National Collegiate Athletic Association

Polls

August 18, 1997

Division I Men's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. St. John's (New York), 197; 2. Virginia, 174; 3. UCLA, 166; 4. Florida International, 162; 5. Indiana, 156; 6. Washington, 145; 7. Creighton, 142; 8. Southern Methodist, 133; 9. North Carolina-Greensboro, 130; 10. Rutgers, 119; 11. Fresno State, 113; 12. William and Mary, 110; 13. Maryland, 107; 14. North Carolina-Charlotte, 93; 15. James Madison, 71; 16. South Florida, 66; 17. Harvard, 63; 18. Penn State, 53; 19. Bowling Green, 49; 20. Clemson, 46; 21. Air Force, 40; 22. Saint Louis, 36; 23. Duke, 33; 24. Cal State Fullerton, 27; 25. Connecticut, 21.

Division I Women's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division I women's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. North Carolina, 200; 2. Notre Dame, 191; 3. Portland, 182; 4. Connecticut, 180; 5. Santa Clara, 168; 6. Nebraska, 158; 7. Maryland, 153; 8. (tie) Penn State and Texas A&M, 139; 10. Wisconsin, 117; 11. Virginia, 111; 12. Harvard, 95; 13. James Madison, 89; 14. Vanderbilt, 87; 15. Massachusetts, 83; 16. Duke, 74; 17. Florida, 67; 18. George Mason, 59; 19. William and Mary, 53; 20. Clemson, 51; 21. (tie) North Carolina-Greensboro and Kentucky, 32; 23. Wake Forest, 23; 24. Stanford, 19; 25. Minnesota, 18.

Division II Men's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division II men's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Southern Connecticut State, 340; 2. Grand Canyon, 328; 3. Lynn, 318; 4. Tampa, 288; 5. Seattle Pacific, 276; 6. Dowling, 268; 7. West Virginia Wesleyan, 260; 8. Mercyhurst, 248; 9. Lander, 224; 10. Cal State Bakersfield, 218; 11. Franklin Pierce, 216; 12. Charleston (West Virginia), 196; 13. New Hampshire College, 180; 14. West Texas A&M, 152; 15. Sonoma State, 150; 16. St. Leo, 132; 17. Lock Haven, 128; 18. New Haven, 114; 19. Lewis, 106; 20. Oakland, 98; 21. Cal State Los Angeles, 72; 22. East Stroudsburg, 58; 23. Presbyterian, 56; 24. Florida Tech, 28; 25. Wisconsin-Parkside, 26.

Division II Women's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division II women's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Franklin Pierce, 100; 2. Lynn, 96; 3. UC Davis, 89; 4. Barry, 88; 5. Bloomsburg, 82; 6. St. Joseph's (Indiana), 79; 7. Regis (Colorado), 78; 8. Adelphi, 75; 9. Lock Haven, 63; 10. (tie) Humboldt State and Merrimack, 60; 12. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 59; 13. Presbyterian, 54; 14. Cal State Dominguez Hills, 41; 15. Northern Colorado, 39; 16. New Hampshire College, 34; 17. (tie) Missouri-St. Louis and Metropolitan State, 32; 19. Oakland, 21; 20. Truman State, 18; 21. Sonoma State, 17; 22. Francis Marion, 16; 23. Mercyhurst, 15; 24. West Virginia Wesleyan, 12; 25. Catawba, 11.

Division III Men's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. College of New Jersey, 200; 2. Kenyon, 191; 3. Williams, 182; 4. Ithaca, 180; 5. Greensboro, 168; 6. Bethany (West Virginia), 158; 7. Luther, 153; 8. Wheaton (Illinois), 140; 9. Chicago, 138; 10. Richard Stockton, 117; 11. Elizabethtown, 111; 12. Trinity (Texas), 95; 13. UC San Diego, 89; 14. Mary Washington, 87; 15. Wilmington (Ohio), 83; 16. Middlebury, 76; 17. Salem State, 74; 18. Concordia-Moorhead, 59; 19. Hope, 53; 20. Muhlenberg, 51; 21. St. Lawrence, 33; 22. Rowan, 31; 23. Fredonia State, 23; 24. Johns Hopkins, 19; 25. Wheaton (Massachusetts), 18.

Division III Women's Soccer

The Umbro preseason top 25 NCAA Division III women's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. UC San Diego, 297; 2. College of New Jersey, 285; 3. Amherst, 261; 4. Chicago, 252; 5. Macalester, 234; 6. Ithaca, 222; 7. Gustavus Adolphus, 201; 8. Williams, 189; 9. Richard Stockton, 180; 10. Trinity (Texas), 162; 11. Randolph-Macon, 147; 12. Emory, 138; 13. Wilmington (Ohio), 120; 14. Wooster, 108; 15. North Carolina Wesleyan, 90; 16. Rochester, 81; 17. Bates, 42; 18. Heidelberg, 33; 19. Kean, 32; 20. Cal Lutheran, 28; 21. Bowdoin, 21; 22. Skidmore, 12; 23. William Smith, 6; 24. Washington (Missouri), 5; 25. Methodist, 4.