2006: Men's Top 25 Poll | Women's Top 25 Poll Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com 2006 Preseason (First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	School	2005 Record	Pts	2005 Rank
1	UCLA (4)	22-2-2	388	3
2	Portland (9)	23-0-2	370	1
3	North Carolina (2)	23-1-1	362	4t
4	Notre Dame (1)	22-3-0	351	6
5	Penn State	23-0-2	333	2
6	Santa Clara	17-5-2	331	8
7	Florida State	20-4-1	316	4t
8	Virginia	18-6-1	281	7
9	Texas A&M	18-4-2	263	8
10	Duke	14-6-1	231	15
11	Boston College	13-6-2	215	11
12	Tennessee	15-6-2	212	16
13	California	16-4-2	183	9
14	Illinois	12-7-3	152	nr
15	Florida	13-6-1	139	22
16	Connecticut	15-5-2	132	19
17 (tie)	Pepperdine	15-4-3	107	13
17 (tie)	Southern California	13-6-2	107	18
19	Stanford	10-7-3	88	nr
20	Arizona	11-8-3	76	20
21	California State-Fullerton	19-4-0	74	12
22	West Virginia	12-6-3	72	21
23	Marquette	19-4-1	67	14
24	Georgia	12-6-2	58	nr
25	Yale	15-4-1	56	17

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

Others receiving votes: Texas 46, Nebraska 45, Vanderbilt 26, Wake Forest 24, Brigham Young 23, Purdue 15, Virginia Commonwealth 13, Utah 8, Michigan 6, Wisconsin 6, Gonzaga 5, Villanova 5, Saint Louis 4, Southern Methodist 4, Dartmouth 3, Long Beach State 3, Princeton 3, Wisconsin 3, Colorado 2, Oklahoma State 2, Kansas 1, Ohio State 1.

Voting panel: Patrick Baker, Georgia; Kevin Boyd, California; Anson Dorrance, North Carolina; Jillian Ellis, UCLA; Carin Gabarra, Navy; G Guerrieri, Texas A&M; Angela Kelly, Tennessee; Ray Leone, Arizona State; Jim Millinder, Southern California; Chris Petrucelli, Texas; Jennifer Rockwood, Brigham Young; Dan Tobias, Arizona, Len Tsantiris, Connecticut; Mike Tucker, Dayton; Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame; Paula Wilkins, Penn State.

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.

2005 Polls
Final
Final Regular Season
October 31
October 24
October 17
October 10
October 3
September 26
September 19
September 12
September 6
August 30
Preseason