Good week for top-ranked teams
The top seven teams in Soccer America's Top 25 won all their games last week. No. 1 St. John's toppled Rutgers, 3-1, in a Big East battle in which Rutgers' only tally came on an own goal. Andre Schmid, Rich Bradley, and Timothy O'Neill scored for St. John's.
No. 2 Wake Forest edged No. 11 South Carolina, 1-0, on a goal by Adam Harkes.
No. 7 Connecticut held off No. 10 Maryland, 2-0. Damani Ralph, who scored the gamewinner earlier in the week in a 2-1 win over Providence, opened the scoring for the Huskies.
No. 8 SMU was the highest ranked team that failed to go through the week with a perfect record. The Mustangs tied No. 12 Bradley, 1-1.
In other games between ranked teams No. 15 California clobbered No. 18 Oregon State, 5-0. Oregon State also lost, 1-0, at No. 5 Stanford
No. 9 Loyola Marymount beat No. 13 San Diego, 3-2, in overtime.
Updated 10/14
10/7 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/30 Ranking
1 St. John's (9-1-2) 1
10/9 — at Rutgers (3-1).
2 Wake Forest (9-0-2) 2
10/12 — South Carolina (1-0).
3 Indiana (10-1-2) 3
10/11 — Wisconsin (5-1); 10/13 — Northwestern (1-0).
4 Clemson (9-1-1) 4
10/9 — at Wofford (8-0); 10/13 — Virginia (3-2 OT).
5 Stanford (11-1-0) 5
10/11 — Washington (2-0); 10/13 — Oregon State (1-0 OT).
6 UCLA (6-1-2) 6
10/13 — Fresno State (2-1).
7 Connecticut (10-2-0) 7
10/9 — Providence (2-1); 10/12 — Maryland (2-0).
8 SMU (10-1-2) 11
10/11 — at Eastern Illinois (4-0); 10/13 — at Bradley (1-1).
9 Loyola Marymount (11-0-2) 12
10/13 — San Diego (3-2 OT).
10 Maryland (10-3-0) 13
10/9 — at Georgetown (2-0); 10/12 — at Connecticut (0-2).
11 South Carolina (7-3-1) 9
10/12 — at Wake Forest (0-1).
12 Bradley (11-0-3) 15
10/11 — Tulsa (2-1 OT); 10/13 — SMU (1-1).
13 San Diego (11-3-0) 8
10/10 — Cal State Northridge (1-0); 10/13 — at Loyola Marymount (2-3 OT).
14 Furman (9-2-1) 10
10/9 — UNC Asheville (2-0); 10/12 — at Georgia Southern (PPD).
15 California (9-2-1) 19
10/11 — Oregon State (5-0); 10/13 — Washington (2-1 OT).
16 Saint Louis (9-2-1) NR
10/9 — Air Force (4-2); 10/12 — Cincinnati (2-1).
17 Boston College (7-3-0) 17
10/9 — at Dartmouth (4-0); 10/12 — Notre Dame (0-1).
18 Oregon State (9-3-0) NR
10/11 — at California (0-5); 10/13 — at Stanford (0-1).
19 Boston Univ. (7-3-2) NR
10/9 — at Maine (3-0); 10/13 — West Virginia (1-1).
20 Yale (7-1-1) 14
10/8 — Fairfield (1-0); 10/13 — at Dartmouth (2-2).
21 Coastal Carolina (11-0-1) 22
10/9 — Charleston Southern (2-1); 10/12 — UNC Asheville (2-1 OT).
22 Creighton (7-2-2) 20
10/11 — Western Kentucky (2-1 OT); 10/13 — Vanderbilt (4-0).
23 Duke (8-3-1) 18
10/9 — Manhattan (4-1); 10/13 — at N.C. State (3-1).
24 North Carolina (8-5-0) 21
10/8 — Navy (6-1); 10/12 — at VCU (0-1).
25 Hofstra (8-2-1) NR
10/11 — Towson (1-2); 10/13 — Delaware (4-3).
* 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.