The United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll has been released. As in the past, it's just a repeat or reminder of the year-end rankings.
National - Pre-season Poll - August 4, 2026
Rank School Prev W-L-T
1 Tufts University 1 20-1-3
2 Trinity (Texas) 2 20-2-1
3 St. Olaf College 3 20-3-3
4 Emory University 4 17-2-3
5 Bowdoin College 5 12-4-4
6 Dickinson College 6 16-1-7
7 Wheaton (Mass.) 7 17-2-4
8 Augsburg College 8 18-3-3
9 Connecticut College 9 12-3-6
10 Williams College 10 10-5-4
11 SUNY Cortland 11 14-1-6
12 Rowan University 12 17-4-4
13 Macalester College 13 17-4-4
14 Wash University (Mo.) 14 14-4-1
14 Lynchburg 14 19-2-2
16 Messiah University 16 12-8-2
17 University of Scranton 17 13-1-6
18 Brandeis University 18 10-4-5
19 Middlebury College 19 11-6-2
20 University of Chicago 20 12-3-5
21 Denison University 21 14-3-3
22 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 22 13-3-4
23 UMass-Boston 23 13-4-4
24 Christopher Newport 24 13-3-5
25 Luther College 25 10-3-7
Records shown are final 2025 records.
Also receiving votes: Catholic University, Wesleyan University, Babson College, Calvin University, Hampden-Sydney College, Edgewood University, Texas Lutheran University
Willing to bet Tudor Flintham will have St. John's ahead of at least one of the three MIAC teams in rankings.
He played a ton of first years last season and is adding a lot of talent again.