Men's Soccer moves up two spots to No. 13 in first United Soccer Coaches Poll
By Tim Glon
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #1 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to No. 13 in the first United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll of on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears are 3-1-0 on the young season under sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka.
Northern is riding a 3-match winning streak, which includes a 5-1 victory over then-No. 11 Calvin (Mich.) on Saturday.
Fourteen schools that were in the preseason poll fell out of the national rankings.
Amherst (Mass.) is ranked No. 1, SUNY-Cortland is No. 2 and Messiah (pa.) is No. 3.
Ohio Northern is the only Ohio Athletic Conference school in the top 25.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Ohio Wesleyan at Kerscher Stadium.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #1
Sept. 10, 2024
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Amherst (Mass.) | 2 | 2-0-0 |
| 2. | SUNY-Cortland | 13 | 5-0-0 |
| 3. | Messiah (Pa.) | 18 | 3-0-0 |
| 4. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 9 | 4-0-0 |
| 5. | Kenyon | 19 | 3-0-1 |
| 6. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 5 | 3-0-0 |
| 7. | Colorado College | 6 | 4-0-0 |
| 8. | Rowan (N.J.) | NR | 2-1-1 |
| 9. | Chicago (Ill.) | 7 | 2-1-0 |
| 10. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | RV | 3-0-1 |
| 11. | Tufts (Mass.) | 10 | 2-0-0 |
| 12. | Worcester Tech (Mass.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 13. | Ohio Northern | 15 | 3-1-0 |
| 14. | Dickenson (Pa.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 15. | Roanoke (Va.) | NR | 2-0-1 |
| 16. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | NR | 3-0-1 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16 | 3-0-1 |
| 18. | Lebanon Valley (Pa.) | NR | 3-1-0 |
| 19. | Coast Guard (Conn.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
| 20. | North Park (Ill.) | NR | 2-0-2 |
| 21. | Southwestern (Tex.) | NR | 3-0-1 |
| 22. | Rochester (N.Y.) | RV | 1-1-1 |
| 23. | Denison | NR | 3-0-1 |
| 24. | Wheaton (Mass.) | NR | 3-1-1 |
| 25. | Covenant (Ga.) | NR | 4-0-0 |
Also receiving votes: Swarthmore (Pa.), Connecticut College, Bowdoin (Maine), Trinity (Tex.), Macalester (Minn.), Hope (Mich.), Christopher Newport (Va.), Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), John Carroll