Men's Soccer continues upward climb in national polls, now #6 according to D3soccer.com
By Tim Glon
| D3Soccer.com Poll | NSCAA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up one spot to No. 6 in the fourth weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears (9-0-1 overall) received 778 points in the poll, 79 more points that last week when they were ranked No. 7.
ONU was No. 16 in the first weekly poll and was No. 9 in the second poll.
Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.
Rowan (N.J.) remained in the top spot in the rankings with 998 points and 17 first place votes, Kenyon is second with 944 points and the final first place vote and Amherst (Mass.) is third with 883 points.
Ohio Northern is also ranked No. 12 in the third weekly National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday when they host Manchester (Ind.) at 7 pm at Kerscher Stadium.
D3Soccer.com Poll - Week 4
Sept. 27, 2016
2016 |
Total | Last | ||
Rank | School (First Place Votes) |
Record | Points | Week |
1. | Rowan (N.J.) (17) | 9-0-0 | 998 | 1 |
2. | Kenyon (1) | 8-0-0 | 944 | 2 |
3. | Amherst (Mass.) |
5-0-1 | 883 | 3 |
4. | Chicago (Ill.) | 9-0-0 | 882 | 5 |
5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 9-0-0 | 864 | 4 |
6. | Ohio Northern | 9-0-1 | 778 | 7 |
7. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 6-1-0 | 744 | 9 |
8. | Calvin (Mich.) | 7-1-0 | 677 | 11 |
9. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-1-0 | 667 | 6 |
10. | Massachussetts-Boston | 8-0-0 | 564 | 16 |
11. | Macalester (Minn.) | 8-0-1 | 520 | 18 |
12. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 4-0-1 | 509 | 20 |
13. | Ohio Wesleyan | 5-1-2 | 488 | 10 |
14. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 5-1-3 | 448 | 8 |
15. | Haverford (Pa.) | 5-1-2 | 378 | 21 |
16. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 7-2-0 | 344 | 12 |
17. | Washington (Mo.) |
5-0-0 | 299 | NR |
18. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 7-1-0 | 295 | 13 |
19. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 5-1-1 | 280 | 15 |
20. | Messiah (Pa.) | 5-0-3 | 276 | 22 |
21. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 7-2-0 | 273 | NR |
22. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 8-1-0 | 180 | 24 |
23. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 3-2-1 | 165 | 14 |
24. | Loras (Iowa) | 4-2-0 | 136 | 25 |
25. | Lynchburg (Pa.) | 6-0-2 | 111 | NR |
Others recieving votes: Montclair State 98, Grove City 98, Rochester 76, Scranton 60, Lycoming 51, Oberlin 51, Williams 42, Dubuque 38, Colorado College 36, St. Thomas 36, Redlands 33, Centre 33, Ramapo 29, Lebanon Valley 24, Carthage 18, Capital 18, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 16, Gordon 13, Clark 13, St. Mary's (Md.) 7, Union 7, Springfield 4, Chapman 2.
NSCAA Coaches Poll - Week 2
Sept. 20, 2016
2016 | Last | ||
Rank | School | Record | Week |
1. | Trinity (Tx.) | 9-0-0 | 1 |
2. | Kenyon | 8-0-0 | 2 |
3. | Chicago (Ill.) | 9-0-0 | 4 |
4. | Amherst (Mass.) | 5-0-1 | 3 |
5. | Rowan (N.J.) | 9-0-0 | 8 |
6. | Macalester (Minn.) | 8-0-1 | 7 |
7. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 6-0-1 | 10 |
8. | Haverford (Pa.) | 5-1-2 | 22 |
9. | Washington (Mo.) | 6-0-0 | 12 |
10. | Massachusetts-Boston | 8-0-0 | 11 |
11. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 7-1-0 | 5 |
12. | Ohio Northern | 8-0-1 | 13 |
13. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 6-1-0 | 20 |
14. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 5-1-3 | 6 |
15. | Redlands (Cal.) | 7-2-0 | 14 |
16. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 4-0-1 | 19 |
17. | Luther (Ia.) | 5-1-2 | 23 |
18. | Plattsburgh St. (N.Y.) | 8-1-0 | 21 |
19. | Carthage (Wis.) | 6-2-0 | 24 |
20. | Calvin (Mich.) | 7-1-0 | 15 |
21. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 5-1-1 | 16 |
22. | Lynchburg (Va.) |
6-0-2 | RV |
23. | Dubuque (Ia.) | 7-1-0 | 18 |
24. | Colorado College |
6-1-1 | NR |
25. | Oberlin | 7-1-0 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport (9), Williams (7), Gordon (5), SUNY Oneonta (4), Ohio Wesleyan (3), Loras (2), St. Thomas (2), Messiah (2)