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)	Location	TV/ record
	August
24	Thursday	T, 1-1	Loyola Maryland	Home	0–0–1
	September
1	Friday	W, 2-1	East Tenn. St.	Johnson City, Tenn.	1–0–1
4	Monday	W, 4-1	VCU	Richmond, Va.	2–0–1
8	Friday	T, 1-1	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	2–0–2, 0–0–1 ACC
15	Friday	T, 1–1	No. 2 Notre Dame	Home	2–0–3, 0–0–2 ACC
19	Tuesday	W, 3–0	UNC Wilmington	Home	3–0–3
24	Sunday	W, 2–1	No. 8 Duke	Home	4–0–3, 1–0–2 ACC
29	Friday	T, 0–0	Pitt	Pittsburgh	4–0–4, 1–0–3 ACC
	October
3	Tuesday	W, 2–0	Elon	Home	5–0–4
6	Friday	L, 1–0	No. 22 Syracuse	Home	5–1–4, 1–1–3 ACC
10	Tuesday	W, 3–0	Florida Gulf Coast	Home	6–1–4
14	Saturday	L, 1–0	No. 6 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem	6–2–4, 1–2–3 ACC
17	Tuesday	T, 0–0	William & Mary	Home	6–2–5
22	Sunday	W, 2–0	Louisville	Home	7–2–5, 2–2–3 ACC
27	Friday	L, 0–1	No. 9 Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	7–3–5, 2–3–3 ACC
	November		ACC tournament
1	Wednesday	W, 4–1	First round: Virginia Tech	Home	8–3–5
5	Sunday	W, 1–0	Quarterfinal: No. 6 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem	9–3–5
8	Wednesday	W, 3–1	Semifinal: No. 22 Syracuse	Syracuse	10–3–5
12	Sunday	Noon	Championship: No. 14 Clemson	Cary	ESPNU
			NCAA tournament
16	Thursday	TBA	First round	Campus sites	TBA
19	Sunday	TBA	Second round	Campus sites	TBA
25–26	Sat.-Sun.	TBA	Third round	Campus sites	TBA
	December
1–2	Fri.-Sat.	TBA	Quarterfinals	Campus sites	TBA
8	Friday	TBA	Semifinals	Louisville	TBA
11	Monday	TBA	Championship	Louisville	TBA