CONFERENCE WATCH: Preseason Polls
- by Soccer America , Aug 22, 2008
1. North Carolina (7)
2. Florida State (2)
3. Virginia (1)
4. Boston College
5. Wake Forest (1)
6. Duke
7. Miami (Fla.)
8. Maryland
8. Virginia Tech
10. Clemson
11. N.C. State
America East
1. Boston U. (8) 64
2. New Hampshire (1) 52
3. Stony Brook 46
4. Maine 45
5. Hartford 40
6. Binghamton 26
7. Albany 23
8. Vermont 19
9. UMBC 9
Atlantic Sun
1. Kennesaw State (11) 121
2. Mercer 100
3. FGCU 97
4. ETSU 86
5. Belmont 72
6. Stetson 69
7. UNF 58
8. Jacksonville 46
9. Campbell 38
10. USC Upstate 25
11. Lipscomb 20
Atlantic-10
1. Charlotte
2. Dayton
3. Saint Louis
4. Rhode Island
5. Fordham
6. Richmond
7. Duquesne
8. La Salle
9. Massachusetts
10. George Washington
11. Xavier
12. St. Bonaventure
13. Temple
14. Saint Joseph's
Big East
American Division
1. West Virginia (9) 114
2. Connecticut (7) 111
3. Marquette 90
4. St. John's 77
5. USF 65
6. Providence 38
6. Syracuse 38
8. Pittsburgh 35
National Division
1. Notre Dame (15) 120
2. Louisville (1) 96
3. Georgetown 87
4. Rutgers 86
5. Villanova 69
6. Seton Hall 48
7. Cincinnati 36
8. DePaul 26
Big Sky
1 Sacramento State (5) 45
2 Northern Colorado (2) 37
2 Weber State (1) 37
4 Northern Arizona 31
5 Portland State 26
6 Idaho State 24
7 Montana 14
8 Eastern Washington 10
Big South
1. Coastal Carolina (3) 90
2. High Point (3) 83
3. Liberty (1) 75
4. Charleston Southern (3) 73
5. Radford 56
6. Winthrop 52
7. Gardner-Webb 50
8. UNC Asheville 32
9. Presbyterian 22
10. VMI 17
Big Ten
1 Penn State
2 Illinois
3 Purdue
4 Indiana
5 Ohio State
6 Minnesota
7 Michigan
7 Michigan State
9 Wisconsin
10 Northwestern
11 Iowa
Big 12
1 Texas (5) 94
2 Texas A&M (4) 93
3 Missouri (2) 77
4 Oklahoma State 71
5 Colorado 66
6 Kansas 60
7 Texas Tech 48
8 Nebraska 33
9 Oklahoma 29
10 Iowa State 18
11 Baylor 14
Big West
1. UC Santa Barbara (4) 74
2. Long Beach State (3) 73
3. Cal Poly (2) 62
4. Cal State Fullerton 60
5. UC Irvine 40
6. Pacific 30
7. Cal State Northridge 26
8. UC Riverside 25
9. UC Davis 15
CAA
1. William and Mary (5) 112
2. James Madison (4) 111
3. Hofstra (3) 107
4. VCU 79
5. UNC Wilmington 73
6. George Mason 64
7. Delaware 62
8. Old Dominion 59
9. Northeastern 48
10. Georgia State 35
11. Towson 29
12. Drexel 13
Conference USA
1. Memphis
2. UCF
3. Colorado College
4. Rice
Horizon
1. Milwaukee (7) 63
2. Loyola (2) 58
3. Wright State 47
4. Butler 46
5. Detroit 31
5. Valparaiso 31
7. Cleveland State 19
7. Green Bay 19
9. Youngstown State 10
Ivy League
no poll
MAAC
1. Marist 91
2. Loyola 90
3. Fairfield 88
4. Niagara 60
5. Siena 59
6. Manhattan 56
7. Iona 40
8. Canisius 30
9. Rider 26
10. Saint Peter's 10
Mid-American
1. Toledo
2. Ball State
3. Bowling Green
4. Miami
5. Ohio
6. Northern Illinois
6. Eastern Michigan
8. Central Michigan
9. Kent State
10. Buffalo
11. Akron
12. Western Michigan
Missouri Valley
1. Creighton (4) 46
2. Illinois State (2) 37
3. Evansville 35
4. Missouri State (1) 32
5. Drake 24
6. Indiana State 11
6. Northern Iowa 11
Mountain West
1. BYU (7) 49
2. UNLV (1) 39
3. San Diego State 36
3. Utah 36
5. TCU 24
6. New Mexico 17
7. Wyoming 16
8. Air Force 7
Northeast
1. Monmouth (6)
2. Central Connecticut State (1)
3. Long Island (1)
4. Quinnipiac (2)
5. Sacred Heart
6. Robert Morris
7. Saint Francis (PA)
8. Fairleigh Dickinson
9. Mount St. Mary's
10. Wagner
Ohio Valley
1. Southeast Missouri (16) 128
2. Murray State (2) 104
3. Eastern Illinois 85
3. UT Martin 85
5. Morehead State 82
6. Eastern Kentucky 45
7. Jacksonville State 44
8. Austin Peay 39
9. Tennessee Tech 36
Pac-10
1. Stanford (6) 76
2. UCLA (3) 73
3. USC (1) 70
4. California 57
5. Arizona State 44
5. Washington State 44
7. Oregon 29
8. Washington 25
9. Arizona 21
10. Oregon State 11
Patriot League
1. Navy (4) 88
2. Bucknell (8) 86
3. Colgate (1) 72
4. American (3) 70
5. Lehigh 49
6. Army 42
7. Holy Cross 23
8. Lafayette 18
SEC
Eastern Division
1. Florida (7) 59
2. Tennessee (3) 55
3. Georgia (2) 52
4. South Carolina 37
5. Vanderbilt 23
6. Kentucky 20
Western Division
1. LSU (7) 62
2. Auburn (5) 59
3. Ole Miss 45
4. Alabama 30
4. Arkansas 30
6. Miss. State 20
Southern
1. UNC Greensboro (10) 118
2. Davidson (1) 101
2. Furman 101
4. Samford 87
5. College of Charleston (1) 86
6. Western Carolina 78
7. Appalachian State 64
8. Elon 47
9. Wofford 43
10. Georgia Southern 36
11. The Citadel 17
12. Chattanooga 15
Southland
1. McNeese State (5) 74
2. Stephen F. Austin (5) 73
3. UTSA 66
4. Northwestern State 59
5. Southeastern Louisiana 48
6. Texas State 41
7. Central Arkansas 35
8. Sam Houston State 26
9. Nicholls State 17
10. Lamar 11
(Coaches Poll)
Summit
1. Oakland 61 (5)
2. Western Illinois 53 (4)
3. South Dakota State 49
4. North Dakota State 45
5. Oral Roberts 35
6. Southern Utah 29
7. IUPUI 27
8. IPFW 14
9. Centenary 11
Sun Belt
1. Denver (9) 141
2. North Texas (2) 128
3. Western Kentucky 115
4. Middle Tennessee 109
5. Florida Atlantic 97
6. Louisiana-Lafayette 78
7. South Alabama 69
8. UALR 53
9. FIU 52
10. Louisiana-Monroe 37
11. Arkansas State 33
12. Troy 22
SWAC
Eastern Division
1. Jackson State (9) 83
2. Alabama A&M (7) 80
3. Mississippi Valley State (4) 68
4. Alabama State 35
5. Alcorn State 34
Western Division
1. Grambling State (10) 83
2. Southern (6) 74
3. Prairie View A&M (4) 64
4. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40
5. Texas Southern 36
United Soccer
no poll
WAC
1. Hawaii
2. Fresno State
3. Utah State
4. Boise State
5. Nevada
6. San Jose State
7. Idaho
8. Louisiana Tech
WCC
1. Portland (7) 49
2. Santa Clara (1) 42
3. San Diego 37
4. Loyola Marymount 30
5. Pepperdine 24
6. Gonzaga 22
7. San Francisco 11
8. Saint Mary's 9
