Over the weekend, the UCLA men’s soccer team took advantage of an offensive explosion to upend top-ranked Akron. As a result, the Zips have fallen from the top spot to No. 10 in the latest NSCAA Coaches Poll.
UCLA jumped a spot to No. 8 thanks to their win, while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to 4-0 on the season and jumped from No. 4 to the top spot, receiving 15 first-place votes.
Rounding out the top three was Clemson and North Carolina.
The full NSCAA Coaches Poll can be seen below:
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame (15) | 606 | 4-0-0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Clemson (5) | 593 | 3-0-0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | North Carolina (2) | 549 | 2-0-0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Indiana | 524 | 3-0-1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Maryland (1) | 516 | 2-0-1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Syracuse | 486 | 4-0-0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | UC Santa Barbara | 468 | 4-0-0 | 10 | ||
| 8 | UCLA (1) | 403 | 1-1-1 | 9 | ||
| 9 | Charlotte | 394 | 2-0-0 | 19 | ||
| 10 | Akron (1) | 375 | 2-1-0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Denver | 346 | 3-0-1 | 13 | ||
| 12 | Utah Valley | 314 | 3-0-0 | 18 | ||
| 13 | San Diego State | 302 | 2-0-1 | 23 | ||
| 14 | Creighton | 298 | 1-1-0 | 8 | ||
| 15 | Virginia Tech | 239 | 3-0-0 | NR | ||
| 16 | Kentucky | 221 | 2-0-1 | 17 | ||
| 17 | Virginia | 211 | 1-0-1 | 12 | ||
| 18 | Radford | 204 | 3-0-0 | 20 | ||
| 19 | Butler | 155 | 2-0-1 | NR | ||
| 20 | American | 124 | 2-0-2 | NR | ||
| 21 | Wake Forest | 120 | 2-1-0 | 21 | ||
| 22 | Delaware | 118 | 3-0-0 | NR | ||
| 23 | Vermont | 89 | 4-0-0 | NR | ||
| 24 | Stanford | 76 | 0-1-3 | 15 | ||
| 25 | Boston College | 67 | 3-1-0 | 11 |
Also receiving votes: University of Connecticut (51), University Of Louisville (35), Elon University (23), North Carolina State University (23), Buffalo, University at (20), Gonzaga University (20), Dartmouth College (20), Temple (19), Duke University (17), Loyola University Chicago (16), Seattle University (15), Southern Methodist University (15), Penn State University (10), Rider University (8), University Of South Carolina (7), Saint Louis University (6), University of North Florida (5), University Of South Florida (5), University Of Washington (4), University Of California (4), Old Dominion University (2), Oregon State University (2)
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