Men's Soccer ranked No. 8 in ninth weekly D3Soccer.com poll, No. 11 in NSCAA poll
By Caleb Scott
| D3soccer.com Poll | NSCAA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 8 nationally in the ninth weekly D3Soccer.com poll, released Nov. 1.
The Polar Bears (16-1-3) are also ranked No. 11 in the eighth weekly National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.
In the D3soccer.com poll, Chicago (Ill.) remained at the No. 1 spot with 977 points and 16 first place votes, Messiah (Pa.) is No. 2 with 958 points and three first place votes, and Amherst (Mass.) is third with 915 points and one first place vote.
In the NSCAA poll, Chicago (Ill.) is ranked No. 1, Amherst (Mass.) is No. 2 and Trinity (Tex.) is No. 3.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday as they host No. 3-seeded Capital at Kerscher Stadium in a semifinal contest of the OAC Tournament at 7 pm.
D3soccer.com Poll - Week 9
Nov. 1, 2016
| 2016 | Total | Last | ||
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) (16) |
16-0-1 | 977 | 1 |
| 2. | Messiah (Pa.) (3) | 15-0-3 | 958 | 2 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) (1) | 14-1-1 | 915 | 3 |
| 4. | Rowan (N.J.) (1) | 15-1-1 | 890 | 5 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 18-1-0 | 850 | 6 |
| 6. | Kenyon |
15-2-0 | 783 | 8 |
| 7. | Calvin (Mich.) | 16-2-0 | 741 | 9 |
| 8. | Ohio Northern |
16-1-3 | 695 | 4 |
| 9. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-2-1 | 667 | 10 |
| 10. | Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) | 18-2-0 | 630 | 14 |
| 11. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 12-2-3 | 570 | 7 |
| 12. | Massachusetts-Boston | 15-1-2 | 512 | 13 |
| 13. | Colorado College | 15-2-1 | 499 | 15 |
| 14. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 13-3-1 | 481 | 11 |
| 15. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) |
12-2-2 | 408 | 18 |
| 16. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
14-1-3 | 392 | 12 |
| 17. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 13-1-4 | 379 | 17 |
| 18. | Cortland State (N.Y.) | 15-2-0 | 357 | 20 |
| 19. | Haverford (Pa.) | 11-3-3 | 303 | 21 |
| 20. | Springfield (Mass.) |
16-1-1 | 275 | 23 |
| 21. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 11-3-2 | 230 | 19 |
| 22. | Carthage (Wis.) |
16-3-0 | 169 | NR |
| 23. | Maryville (Tenn.) |
16-2-0 | 83 | NR |
| 24. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 10-3-3 | 78 | 24 |
| 25. | Babson (Mass.) |
11-4-3 | 55 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Lebanon Valley 44, Johns Hopkins 44, Loras 44, Brandeis 42, Oberlin 32, Penn State-Behrend 17, Tufts 17, Whitworth 13, Bowdoin 11, Mary Washington 10, Rhode Island College 8, Scranton 6, Geneva 4, Williams 2
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 8
Nov. 1, 2016
| Last | |||
| Rank | School | Record | Week |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) | 16-0-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 14-1-1 | 4 |
| 3. | Trinity (Tx.) | 18-1-0 | 5 |
| 4. | Rutgers-Newark (N.J.) | 18-2-0 | 7 |
| 5. | Messiah (Pa.) | 15-0-3 | 9 |
| 6. | SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) | 15-2-0 | 8 |
| 7. | Rowan (N.J.) | 15-1-1 | 10 |
| 8. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) |
12-2-3 | 2 |
| 9. | Kenyon | 15-2-0 | 13 |
| 10. | Carthage (Wis.) | 16-3-0 | 11 |
| 11. | Ohio Northern | 16-1-3 | 3 |
| 12. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 14-1-3 | 6 |
| 13. | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
13-4-3 | 14 |
| 14. | Colorado College | 15-2-1 | 18 |
| 15. | Massachusetts-Boston | 15-1-2 | 12 |
| 16. | Calvin (Mich.) | 16-2-0 | 20 |
| 17. | Haverford (Pa.) | 11-3-3 | 22 |
| 18. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 13-1-4 | 17 |
| 19. | Middlebury (Vt.) |
10-3-3 | 24 |
| 20. | Vassar (N.Y.) | 12-3-2 | NR |
| 21. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 11-3-2 | 23 |
| 22. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 13-5-1 | 21 |
| 23. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 13-4-0 | RV |
| 24. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-2-1 | NR |
| 25. | Penn State-Behrend (Pa.) | 15-1-3 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Oberlin, University of Texas-Dallas, Elizabethtown College, University of Redlands, Babson College, Washington University (Mo.), Whitworth University, University of Rochester