2010: Men's Top 25 Poll | Women's Top 25 Poll Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com October 4, 2010 (Records include games of Sunday, October 3) -- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Akron (15)	7-0-1	399	1
2	Connecticut	7-0-2	373	3
3	Louisville (1)	7-0-2	352	8
4	North Carolina	6-2-0	345	2
5	Tulsa	7-1-0	343	5
6	Maryland	5-2-1	313	9
7	Virginia	6-2-1	303	4
8	Ohio State	6-2-2	253	17
9	California-Irvine	8-1-1	243	11
10	Creighton	7-1-0	237	13
11	Southern Methodist	9-1-0	236	7
12	Butler	8-0-0	217	15
13	Monmouth	7-1-0	209	14
14	Michigan State	7-2-0	168	10
15	UCLA	7-2-1	167	18
16	Boston College	5-2-2	165	12
17	Duke	4-2-3	156	6
18	Brown	6-0-2	143	22
19	California	5-1-2	133	21
20	St. John's	6-3-0	87	16
21	Penn State	6-3-0	64	19
22 (tie)	South Carolina	5-2-1	55	nr
22 (tie)	South Florida	6-2-1	55	nr
24	Indiana	5-3-1	49	24
25 (tie)	Portland	4-1-4	20	25
25 (tie)	San Diego State	7-2-1	20	nr

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

Dropped out: No. 20 Wake Forest, No. 23 Alabama at Birmingham.

Others receiving votes: Wake Forest 16, Alabama at Birmingham 15, Notre Dame 11, California, Santa Barbara 8, North Carolina-Wilmington 8, Central Florida 4, James Madison 4, Sacramento State 4, Colgate 3, Michigan 3, Oregon State 2, West Virginia 2, Charlotte 1, Washington 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, Rutgers; Jeremy Fishbein, New Mexico; John Kerr, Duke; Mike Getman, Alabama at Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Mike Jacobs, Evansville; Paul Krumpe, Loyola Marymount; Ken Lolla, Louisville; Caleb Porter, Akron; 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.