Men's Soccer ranked No. 11 in United Soccer Coaches poll, No. 19 in D3soccer.com poll
By Wes Mayberry
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll 8 | D3soccer.com Top 25 - Week 9 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 11 in the eighth United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 Poll of the 2022 season, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears improved two spots from the previous week when they were ranked No. 13 and clinched the Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season championship.
Messiah (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, taking over for previous No. 1 Chicago (Ill.), which fell to No. 2.
Kenyon, Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) and Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) round out the top five.
Additionally, ONU is ranked No. 2 in the eighth United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll of the season, trailing only Kenyon.
In the Week 9 D3soccer.com Top 25 poll, which was also released on Tuesday, Northern is ranked No. 19.
The Polar Bears received 315 points in the poll, moving up three spots from last week's No. 22 ranking.
Messiah is the top-ranked team in that poll as well, receiving 979 points and 12 of 25 first-place votes.
Chicago (Ill.), Kenyon, Stevens Institute of Technology and Amherst (Mass.) round out the top five in the poll.
The Polar Bears (13-2-3 overall) enter the postseason riding a seven-game win streak as part of a larger 15-game unbeaten streak that ranks second all-time to a 19-game streak from 2016.
Northern is the No. 1 seed in the OAC Tournament and will host a semifinal game on Thursday at 4 p.m.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll 8
Nov. 1, 2022
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Messiah (Pa.) | 2 | 17-0-1 |
| 2. | Chicago (Ill.) | 1 | 15-0-1 |
| 3. | Kenyon | 3 | 15-0-1 |
| 4. | Stevens Inst. of Tech. (N.J.) | 4 | 15-0-2 |
| 5. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 5 | 13-0-4 |
| 6. | Amherst (Mass.) | 10 | 11-1-5 |
| 7. | Franklin & Marshall | 9 | 12-1-3 |
| 8. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 6 | 11-1-4 |
| 9. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 11 | 14-1-4 |
| 10. | North Central (Ill.) | 12 | 14-0-4 |
| 11. | Ohio Northern | 13 | 13-2-3 |
| 12. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 25 | 11-3-1 |
| 13. | Babson (Mass.) | 14 | 13-3-2 |
| 14. | SUNY Cortland | 16 | 12-4-2 |
| 15. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 18 | 11-1-5 |
| 16. | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) | 23 | 15-3-0 |
| 17. | Calvin (Mich.) | 19 | 14-2-2 |
| 18. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 17 | 9-4-2 |
| 19. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 15 | 11-1-5 |
| 20. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 20 | 10-3-3 |
| 21. | Western Connecticut State | 21 | 18-0-1 |
| 22. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 7 | 12-2-4 |
| 23. | Endicott (Mass.) | 22 | 12-4-4 |
| 24. | Case Western Reserve | NR | 9-3-3 |
| 25. | Willamette (Ore.) | 8 | 12-2-3 |
Also receiving votes: St. Olaf College, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Saint Thomas (Texas), New York University