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.