Throughout the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, several sources rank the top men's college soccer programs in the nation based on their results and perceived strength of their opponents. Notable ranking sources include the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, whose poll is the official rankings posted by the NCAA, as well as the Fox Soccer/SBI, Soccer America and TopDrawerSoccer.com polls.
NSCAA[1] | TopDrawerSoccer.com[2] | Fox Soccer/SBI[3] | Soccer America[4] | SoccerTimes.com[5] | POV |
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1. | New Mexico | New Mexico | Connecticut | New Mexico | New Mexico |
2. | Creighton | North Carolina | Maryland | North Carolina | Creighton |
3. | North Carolina | Creighton | New Mexico | Maryland | North Carolina |
4. | Maryland | USF | Creighton | Connecticut | Maryland |
5. | South Florida | Connecticut | Louisville | Creighton | South Florida |
6. | Akron | Maryland | St. John's | Akron | Connecticut |
7. | Connecticut | Akron | UCF | USF | Akron |
8. | UCLA | Boston College | Akron | UCLA | UCLA |
9. | Indiana | Indiana | South Florida | Indiana | Boston College |
10. | Boston College | UCLA | New Mexico | Coastal Carolina | Indiana |
11. | Charlotte | Louisville | Notre Dame | Boston College | Charlotte |
12. | James Madison | Virginia | UC Irvine | James Madison | Coastal Carolina |
13. | Coastal Carolina | James Madison | UC Santa Barbara | UCF | Louisville |
14. | UC Irvine | Old Dominion | UCLA | Louisville | UC Irvine |
15. | Louisville | UC Irvine | Indiana | Charlotte | James madison |
16. | Old Dominion | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara |
17. | UC Santa Barbara | Charlotte | Georgetown | Northwestern | Central Florida |
18. | Notre Dame | Furman | James Madison | UC Irvine | Alabama at Birmingham |
19. | Furman | West Virginia | Cal State Bakersfield | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
20. | Washington | Ohio State | Northern Illinois | Washington | West Virginia |
21. | UAB | UCF | Coastal Carolina | UAB | Old Dominion |
22. | UCF | Georgetown | Furman | Furman | st. John's |
23. | West Virginia | Notre Dame | UNC Charlotte | Providence | Washington |
24. | Iona | UAB | Xavier | West Virginia | Georgetown |
25. | Providence | Memphis | SMU | Memphis | Furman |
Italics represent the ranking for non-ranked teams that received votes.
Team | Week | ||||||||||||||||
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P | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
New Mexico | NR | NR | NR | 16 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Creighton | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
UCLA | 6 | 13 | NR | NR | 18 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Connecticut | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Maryland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
UC Irvine | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 7 | ||||
Boston College | 25 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 | ||||
Indiana | 17 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Akron | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||
St. John's | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 18 | NR | 21 | 11 | ||||
South Florida | NR | 20 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | ||||
UC Santa Barbara | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 13 | ||||
Charlotte | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 15 | ||||
Louisville | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 15 | ||||
Northwestern | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | 16 | ||||
Coastal Carolina | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 17 | ||||
Washington | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | ||||
SMU | 5 | 17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 21 | 15 | NR | NR | 19 | ||||
UAB | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 21 | 17 | 20 | ||||
Old Dominion | NR | NR | NR | 21 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 21 | ||||
Furman | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | 24 | NR | NR | NR | 24 | 19 | 16 | 22 | ||||
Monmouth | NR | 25 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | 23 | ||||
Bradley | NR | NR | NR | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | 24 | ||||
Fairfield | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | ||||
Xavier | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | ||||
James Madison | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 21 | 12 | 20 | NR | ||||
Notre Dame | 12 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 18 | ||||||
Central Florida | NR | 19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 22 | ||||||
West Virginia | NR | 12 | 12 | 23 | 19 | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | 23 | ||||||
Iona | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | 18 | 16 | 19 | NR | 24 | ||||||
South Carolina | 16 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | ||||||
Georgetown | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 19 | |||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | 19 | 22 | NR | |||||||
Duke | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22 | NR | NR | |||||||
SDSU | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 24 | NR | NR | |||||||
Virginia | 22 | NR | 24 | 12 | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | |||||||
Butler | 21 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | ||||||||
Cornell | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | |||||||
William & Mary | 13 | 13 | 8 | 14 | NR | NR | NR | 22 | |||||||||
Santa Clara | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | ||||||||||
Penn State | 18 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | NR | NR | NR | 13 | 13 | 20 | 18 | NR | |||||||||
Kentucky | NR | 21 | 15 | NR | 22 | 21 | NR | ||||||||||
Virginia Commonwealth | NR | NR | 16 | 20 | NR | ||||||||||||
Ohio State | 15 | 23 | NR | 24 | NR | ||||||||||||
California | 7 | 7 | 22 | NR | NR | ||||||||||||
Brown | 11 | 11 | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 20 | 22 | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 9 | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||||||
Michigan State | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | --> |