NCAA Men's Soccer Top 25 Poll

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Men's College Coaches Poll
Division I

Compiled by Gary Davidson
managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com
Preseason 1998. (First-place votes in parentheses.)
First regular season poll: September 14.

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	UCLA (10)	22-2-0	298	-
2	Indiana (2)	23-1-0	287	-
3	Virginia	19-4-3	274	-
4	Saint Louis	17-5-3	245	-
5	Maryland	16-6-1	242	-
6	Duke	15-5-0	225	-
7	St. John’s	18-4-2	212	-
8	Southern Methodist	19-3-0	203	-
9	Stanford	13-5-2	191	-
10	Clemson	10-7-3	180	-
11	Creighton	16-5-1	160	-
12	Rutgers	14-7-2	118	-
13	South Carolina	16-3-1	114	-
14	Portland	11-7-1	108	-
15	American	17-4-4	90	-
16	Washington	15-3-2	89	-
17	Brown	11-6-1	75	-
18	Connecticut	11-7-2	64	-
19 (tie)	Boston University	14-6-2	63	-
19 (tie)	Dartmouth	10-4-4	63	-
21	Florida International	14-6-1	54	-
22	William & Mary	14-6-1	52	-
23	North Carolina - Greensboro	14-7-0	47	-
24	Furman	14-6-0	45	-
25 (tie)	Georgetown	15-7-0	43	-
25 (tie)	South Florida	13-7-2	43	-

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.

Others receiving votes: North Carolina - Charlotte 34, Wake Forest 30, California 25, Air Force 24, San Diego 23, James Madison 22, Southwest Missouri State 16, Bowling Green 13, Marquette 13, Santa Clara 13, Fresno State 11, Princeton 9, Butler 7, North Carolina 6, Ohio State 6, Virginia Commonwealth 6, Tulsa 5, Penn State 3, Evansville 1.

Voting panel: Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; George Gelnovatch, Virginia; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Dave Masur, St. John’s; Mitch Murray, Santa Clara; John Rennie, Duke; Sigi Schmid, UCLA; Bret Simon, Creighton; Bob Warming, Saint Louis; Dean Wurzberger, Washington, Jerry Yeagley, Indiana.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.