Intro:
North Carolina is Soccer AmericaÆs pick to win the 2006 NCAA Division I title, which will be decided at the MenÆs College Cup Dec. 1-3 in St. Louis. First, the Heels will have to get out of the ACC, which has four teams ranked in the top six and seven teams ranked in the top 19. The NCAA tournament committee went one better and awarded the ACC a record eight spots in last yearÆs tournament.
Soccer America Men's Top 25
TEAM (2005 RECORD)
1 North Carolina (17-4-3)
2 SMU (14-6-3)
3 Virginia (12-5-3)
4 Maryland (19-4-2)
5 UCLA (12-5-3)
6 Clemson (15-6-3)
7 Akron (18-1-4)
8 Connecticut (16-3-2)
9 South Florida (13-6-2)
10 Notre Dame (12-8-3)
11 Penn State (13-7-2)
12 UNC Greensboro (16-6-1)
13 Creighton (15-5-3)
14 Indiana (13-3-6)
15 Duke (12-5-3)
16 New Mexico (18-2-3)
17 San Francisco (11-6-4)
18 Wake Forest (13-8-2)
19 Virginia Tech (10-5-5)
20 California (14-4-3)
21 UC Santa Barbara (13-5-3)
22 Old Dominion (15-4-2)
23 Cal State Northridge (15-4-3)
24 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (14-5-4)
25 Saint Louis (9-5-5)