Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard
SCHEDULE and RESULTS (Aug. 30-Sept. 2)
Ties were the order of the day as three of the four Soccer America Top 25 matchups on the first two days of the men's college season ended in stalemates.
The No. 1 Indiana tied No. 8 Rutgers, 0-0, and No. Clemson, 1-1. No. 11 Saint Louis and No. 21 Wake Forest tied, 1-1, at North Carolina. No. 2 Virginia beat No. 25 Kentucky, 3-2.
Two Top 25 teams were upset. No. 5 Connecticut lost to Big East rival Seton Hall, 3-2. No. 17 Wisconsin-Milwaukee lost to Tulsa, 2-1, in the first game of its Southwest swing.
Two other Top 25 teams were tied by non-Top 25 opponents: No. UAB (1-1 at UC Irvine) and No. 14 Fairleigh Dickinson (1-1 vs. Northeastern).
The biggest win was recorded by Portland, a 6-0 winner over DePaul.
Rank Team (2002 Record)
1. Indiana (0-0-2)
8/30 — Rutgers (0-0); 8/31 — Clemson (1-1).
2. Virginia (1-0-0)
8/30 — Kentucky (3-2); 9/1 — Rhode Island.
3. North Carolina (1-0-0)
8/30 — Akron (2-1, OT); 9/1 — Saint Louis.
4. Stanford (1-0-0)
8/31 — Sacramento State (5-0).
5. Connecticut (0-1-0)
8/30 — at Seton Hall (2-3).
6. St. John's (0-0-0)
9/1 — Boston College.
7. Washington (0-0-1)
8/31 — Central Florida (2-2); 9/2 — DePaul (at Portland).
8. Clemson (1-0-1)
8/30 — Butler (3-0); 8/31 — at Indiana (1-1).
9. Rutgers (0-1-1)
8/30 — at Indiana (0-0); 8/31 — Butler (0-3).
10. UAB (0-0-1)
8/31 — at UC Irvine (1-1); 9/2 — San Diego (at UC Irvine).
11. Saint Louis (0-0-1)
8/30 — Wake Forest (1-1); 9/1 — at North Carolina.
12. UCLA (1-0-0)
8/30 — Boston University (4-1); 9/1 — FIU (at Cal State Fullerton).
13. Furman (0-0-0)
8/30 — at The Citadel (reschedule for 9/2 — bad weather).
14. Fairleigh Dickinson (0-0-1)
8/30 — Northeastern (1-1); 9/1 — Maine (at Quinnipiac).
15. Portland (1-0-0)
8/31 — DePaul (6-0); 9/2 — Central Florida.
16. SMU (1-0-0)
8/30 — UT-Dallas (3-0); 9/2 — Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
17. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (0-1-0)
8/31 — at Tulsa (1-2); 9/2 at SMU.
18. South Carolina (1-0-0)
8/30 — Charleston Southern (4-0); 9/2 — Jacksonville.
19. Creighton (1-0-0)
8/31 — Oakland (1-0); 9/1 — Notre Dame.
20. San Diego (1-0-0)
8/31 — Stony Brook (5-0); 9/2 — UAB (at UC Irvine).
21. Wake Forest (0-0-1)
8/30 — Saint Louis (1-1); 9/2 — Akron (at North Carolina).
22. California (1-0-0)
8/30 — Cal State Northridge (3-0); 9/1 — at Loyola Marymount.
23. Notre Dame (1-0-0)
8/31 –SW Missouri State (3-2); 9/1 — at Creighton.
24. Santa Clara (0-0-0)
9/2 — Notre Dame de Namur.
25. Kentucky (0-1-0)
8/30 — at Virginia (2-3); 9/1 — Maryland (at Virginia)
* The Soccer America Men's Top 25 will appear at https://www.socceramerica.com by 9 p.m. ET each Monday during the regular season except Labor Day, when it will appear on Tuesday, Sept. 3, by 9 p.m. ET.