Men's Soccer remains at No. 20 in eighth weekly United Soccer Coaches poll

Men's Soccer remains at No. 20 in eighth weekly United Soccer Coaches poll
October 28, 2025

By Marissa Myers

| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #8 |

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team stayed at No. 20 in the eighth weekly United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears are 10-0-6 overall and 5-0-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference on the season under seventh-year head coach Chris Matejka.

Northern is coming off a 1-0 win at Otterbein on Wednesday and a 2-2 draw at Mount Union on Saturday.

ONU was ranked No. 24 in the preseason poll, No. 12 in the first weekly poll, No. 11 in the second weekly poll, received votes in weeks three and four, No. 24 in week five, No. 22 in week six and No. 20 last week.

Tufts (Mass.) is ranked No. 1, Washington (Mo.) is ranked No. 2 and St. Olaf (Minn.) is No. 3.

Ohio Northern is the only OAC school in the top 25.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday when they host Wilmington at Kerscher Stadium at 7 p.m.

United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #8

Oct. 28, 2025

Rank School Last Record
1. Tufts (Mass.) 1 11-1-2
2. Washington (Mo.) 3 12-2-0
3. St. Olaf (Minn.) 4 14-1-3
4. Emory (Ga.) 2 11-1-3
5. Trinity (Texas) 6 13-1-0
6. Augsburg (Minn.) 7 15-1-2
7. Chicago (Ill.) 12 10-1-5
8. Wheaton (Mass.) 10 12-0-4
9. SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) 14 12-1-4
10. Bowdoin (Maine) 24 10-2-2
11. Scranton (Pa.) 16 11-0-5
12. Lynchburg (Va.) 23 13-1-2
13. Brandeis (Mass.) 5 9-2-4
14. Southwestern (Texas) 15 14-0-3
15. Denison 17 12-1-2
16. Dickinson (Pa.) 8 10-0-7
17. Montclair State (N.J.) 18 12-1-4
18. Wesleyan (Conn.) 21 8-3-3
19. Williams (Mass.) 9 8-2-4
20. Ohio Northern 20 10-0-6
21. Hobart (N.Y.) 11 10-0-4
22. Christopher Newport (Va.) 19 10-1-4
23. Lake Forest (Ill.) 13 16-1-0
24. Rowan (N.J.) RV 11-3-4
25. Conecticut College RV 8-2-4

Also receiving votes: Wooster, Edgewood (Wis.), Hampden-Sydney (Va.), Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Catholic (D.C.), Stockton (N.J.), Virginia Wesleyan, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas), Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.)