NCAA Men's Soccer · Team Strength Rankings

Men’s · Team Strength

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199 teams

Each team gets a 0–100 Shortlistr Team Strength score, rebuilt nightly from every NCAA D1 match this season — results, scoreline, opponent quality and venue all weighed in. Read the full methodology →


1	SMU	Atlantic Coast	100
2	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	99
3	Georgetown	Big East	99
4	Xavier	Big East	98
5	Creighton	Big East	98
6	Washington	Big Ten	97
7	Indiana	Big Ten	97
8	Syracuse	Atlantic Coast	96
9	Elon	Coastal Athletic Association	96
10	UCLA	Big Ten	95
11	Charlotte	American Athletic	95
12	Louisville	Atlantic Coast	94
13	Akron	Big East	94
14	Missouri State	American Athletic	93
15	Portland	West Coast	93
16	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	92
17	Kansas City	Summit League	92
18	James Madison	Sun Belt	91
19	Omaha	Summit League	91
20	West Virginia	Sun Belt	90
21	Oregon State	Pacific 12	90
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	89
23	Michigan State	Big Ten	89
24	Stanford	Atlantic Coast	88
25	UNC Greensboro	Southern	88
26	Stony Brook	Coastal Athletic Association	87
27	High Point	Big South	87
28	Virginia Tech	Atlantic Coast	86
29	UConn	Big East	86
30	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	85
31	FIU	American Athletic	85
32	Rutgers	Big Ten	84
33	NJIT	America East	84
34	Vermont	America East	83
35	Cornell	Ivy League	83
36	Bryant	America East	82
37	La Salle	Atlantic 10	82
38	Pittsburgh	Atlantic Coast	81
39	California Baptist	Pacific 12	81
40	San Diego	West Coast	80
41	Fairfield	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	80
42	Albany	America East	79
43	Boston University	Patriot League	79
44	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast	78
45	South Carolina	Sun Belt	78
46	Penn	Ivy League	77
47	Hofstra	Coastal Athletic Association	77
48	Ohio State	Big Ten	76
49	Marquette	Big East	76
50	UC San Diego	Pacific 12	75
51	UNC Asheville	Big South	75
52	NC State	Atlantic Coast	74
53	Princeton	Ivy League	74
54	Delaware	Summit League	73
55	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	73
56	Marshall	Sun Belt	72
57	UNC Wilmington	Coastal Athletic Association	72
58	UC Irvine	Big West	71
59	Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	71
60	UCF	Sun Belt	70
61	Memphis	American Athletic	70
62	Notre Dame	Atlantic Coast	69
63	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	69
64	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	68
65	Brown	Ivy League	68
66	Maryland	Big Ten	67
67	North Florida	ASUN	67
68	Gonzaga	Pacific 12	66
69	Furman	Southern	66
70	Utah Valley	Big West	65
71	Gardner-Webb	Big South	65
72	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	64
73	Quinnipiac	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	64
74	Winthrop	Big South	63
75	Bellarmine	ASUN	63
76	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	62
77	San Francisco	West Coast	62
78	UMBC	America East	61
79	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	61
80	Dartmouth	Ivy League	60
81	Stetson	ASUN	60
82	Drexel	Coastal Athletic Association	59
83	Dayton	Atlantic 10	59
84	Providence	Big East	58
85	Cal State Bakersfield	Big West	58
86	Cal Poly	Pacific 12	57
87	Rider	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	57
88	UMass Lowell	America East	56
89	Cleveland State	Horizon League	56
90	St. John's	Big East	55
91	Le Moyne	Northeast	55
92	Seton Hall	Big East	54
93	Fordham	Atlantic 10	54
94	Liberty	Southern	53
95	UIC	Missouri Valley	53
96	Belmont	Missouri Valley	52
97	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon League	52
98	New Hampshire	America East	51
99	UAB	American Athletic	51
100	Charleston	Coastal Athletic Association	50
101	Northern Illinois	Horizon League	50
102	California	Atlantic Coast	49
103	Michigan	Big Ten	49
104	Boston College	Atlantic Coast	48
105	George Mason	Atlantic 10	48
106	Columbia	Ivy League	47
107	Queens	ASUN	47
108	Duke	Atlantic Coast	46
109	Lehigh	Patriot League	46
110	Central Arkansas	ASUN	45
111	Merrimack	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	45
112	Northwestern	Big Ten	44
113	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	44
114	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	43
115	Wofford	Southern	43
116	Bradley	Missouri Valley	42
117	Drake	Missouri Valley	42
118	Marist	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	41
119	Milwaukee	Horizon League	41
120	Tulsa	American Athletic	40
121	Northeastern	Coastal Athletic Association	40
122	San Diego State	Pacific 12	39
123	Jacksonville	ASUN	39
124	East Tennessee State	Southern	38
125	Iona	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	38
126	Western Michigan	Missouri Valley	37
127	Saint Peter's	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	37
128	Davidson	Atlantic 10	36
129	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	36
130	Cal State Northridge	Big West	35
131	VCU	Atlantic 10	35
132	Evansville	Missouri Valley	34
133	Seattle	West Coast	34
134	William & Mary	Coastal Athletic Association	33
135	George Washington	Atlantic 10	33
136	Longwood	Big South	32
137	Green Bay	Horizon League	32
138	DePaul	Big East	31
139	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	31
140	Santa Clara	West Coast	30
141	Robert Morris	Horizon League	30
142	USC Upstate	Big South	29
143	Bowling Green	Missouri Valley	29
144	Mercyhurst	Northeast	28
145	Central Connecticut	Northeast	28
146	Georgia State	Sun Belt	27
147	Sacred Heart	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	27
148	Kentucky	Sun Belt	26
149	Mount St. Mary's	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	26
150	Butler	Big East	25
151	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	25
152	Monmouth	Coastal Athletic Association	24
153	Oakland	Horizon League	24
154	Yale	Ivy League	23
155	Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10	23
156	Penn State	Big Ten	22
157	Harvard	Ivy League	22
158	Villanova	Big East	21
159	UMass	Summit League	21
160	Siena	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	20
161	Loyola Maryland	Patriot League	20
162	VMI	Southern	19
163	Bucknell	Patriot League	19
164	Sacramento State	Big West	18
165	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	18
166	St. Thomas	Summit League	17
167	IUPUI	Horizon League	17
168	American	Patriot League	16
169	Holy Cross	Patriot League	16
170	Binghamton	America East	15
171	Niagara	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	15
172	Denver	West Coast	14
173	Army	Patriot League	14
174	Manhattan	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	13
175	Colgate	Patriot League	13
176	Temple	American Athletic	12
177	Oral Roberts	Summit League	12
178	Wright State	Horizon League	11
179	Navy	Patriot League	11
180	Radford	Big South	10
181	New Haven	Northeast	10
182	UC Riverside	Pacific 12	9
183	LIU	Northeast	9
184	West Florida Argos	ASUN	8
185	Northern Kentucky	Horizon League	8
186	Lipscomb	ASUN	7
187	Detroit Mercy	Horizon League	7
188	Campbell	Coastal Athletic Association	6
189	Stonehill	Northeast	6
190	South Florida	American Athletic	5
191	Saint Mary's	West Coast	5
192	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	4
193	Lafayette	Patriot League	4
194	Pacific	West Coast	3
195	Canisius	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	3
196	Mercer	Southern	2
197	Howard	Northeast	2
198	Presbyterian	Big South	1
199	Chicago State	Northeast	1

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