By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina’s big 2–1 victory over Duke on Sunday got the attention of the men’s college soccer world.

After not even getting votes in the previous United Soccer Coaches Top 25, the Tar Heels debuted in the poll at No. 18. It’s the first time UNC (4–0–3, 1–0–2 ACC) has been ranked since it was No. 13 last season after a 2–0 start. The Tar Heels fell out of the poll after a 2–1 home loss to Florida International.

UNC is the only Division I school in the country with both soccer teams undefeated. The No. 1-ranked women’s team is 6–0–4 and 2–0–1 in the ACC.

The Blue Devils (4–2–1, 1–2 ACC) were No. 11 before the game but fell to No. 21.

After scoring the game-winning goal against Duke on Sunday, Quenzi Huerman is the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week. He had two assists in Tuesday’s 3–0 victory over UNCW. Huerman’s 15 goals (six goals, three assists) are the most by a UNC player through seven games since 2000.

Other ACC teams in the poll are No. 7 Syracuse, No. 8 Louisville, No. 10 Wake Forest and No. 15 Notre Dame.

Carolina plays again Friday at 7 p.m. at Pittsburgh.

Top 25

Rank	Team	Previous	1st-place votes	Poll points	Record
1	Marshall	1	8	200	8-0-0
2	Southern Methodist	6	0	192	7-1-0
3	Central Florida	3	0	183	4-1-2
4	West Virginia	2	0	166	6-0-2
5	Akron	4	0	164	5-0-4
6	Stanford	8	0	163	5-1-1
7	Syracuse	7	0	150	4-1-3
8	Louisville	10	0	139	6-1-1
9	Missouri State	9	0	133	5-0-1
10	Wake Forest	14	0	126	5-1-3
11	Portland	5	0	123	5-2-0
12	Georgetown	16	0	113	5-1-1
13	Michigan State	22	0	104	5-0-2
14	Vermont	17	0	91	6-1-1
15	Notre Dame	15	0	82	5-1-3
16	Northwestern	13	0	79	7-0-2
17	San Diego State	21	0	73	6-0-1
18	North Carolina	NR	0	71	4-0-3
19	Hofstra	24	0	49	6-1-2
20	UIC	25	0	42	7-1-1
21	Duke	11	0	37	4-2-1
22	Washington	20	0	32	4-2-3
23	Seattle	NR	0	19	5-2-2
24	New Hampshire	18	0	13	4-1-2
25	Penn State	RV	0	12	5-1-2

Also receiving votes: Pittsburgh (9), Bryant (7), Marquette (7), Denver (6), James Madison (5), Clemson (5), Oral Roberts (3), Cornell (1), Florida International (1).

Date	Month/day	Time/score	Opponent (current rank)	TV/ record
	August
22	Thursday	W, 1–0	at UAB	1–0–0
25	Sunday	T, 0–0	vs. Cal Baptist	1–0–1
29	Thursday	W, 3–1	vs. FIU	2–0–1
	September
2	Monday	W, 6–0	vs. East Tenn. St.	3–0–1
6	Friday	T, 2–2	vs. St. John’s	3–0–2
13	Friday	W, 2–1	at Duke	3–0–2, 1–0 ACC
20	Friday	W, 2–0	vs. No. 18 N.C. State	4–0–2, 2–0 ACC
24	Tuesday	T, 0–0	vs. Mercer	4–0–3
28	Saturday	7 p.m.	vs. Cal	ESPN3
	October
4	Friday	7 p.m.	at No. 4 Clemson	ESPN3
8	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. College of Charleston	ESPN3
11	Friday	7 p.m.	at Notre Dame	ESPN3
15	Tuesday	6 p.m.	at William & Mary	Flo Sports
19	Saturday	6 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Pitt	ESPN3
27	Sunday	8 p.m. ET	at No. 1 Stanford	ESPN3
	November
1	Friday	7:30	vs. Boston College	ACCN
			ACC tournament
6	Wednesday	6 and 8	First round Campus sites	ACCN
10	Sunday	2, 4, 6, 8	Quarterfinals Campus sites	ACCN
14	Thursday	5:30 & 8	Semifinals in Cary	ACCN
17	Sunday	TBA	Final in Cary	TBA