Men's Soccer moves up two spots to No. 20 in seventh weekly United Soccer Coaches poll
By Marissa Myers
| United Soccer Coaches Division III Top 25 Poll #7 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up two spots to be ranked No. 20 in the seventh weekly United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division III Top 25 poll on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears are 9-0-5 and 4-0-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference on the season under seventh-year head coach Chris Matejka.
Northern is coming off a 4-0 win over Heidelberg on Wednesday and a 2-2 draw with Capital on Saturday for their Senior Day.
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, No. 24 in week five and No. 22 last week.
Tufts (Mass.) is ranked No. 1, Emory (Ga.) is ranked No. 2 and Washington (Mo.) is No. 3.
Ohio Northern is the only OAC school in the top 25.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday at Otterbein at 7 p.m.
United Soccer Coaches Top 25 - Poll #7
Oct. 21, 2025
| Rank | School | Last | Record |
| 1. | Tufts (Mass.) | 1 | 10-1-2 |
| 2. | Emory (Ga.) | 3 | 11-0-2 |
| 3. | Washington (Mo.) | 4 | 11-1-0 |
| 4. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 5 | 13-1-2 |
| 5. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 6 | 9-1-3 |
| 6. | Trinity (Texas) | 7 | 11-1-0 |
| 7. | Augsburg (Minn.) | 8 | 14-1-1 |
| 8. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 9 | 10-0-5 |
| 9. | Williams (Mass.) | 11 | 8-1-4 |
| 10. | Wheaton (Mass.) | 10 | 11-0-3 |
| 11. | Hobart (N.Y.) | 17 | 10-0-3 |
| 12. | Chicago (Ill.) | 19 | 9-1-4 |
| 13. | Lake Forest (Ill.) | 13 | 15-0-0 |
| 14. | SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) | 15 | 10-1-4 |
| 15. | Southwestern (Texas) | 16 | 12-0-3 |
| 16. | Scranton (Pa.) | 14 | 10-0-3 |
| 17. | Denison | 2 | 11-1-2 |
| 18. | Monclair State (N.J.) | 20 | 11-1-3 |
| 19. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 21 | 9-1-4 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 22 | 9-0-5 |
| 21. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 12 | 8-3-2 |
| 22. | Hampden-Sydney (Va.) | RV | 10-1-2 |
| 23. | Lynchburg (Va.) | 18 | 11-1-2 |
| 24. | Bowdoin (Maine) | RV | 9-2-2 |
| 25. | Edgewood (Wis.) | RV | 11-1-2 |
Also receiving votes: Wooster, Rowan (N.J.), Catholic (D.C.), Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas), Muhlenberg (Pa.), Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Stockton (N.J.), Connecticut College, Amherst (Mass.), Roger Williams (R.I.), Colorado College