2026 Men's Soccer Polls and RPI thread

[MDZip]

47 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

A win vs. Creighton next Thursday basically guarantees a top 8 seed, no?

Sitting at #8 right now so you'd certainly hope that would be the case. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

12 hours ago, MDZip said:

Sitting at #8 right now so you'd certainly hope that would be the case. 

 

Didn't UMKC just lost 4-nil to Omaha? Did a Kent grad build the RPI formula?

Edited November 8 by Let'sGoZips94

[Zip_ME87]

7 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Didn't UMKC just lost 4-nil to Omaha? Did a Kent grad build the RPI formula?

 

This is up-to-date:

 

 

[TennZip]

15 hours ago, Zip_ME87 said:

 

This is up-to-date:

 

 

 

 

 

I am old.....have no clue .....how to attach pictures....like @MDZip and @Zip_ME87 did.....

 

if you go to gaucho dan rpi, There was major movement today in RPI

 

Before today, North Carolina was #23 in RPI

North Carolina played #2 in RPI - Clemson today in the ACC conference quarterfinals

 

North Carolina won 3-2 on a golden goal about 5 minutes into the 2nd overtime

 

As a result of defeating #2 RPI, North Carolina jumped all the way from #23 to #11 in RPI

North Carolina is now 9-2-4.   One of their regular season losses was to Clemson.  They have ties against Georgetown and SMU.  If North Carolina wins the ACC, they will probably be a top 5 or 6 seed.

 

N. Carolina will face NC State (who upset Wake Forest (15 in coaches poll) in ACC semis

NC State improved from #35 to #26 in RPI...with today's win at Wake Forest

 

The Big Ten only has their top 6 teams play in the conference tournament.

Amazingly, both quarterfinal games today (3 seed vs. 6 seed and 4 seed vs 5 seed) featured teams that were ranked in the top 16 in RPI

#5 Maryland vs.  #12 Michigan State

#14 UCLA vs #16 Rutgers

 

Rutgers defeated UCLA    2-0

With that win, Rutgers jumped from #16 in RPI  all the way up to #9

In the semis, Rutgers will play 2 seed Washington

Washington is currently #18 in RPI

 

If Rutgers were to defeat Washington and then win the Big Ten by beating the Indiana vs Maryland winner, Rutgers could end up with a 4 or 5 seed in the NCAA tournament.

 

Maryland defeated Michigan State 2-1 in the other conference quarterfinal

In the semis, Maryland will play top seed Indiana

 

as a result of the Maryland win, Maryland moved to #4 in RPI.  Indiana dropped to #5.

 

On Friday night, Michigan State was #9 in RPI.

Michigan State was #12 before today's loss.

 

Michigan State dropped to #15 after today's loss.

 

Other changes resulting from Sunday's games

SMU moved from #3 to #2..as a result of Clemson loss

Clemson only dropped to #3

 

Akron, KC and Pitt all stayed at 6,7 and 8

 

#9 Louisville dropped to #10

Creighton was #10 this morning.....they are #12 now

South Carolina dropped from #11...down to #14  (see note at very bottom)

Stanford was #13 this morning...after their well deserved loss to Syracuse, Stanford dropped to #19

Stanford will be playing a road match in the round of 32...that makes me SMILE  !!!

UCLA was #14 this morning...Losing at home to Rutgers dropped them to #22

West Virginia was #15 this morning...

Marshall and West Virginia both won conference tournament games today

West Vriginia up to #13 in RPI and Marshall is now #17 in RPI

 

Cornell was not in the top 16 this morning

Cornell is currently #16 in RPI

 

I mentioned in Syracuse in another topic.  Syracuse was 7-7-2 coming into the ACC tournament.

The Orangmen were #45 in RPI

Syracuse is now 8-7-3 after a PK win and tonight's great triumph over Stanford.

Tonight's win moved Syracuse from #43 to #35 in RPI.

 

Wins over #8 RPI PItt and #19 RPI Stanford in conference tourney...I am rooting for Stanford to make the NCAA tourney.  Just don't put them in Akron's bracket  !!!

 

I just saw that South Carolina defeated Central Florida 2-1 in their conference quarters...so they moved from #14 to #10 while I was typing this..........whoever wins that conference tournament (W. VA, Marshall, South Carolina,  ???)......will probably move up in RPI with wins in semis and finals ....Conference USA is a strong league for Men's soccer

 

Angel Lopez (who was at Akron soccer for Spring 2026) had 1 goal and 1 assist tonight for South Carolina.

 

 

https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/

[TennZip]

Akron moves up one spot to #3 in Top Drawer soccer weekly poll

 

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

[Zips1991]

1 minute ago, TennZip said:

Akron moves up one spot to #3 in Top Drawer soccer weekly poll

 

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

Thursday's opponent (Creighton) is at #6. Big match!

[TennZip]

Akron improved from number 5

up to number 4

in the united soccer coaches rankings 

 

Creighton is number 8 (was 10 last week)

 

Georgetown dropped to number 2

 

 

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/

[TennZip]

Games this weekend....that could have an impact on the RPI ranking of the Zips(and obviously seeding for the NCAA tournament)

 

RPI Rankings shown are as of 8:30 am on Friday morning

 

#1 Georgetown vs   #5    Akron

 

#2 SMU             vs   #9   N. Carolina

 

#4 Indiana         vs.   #22 Washington

 

#7 S. Carolina   vs.    #12 West Virginia

 

#15 Cornell       vs.     #41  Penn

 

#51 St. Louis   vs.      #99 Fordham

 

#122 Cleveland State vs.  #114 Purdue Fort Wayne

 

 

#3 Clemson lost in the ACC quarterfinals to North Carolina

#6 Maryland lost in the Big 10 semifinals to Indiana

#8 Pitt lost in the round of 16 in the ACC tournament..to Syracuse

 

Personally, I do not feel that 13-3-2 Clemson deserves a top 4 seed......

North Carolina was #23 in RPI before their quarterfinal win over Clemson.  If North Carolina upsets SMU on Sunday, where will they end up for NCAA seeding?

If Indiana were to lose to Washington on Sunday, would the NCAA committee be OK with the Big Ten not having one of the top 4 seeds? 

 

My humble opinion- If the Zips win on Sunday, the zips and Georgetown both deserve to be top 4 seeds.

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, TennZip said:

Games this weekend....that could have an impact on the RPI ranking of the Zips(and obviously seeding for the NCAA tournament)

 

RPI Rankings shown are as of 8:30 am on Friday morning

 

#1 Georgetown vs   #5    Akron

 

#2 SMU             vs   #9   N. Carolina

 

#4 Indiana         vs.   #22 Washington

 

#7 S. Carolina   vs.    #12 West Virginia

 

#15 Cornell       vs.     #41  Penn

 

#51 St. Louis   vs.      #99 Fordham

 

#122 Cleveland State vs.  #114 Purdue Fort Wayne

 

 

#3 Clemson lost in the ACC quarterfinals to North Carolina

#6 Maryland lost in the Big 10 semifinals to Indiana

#8 Pitt lost in the round of 16 in the ACC tournament..to Syracuse

 

Personally, I do not feel that 13-3-2 Clemson deserves a top 4 seed......

North Carolina was #23 in RPI before their quarterfinal win over Clemson.  If North Carolina upsets SMU on Sunday, where will they end up for NCAA seeding?

If Indiana were to lose to Washington on Sunday, would the NCAA committee be OK with the Big Ten not having one of the top 4 seeds? 

 

My humble opinion- If the Zips win on Sunday, the zips and Georgetown both deserve to be top 4 seeds.

Obviously I am biased, but I think a one goal loss or any better result against Georgetown should earn us a top four seed.

 

We have plenty of signature wins against top teams, only one loss (maybe two) to what has been the top team in the country for most of the season (Georgetown), and we are right at or in the top four in both ranking and RPI.

[csims0917]

Would love to see us at least push it to OT. This is THE measuring stick game for the tournament. Doesn't get much tougher than a game like this. Especially cause Georgetown has owned us since we've been in the Big East. 

[Zips1991]

6 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

Would love to see us at least push it to OT. This is THE measuring stick game for the tournament. Doesn't get much tougher than a game like this. Especially cause Georgetown has owned us since we've been in the Big East. 

Well, we did beat them on the road in 2024 regular season (the first match up with them as a Big East member), but have lost the last two (OT in Big East Tournament in 2024 & earlier this season).

[Zips1991]

For those interested in what to watch for this weekend, check out this post which does a nice job of breaking things down. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dfsbj1ME5de/?mdxt=MXgxZ2xrazRpMWFtZQ==