College Soccer News: Tar Heel Men, Seminole Women Lead This Week's NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Polls
The North Carolina men and the Florida State women are both ranked in the top spot in this week's NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I rankings.
This is the first week for the men's regular season rankings, as the Tar Heels remain at No. 1 after opening the season 1-0-0. Creighton moves from preseason No. 3 ranking to the No. 2 spot. Also jumping up is No. 3 New Mexico from its preseason sixth spot, and South Florida from preseason No. 5 to this week's No. 4.
Rounding out the Top 5 is Connecticut after falling from its preseason No. 3 ranking.
After the second week of competition, the women's poll has seen its share of shake-ups. Florida State takes over at No. 1 with its 2-0-0 record, while UCLA jumps from No. 5 to No. 2 this week. Oklahoma State moves up one spot to the No. 3 spot, while former top-ranked Stanford drops to No. 4 this week.
Pepperdine and its 3-0-0 record rounds out the top five spots, jumping up from No. 8 from last week.
The NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings are an indicator of week-to-week status of qualified programs. More information about the NSCAA College Rankings can be found at NSCAA.com/rankings/college.
2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's Rankings - Week 1
|
Rank
|
School
|
Prev.
|
W-L-T
|
|
1
|
North Carolina
|
1
|
1-0-0
|
|
2
|
Creighton
|
3
|
1-0-0
|
|
3
|
New Mexico
|
6
|
1-0-0
|
|
4
|
South Florida
|
5
|
1-0-0
|
|
5
|
Connecticut
|
3
|
1-0-0
|
|
6
|
Maryland
|
9
|
1-0-0
|
|
7
|
Akron
|
10
|
1-0-0
|
|
8
|
Charlotte
|
8
|
1-0-0
|
|
9
|
UC Santa Barbara
|
11
|
1-0-0
|
|
10
|
Indiana
|
12
|
2-0-0
|
|
11
|
UCLA
|
2
|
0-1-0
|
|
12
|
UC Irvine
|
13
|
1-0-0
|
|
13
|
Boston College
|
14
|
1-0-0
|
|
14
|
Louisville
|
7
|
0-1-0
|
|
15
|
St. John's
|
15
|
1-0-1
|
|
16
|
Coastal Carolina
|
17
|
1-0-0
|
|
17
|
UAB
|
21
|
2-0-0
|
|
18
|
Saint Mary's (Calif.)
|
18
|
1-0-0
|
|
19
|
Old Dominion
|
23
|
1-0-0
|
|
20
|
SMU
|
16
|
0-0-1
|
|
21
|
Georgetown
|
NR
|
1-0-0
|
|
22
|
Furman
|
24
|
1-0-0
|
|
23
|
Wake Forest
|
RV
|
1-0-0
|
|
24
|
Brown
|
22
|
0-0-0
|
|
25
|
Northwestern
|
20
|
0-0-1
|
2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Women's Rankings - Week 1
|
Rank
|
School
|
Prev.
|
W-L-T
|
|
1
|
Florida State
|
3
|
2-0-0
|
|
2
|
UCLA
|
5
|
3-0-0
|
|
3
|
Oklahoma State
|
4
|
4-0-0
|
|
4
|
Stanford
|
1
|
2-1-0
|
|
5
|
Pepperdine
|
8
|
3-0-0
|
|
6
|
Duke
|
2
|
2-1-0
|
|
7
|
Boston College
|
10
|
3-0-0
|
|
8
|
Penn State
|
6
|
3-1-0
|
|
9
|
Central Florida
|
9
|
3-1-0
|
|
10
|
Virginia
|
11
|
3-1-0
|
|
11
|
Long Beach State
|
15
|
3-0-0
|
|
12
|
Marquette
|
13
|
2-0-0
|
|
13
|
Virginia Tech
|
16
|
4-0-0
|
|
14
|
Wisconsin
|
20
|
3-0-0
|
|
15
|
Wake Forest
|
7
|
2-1-1
|
|
16
|
Rutgers
|
23
|
4-0-0
|
|
17
|
Texas A&M
|
12
|
2-1-0
|
|
18
|
Missouri
|
RV
|
3-0-0
|
|
19
|
North Carolina
|
14
|
0-1-1
|
|
20
|
Portland
|
18
|
2-1-0
|
|
21
|
Tennessee
|
RV
|
4-0-0
|
|
22
|
Florida
|
RV
|
1-1-1
|
|
23
|
Oregon State
|
RV
|
3-0-0
|
|
24
|
Santa Clara
|
25
|
2-1-0
|
|
25
|
San Diego State
|
RV
|
4-0-0
|
For the first time ever, the University of San Diego will be hosting the NCAA College Cup to crown the National Champion in DI Women’s Soccer on November 30 and December 2, 2012, at Torero Stadium. Will Stanford repeat as top team in college women’s soccer, or will Florida State maintain their top spot throughout the season? Follow all the action to find out.
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