Men’s Soccer ranked No. 13 in final United Soccer Coaches Poll of 2022 season
By Wes Mayberry
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll – Final | D3soccer.com Top 25 Poll – Final |
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 13 in the final United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 Poll of the 2022 season, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears dropped two spots from the previous poll, which was released on Nov. 1.
National champion Chicago (Ill.) is the top-ranked team in the poll, and runner-up Williams (Mass.) is No. 2.
Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.), Mary Washington (Va.) and Kenyon round out the top five.
ONU also received votes in the final D3soccer.com poll of the season. Northern received 78 points in the poll and is listed first among teams in the "receiving votes" category, putting it at No. 26 in the poll.
Messiah (Pa.), Chicago, Amherst (Mass.), Stevens and Kenyon are the top five teams in that poll.
The Polar Bears finished the 2022 season 13-4-5 overall and won the OAC regular season championship with an 8-0-1 mark in conference play. They earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the third round before falling to Williams.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Final
Dec. 6, 2022
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Chicago (Ill.) | 2 | 22-0-1 |
| 2. | Williams (Mass.) | NR | 10-2-11 |
| 3. | Stevens Inst. of Tech. (N.J.) | 4 | 18-1-5 |
| 4. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 18 | 15-5-5 |
| 5. | Kenyon | 3 | 19-2-1 |
| 6. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 8 | 13-2-6 |
| 7. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 19 | 15-1-8 |
| 8. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 5 | 15-2-6 |
| 9. | Amherst (Mass.) | 6 | 16-1-7 |
| 10. | SUNY Cortland | 14 | 13-6-3 |
| 11. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 22 | 16-3-4 |
| 12. | Messiah (Pa.) | 1 | 20-0-2 |
| 13. | Ohio Northern | 11 | 13-4-5 |
| 14. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | NR | 15-5-2 |
| 15. | SUNY Oneonta | NR | 15-3-3 |
| 16. | Catholic (D.C.) | NR | 13-4-4 |
| 17. | Saint Thomas (Tex.) | NR | 16-2-3 |
| 18. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 7 | 13-2-5 |
| 19. | Calvin (Mich.) | 17 | 17-3-2 |
| 20. | North Central (Ill.) | 10 | 18-1-4 |
| 21. | Christopher Newport | 12 | 13-4-2 |
| 22. | North Park (Ill.) | NR | 15-4-3 |
| 23. | John Carroll | NR | 16-5-1 |
| 24. | Ohio Wesleyan | NR | 12-6-4 |
| 25. | Tufts (Mass.) | NR | 8-3-7 |
Also receiving votes: St. Lawrence University, Willamette University, Vassar College, Pacific Lutheran University, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire