Women's Soccer sits just outside United Soccer Coaches, D3soccer.com Top 25 rankings
By Wes Mayberry
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll 8 | D3soccer.com Top 25 poll - Week 9 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team sits just outside the top 25 rankings in the eighth United Soccer Coaches poll of 2022 and the Week 9 D3soccer.com poll, both of which were released on Tuesday.
Northern is the first team listed in the "Also receiving votes" category in both polls, putting the Polar Bears at No. 26 in each one.
ONU received 67 points in the D3soccer.com poll, trailing the 87 points of No. 25 Williams (Mass.).
Misericordia (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in both polls.
Johns Hopkins (Md.), Christopher Newport (Va.), Case Western Reserve and Messiah (Pa.) round out the top five in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
Nos. 2-5 in the D3soccer.com poll are Johns Hopkins, Christopher Newport, Messiah and Case Western Reserve.
Additionally, ONU is ranked No. 3 in the eighth United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll of the season, trailing Case Western Reserve and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.).
The Polar Bears (12-1-4 overall) finished the regular season unbeaten in Ohio Athletic Conference play, earning a share of the OAC Regular Season championship with Capital.
Northern enters the postseason riding a six-game win streak as part of a larger 11-game unbeaten streak.
The Polar Bears are the No. 2 seed in the OAC Tournament and will host a semfinal game on Thursday at 7 p.m.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll 8
Nov. 1, 2022
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 2 | 16-0-1 |
| 2. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 3 | 15-0-2 |
| 3. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 1 | 14-0-2 |
| 4. | Case Western Reserve | 4 | 14-0-1 |
| 5. | Messiah (Pa.) | 5 | 15-1-2 |
| 6. | William Smith (N.Y.) | 6 | 11-1-4 |
| 7. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 9 | 12-1-2 |
| 8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 10 | 14-2-0 |
| 9. | Trinity (Tex.) | 8 | 18-0-1 |
| 10. | Calvin (Mich.) | 11 | 15-0-1 |
| 11. | Williams (Mass.) | 13 | 10-3-2 |
| 12. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 12 | 16-1-0 |
| 13. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) | 14 | 15-0-1 |
| Wisconsin-La Crosse | 16 | 17-1-1 | |
| 15. | Loras (Iowa) | 18 | 14-0-3 |
| 16. | Mass. Inst. of Technology | 17 | 14-4-2 |
| 17. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 7 | 15-1-2 |
| 18. | Emory (Ga.) | 15 | 11-4-0 |
| 19. | Trinity (Conn.) | 23 | 7-3-6 |
| 20. | SUNY Cortland | 21 | 12-1-3 |
| 21. | New Jersey | 22 | 14-2-2 |
| 22. | Tufts (Mass.) | NR | 9-4-2 |
| 23. | Rowan (N.J.) | 19 | 11-0-4 |
| 24. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 20 | 10-5-1 |
| 25. | Babson (Mass.) | 25 | 13-3-1 |
Also receiving votes: Ohio Northern University, Pacific Lutheran University, North Central College, Washington & Lee University, Swarthmore College, Virginia Wesleyan University, Washington University (Mo.), Bowdoin College, University of Rochester, Johnson & Wales University (R.I.)