2006: Men's Top 25 Poll | Women's Top 25 Poll Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com Monday, August 28, 2006 (Records include games of Sunday, August 27) (First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Maryland (13)	2-0-0	393	1
2	North Carolina (1)	2-0-0	366	2
3	Southern Methodist	2-0-0	356	3
4	Virginia (2)	2-0-0	338	5
5	Indiana	2-0-0	336	9
6	Clemson	1-0-0	309	10
7	UCLA	0-0-1	273	8
8	Duke	2-0-0	270	12
9 (tie)	New Mexico	0-0-1	220	7
9 (tie)	California-Santa Barbara	1-1-0	220	19
11	Wake Forest	2-0-0	215	17
12	Connecticut	0-1-0	206	4
13	St. John's	2-0-0	198	21
14	Notre Dame	1-1-0	197	14
15	San Francisco	2-0-0	184	25
16	North Carolina-Greensboro	2-0-0	145	20
17	California State-Northridge	0-0-1	133	22
18 (tie)	California	0-1-1	101	13
18 (tie)	Santa Clara	1-0-1	101	18
20	Creighton	0-2-0	93	6
21	South Florida	1-1-0	79	16
22	Penn State	1-1-0	77	15
23	Loyola Marymount	1-0-0	74	nr
24	Virginia Tech	2-0-0	49	nr
25	Akron	1-1-0	47	11

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 23 Old Dominion, No. 24 South Carolina.

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 45, Alabama-Birmingham 39, Ohio State 22, Old Dominion 17, Washington 17, San Diego State 14, Illinois-Chicago 10, Wisconsin 8, Drake 5, Bradley 4, Cincinati 4, James Madison 4, San Diego 3.

Voting panel: Louis Bennett, Marquette; Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Ian Collins, Kentucky; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; Jeremy Fishbein, New Mexico; Mike Freitag, Indiana; Mike Getman, Alabama-Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Mike Jacobs, Evansville; Paul Krumpe, Loyola Marymount; Ken Lolla, Louisville; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Bob Warming, Creighton.

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.

2006 College Soccer Polls
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