Men's Soccer moves up two spots to No. 22 in sixth weekly United Soccer Coaches poll

October 14, 2025

By Marissa Myers

| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #6 |

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to be ranked No. 22 in the sixth weekly United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears are 8-0-4 and 3-0-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference on the season under seventh-year head coach Chris Matejka.

Northern is coming off a 3-2 win over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday and a 4-1 win over Muskingum on Saturday.

ONU was ranked No. 24 in the preseason poll, No. 12 in the first weekly poll, No. 11 in the second weekly poll, received votes in weeks three and four and was ranked No. 24 last week.

Tufts (Mass.) is ranked No. 1, Denison is ranked No. 2 and Emory (Ga.) is No. 3.

Ohio Northern is the only OAC school in the top 25.

The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday when they host Heidelberg at Kerscher Stadium at 7 p.m.

United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #6

Oct. 14, 2025

Rank	School	Last	Record
1.	Tufts (Mass.)	5	8-1-2
2.	Denison	3	10-0-2
3.	Emory (Ga.)	2	10-0-2
4.	Washington (Mo.)	7	10-1-0
5.	St. Olaf (Minn.)	8	11-1-2
6.	Brandeis (Mass.)	12	8-1-3
7.	Trinity (Texas)	6	10-1-0
8.	Augsburg (Minn.)	10	13-1-0
9.	Dickinson (Pa.)	9	9-0-5
10.	Wheaton (Mass.)	4	9-0-3
11.	Williams (Mass.)	1	7-1-4
12.	Wesleyan (Conn.)	25	7-2-2
13.	Lake Forest (Ill.)	11	13-0-0
14.	Scranton (Pa.)	15	9-0-3
15.	SUNY Cortland (N.Y.)	13	8-1-4
16.	Southwestern (Texas)	14	11-0-2
17.	Hobart (N.Y.)	22	10-0-2
18.	Lynchburg (Va.)	17	10-0-2
19.	Chicago (Ill.)	19	7-1-4
20.	Montclair State (N.J.)	23	10-1-2
21.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	20	8-1-4
22.	Ohio Northern	24	8-0-4
23.	Catholic (D.C.)	RV	7-0-5
24.	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	NR	7-0-6
25.	Roger Williams (R.I.)	RV	9-0-4

Also receiving votes: Haverford, Gettysburg, Drew, Moravian, Rowan, Colorado College, Hampden-Sydney, Amherst, Lynchburg, Edgewood, Bates, Buffalo State, Carnegie Mellon, Gustavus Adolphus, Stockton, Bowdoin