2009: Men's Top 25 Poll | Women's Top 25 Poll Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com October 5, 2009 (Records include games of Sunday, October 4) -- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Akron (16)	9-0-0	400	1
2	North Carolina	7-1-1	380	4
3	South Florida	7-1-1	339	6
4	UCLA	6-1-1	337	5
5	Wake Forest	6-2-1	325	3
6	California	7-2-0	322	8
7	California, Santa Barbara	7-2-1	317	10
8	Harvard	7-1-0	281	9
9	Duke	7-2-0	258	13
10	Maryland	5-3-1	240	2
11	Monmouth	9-0-1	225	12
12	Louisville	6-1-2	194	17
13	Northwestern	5-1-3	193	15
14	Indiana	5-3-1	185	7
15	Virginia	6-3-0	176	11
16	Dartmouth	6-2-1	144	18
17	Stanford	6-2-0	113	16
18	Portland	6-1-2	104	23
19	Boston University	7-2-2	97	20
20	Michigan	8-2-1	88	22
21	North Carolina State	6-2-1	64	nr
22	Connecticut	5-2-2	55	nr
23	Charlotte	6-1-2	51	nr
24	New Mexico	6-3-0	50	nr
25	Creighton	4-2-1	43	nr

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 14 Ohio State, No. 19 Kentucky, No. 21 Maryland-Baltimore County, No. 24 Georgetown, No. 25 Michigan State.

Others receiving votes: Ohio State 33, Brown 29, Notre Dame 26, Alabama at Birmingham 25, Michigan State 21, Georgetown 18, Maryland, Baltimore County 18, Old Dominion 17, Penn State 15, Drake 11, Tulsa 11, George Mason 9, California-Irvine 8, Loyola Marymount 7, Kentucky 4, California State-Northridge 3, Butler 1.

Voting panel: Greg Andrulis, George Mason; Louis Bennett, Marquette; Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Ian Collins, Kentucky; Jim DeRose, Bradley; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; Jeremy Fishbein, New Mexico; John Kerr, Duke; Mike Freitag, Indiana; Mike Getman, Alabama at Birmingham; Kevin Grimes, California; Mike Jacobs, Evansville; Paul Krumpe, Loyola Marymount; Ken Lolla, Louisville; Ray Reid, Connecticut.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.