2008: Men's Top 25 Poll | Women's Top 25 Poll Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com September 8, 2009 (Records include games of Monday, September 7) -- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Akron (5)	2-0-0	376	4
2	Wake Forest (2)	2-0-1	374	3
3	St. John's (7)	1-0-1	373	1
4	North Carolina (1)	2-0-1	351	4
5	Creighton	1-0-1	291	5
6	California, Santa Barbara (1)	3-0-0	284	14
7	Maryland	1-1-0	281	2
8	Virginia	2-0-0	260	16
9	South Florida	2-0-0	249	10
10	Dartmouth	2-0-0	233	19
11	California-Irvine	3-0-0	217	17
12	Notre Dame	1-1-1	214	12
13	Indiana	0-1-1	201	7
14	California	1-1-0	195	8
15	UCLA	1-1-0	180	18
16	Louisville	2-0-0	134	25
17	Boston University	2-0-1	117	nr
18	Michigan State	1-0-1	108	20t
19	Tulsa	1-1-1	106	13
20	North Carolina State	3-0-0	99	nr
21	San Francisco	2-0-0	70	nr
22	Duke	3-0-0	63	nr
23	Michigan	2-1-0	62	15
24	Connecticut	1-1-0	49	15
25	Northwestern	0-1-1	48	9

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

Dropped out: No. 11 Illinois-Chicago, No. 20t Loyola (Baltimore), No. 22 Saint Louis, No. 24 California-Davis.

Others receiving votes: South Carolina 41, Illinois-Chicago 39, Drake 25, Southern Methodist 21, California-Davis 20, San Diego 19, Loyola (Baltimore) 18, Kentucky 11, Georgetown 10, Northern Illinois 9, Saint Louis 9, Alabama at Birmingham 8, Ohio State 7, Oregon State 6, Harvard 4, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Penn State 3, New Mexico 2, Bradley 1, Charlotte 1, Monmouth 1.

Voting panel: Greg Andrulis, George Mason; Louis Bennett, Marquette; Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Ian Collins, Kentucky; Jim DeRose, Bradley; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; Jeremy Fishbein, New Mexico; John Kerr, Duke; Mike Freitag, Indiana; Mike Getman, Alabama at Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Mike Jacobs, Evansville; Paul Krumpe, Loyola Marymount; Ken Lolla, Louisville; Ray Reid, Connecticut.

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.