COLLEGE: Soccer America Top 25 Men's Schedules (Aug. 29-Sept. 1)

• by Soccer America , Aug 28, 2003

PRESEASON RANK/TEAM (2002 RECORD) 2002 FINAL RANKING

1 UCLA (18-3-3) 6

8/29 -- Penn State (CS Fullerton Soccer Town Classic); 8/31 -- Ohio State (CS Fullerton Soccer Town Classic).

2 Maryland (20-5-0) 1

8/29 -- Furman (Creighton Diadora Challenge); 8/31 -- Creighton or Butler (Creighton Diadora Challenge).

3 Notre Dame (12-6-3) 20

8/29 -- UAB (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic); 8/30 -- California (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic).

4 Wake Forest (15-2-4) 2

8/29 -- Connecticut (Wake Forest adidas Classic); 8/30 -- St. John's (Wake Forest adidas Classic).

5 St. John's (13-3-5) 3

8/29 -- North Carolina (Wake Forest adidas Classic); 8/30 -- at Wake Forest (Wake Forest adidas Classic).

6 Stanford (18-4-2) 10

no games.

7 Penn State (16-8-0) 24

8/29 -- UCLA (CS Fullerton Soccer Town Classic); 8/31 -- at Cal State (CS Fullerton Soccer Town Classic).

8 Connecticut (17-6-0) 9

8/29 -- at Wake Forest (Wake Forest adidas Classic); 8/30 -- North Carolina (Wake Forest adidas Classic).

9 Creighton (18-4-2) 15

8/29 -- Butler (Creighton Diadora Challenge); 8/31 -- Maryland or Furman (Creighton Diadora Challenge).

10 Indiana (15-4-2) 4

8/29 -- California (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic); 8/30 -- UAB (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic).

11 California (14-6-2) 12

8/29 -- Indiana (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic); 8/30 -- Notre Dame(adidas/IU Credit Union Classic).

12 SMU (16-3-3) 7

8/29 -- at FIU; 9/1 -- UT-Dallas.

13 Saint Louis (15-4-2) 17

8/29 -- Akron (Virginia Soccer Classic); 8/31 -- at Virginia (Virginia Soccer Classic).

14 Boston College (18-5-0) 5

8/30 -- at Pittsburgh; 9/1 -- at Boston Univ.

15 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (19-1-1) 13

8/29 -- Northern Illinois (Wisconsin Rocky Rococo Madison Classic), 8/31 -- New Mexico (Wisconsin Rocky Rococo Madison Classic).

16 North Carolina (14-7-1) 19

8/29 -- St. John's (Wake Forest adidas Classic); 8/30 -- Connecticut (Wake Forest adidas Classic).

17 New Mexico (18-4-0) NR

8/29 -- at Wisconsin (Wisconsin Rocky Rococo Madison Classic), 8/31 -- Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Wisconsin Rocky Rococo Madison Classic).

18 Santa Clara (10-6-1) NR

8/30 -- Alabama A&M (UC Irvine College Classic), 9/1 -- Fresno State (UC Irvine College Classic).

19 Virginia (15-7-0) 11

8/29 -- Seton Hall (Virginia Soccer Classic); 8/31 -- Saint Louis (Virginia Soccer Classic).

20 UAB (9-7-3) NR

8/29 -- Notre Dame (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic); 8/30 -- Indiana (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic).

21 Clemson (14-3-3) 14

8/29 -- Richmond (VCU Nike/ALLTEL Classic); 8/31 -- at VCU (VCU Nike/ALLTEL Classic).

22 Portland (13-5-2) 16

8/30 -- Oakland (Portland Nike Invitational); 9/1 -- UNLV (Portland Nike Invitational).

23 VCU (15-4-2) 22

8/29 -- West Virginia (VCU Nike/ALLTEL Classic); 8/31 -- Clemson (VCU Nike/ALLTEL Classic).

24 Coastal Carolina (19-2-3) NR

8/30 -- UNC Greensboro.

25 South Florida (11-7-0) NR

8/29 -- Florida Atlantic; 8/31 -- Jacksonville.