USC Rankings 2026

[Kuiper]

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

[repete]

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.