Men's Soccer moves up to No. 24 in fifth weekly United Soccer Coaches poll
By Tim Glon
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #5 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up one spot to No. 24 in the fifth United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears are 7-2-2 on the season under sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka.
Northern is coming off a 1-0 victory at Marietta in its Ohio Athletic Conference opener on Saturday.
ONU was No. 15 in the preseason poll, No. 13 in the first weekly poll, No. 15 in the second poll, was No. 14 in the third poll and No. 25 in last week's poll.
Mary Washington (Va.) is ranked first, Kenyon is second and Tufts (Mass.) is now third.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday when they host Baldwin Wallace at 7 pm at Kerscher Stadium.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #5
Oct. 8, 2024
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 1 | 11-0-1 |
| 2. | Kenyon | 4 | 7-0-3 |
| 3. | Tufts (Mass.) | 2 | 8-0-2 |
| 4. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 5 | 7-0-2 |
| 5. | Colorado College | 6 | 8-1-2 |
| 6. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 3 | 9-0-2 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 7 | 8-1-1 |
| 8. | Dickenson (Pa.) | 9 | 10-1-1 |
| 9. | Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) | 11 | 6-0-5 |
| 10. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 8 | 8-2-1 |
| 11. | Babson (Mass.) | 12 | 5-1-6 |
| 12. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 13 | 9-1-3 |
| 13. | Vassar (N.Y.) | 20 | 8-2-0 |
| 14. | Amherst (Mass.) | 15 | 7-1-2 |
| 15. | Virginia Wesleyan | 16 | 9-1-2 |
| 16. | North Park (Ill.) | 10 | 7-1-4 |
| 17. | Denison | 17 | 6-1-3 |
| 18. | Southwestern (Tex.) | 18 | 7-0-2 |
| 19. | Rowan (N.J.) | 21 | 4-3-5 |
| 20. | SUNY-Oneonta | NR | 7-1-3 |
| 21. | Wheaton (Mass.) | RV | 6-3-2 |
| 22. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | RV | 7-2-2 |
| 23. | Trinity (Tex.) | 24 | 8-0-2 |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | 25 | 7-2-2 |
| 25. | SUNY-Cortland | 14 | 7-3-3 |
Also receiving votes: Connecticut College, Christopher Newport (VA.), St. Olaf (MINN.), Swarthmore (PA.), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.), John Carroll, Illinois Wesleyan, Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.)