 | 7 |
| 8. | Kenyon |
11-2-0 | 713 | 9 |
| 9. | Calvin (Mich.) | 12-2-0 | 653 | 11 |
| 10. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 12-2-1 | 544 | 12 |
| 11. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 10-3-0 | 521 | 10 |
| 12. | Mass.-Boston | 12-1-1 | 485 | 8 |
| 13. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
11-0-3 | 452 | 17 |
| 14. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) |
10-2-1 | 420 | 20 |
| 15. | Haverford (Pa.) |
9-2-2 | 416 | 18 |
| 16. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 10-1-2 | 403 | 14 |
| 17. | Colorado College | 12-2-1 | 363 | 25 |
| 18. | Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) | 15-2-0 | 332 | RV |
| 19. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 8-1-3 | 330 | 22 |
| 20. | Middlebury (Vt.) |
8-1-3 | 304 | 21 |
| 21. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 9-2-2 | 272 | 13 |
| 22. | Capital | 11-1-2 | 259 | 19 |
| 23. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 11-3-1 | 257 | 16 |
| 24. | Tufts (Mass.) | 7-3-2 | 130 | RV |
| 25. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 10-3-0 | 126 | 15 |
Others recieving votes: Redlands 106, Oberlin 89, Lebanon Valley 71, Cortland State 64, Ohio Wesleyan 38, Washington U. 36, Springfield 36, Dubuque 20, Luther 16, St. Mary's (Md.) 13, Randolph-Macon 7, Montclair State 5, Clark 5, Connecticut College 2
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 6
Oct. 18, 2016
| 2016 | Last | ||
| Rank | School | Record | Week |
| 1. | Trinity (Tx.) | 15-0-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Chicago (Ill.) |
14-0-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 10-1-3 | 6 |
| 4. | Ohio Northern | 13-0-3 | 5 |
| 5. | Amherst (Mass.) | 11-1-1 | 11 |
| 6. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 11-0-3 | 8 |
| 7. | Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) | 15-2-0 | NR |
| 8. | SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) |
12-2-0 | 23 |
| 9. | Messiah (Pa.) | 11-0-3 | 12 |
| 10. | Rowan (N.J.) | 12-1-1 | 3 |
| 11. | Redlands (Cal.) | 13-2-0 | 13 |
| 12. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 8-1-3 | 9 |
| 13. | Haverford (Pa.) | 9-2-2 | 17 |
| 14. | Carthage (Wis.) | 12-3-0 | 21 |
| 15. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 8-1-3 | 19 |
| 16. | Mass.-Boston | 12-1-1 | 4 |
| 17. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 10-1-2 | 14 |
| 18. | SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.) | 11-3-1 | 7 |
| 19. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 12-2-0 | NR |
| 20. | Colorado College | 11-2-1 | 20 |
| 21. | Oberlin | 11-2-1 | 15 |
| 22. | Washington (Mo.) | 8-2-1 | 10 |
| 23. | Kenyon | 11-2-0 | NR |
| 24. | Luther (Iowa) | 10-3-2 | 16 |
| 25. | Calvin (Mich.) | 12-2-0 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Elizabethtown College (6), Tufts University (4), Christopher Newport University (3), North Park University (1), Macalester College (1)