By R.L. Bynum
North Carolina’s women’s soccer team remained the unanimous No. 1 pick in the United Soccer Coaches poll, while the UNC men’s soccer team moved up five spots to No. 13.
Carolina remained the only Division I school with both soccer teams undefeated after the men’s team won Tuesday night at home 2–0 against Elon.
The women (8–0–4, 3–0–1 ACC) return home at 7 p.m. Thursday to face Miami (ESPN3) before visiting No. 22 Duke (down five spots) at 4 p.m. Sunday (ACC Network).
No. 13 is the men’s team’s highest ranking since it was also No. 13 on Aug. 30, 2022, one week before it fell out of the poll and wasn’t ranked the rest of last season. The men (5–0–4, 1–0–3) return to league play at 7:30 Friday night against No. 18 Syracuse in a home match.
Other ACC teams in the women’s poll are No. 2 Florida State, No. 9 Clemson, No. 11 Notre Dame and No. 17 Wake Forest. Other league teams in the men’s poll are No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 14 Duke, No. 18 Syracuse and No. 21 Louisville.
Both UNC teams played on the road in their only games last week. The women rolled to a 4–0 victory Saturday night over N.C. State and the men played Pittsburgh to a scoreless draw Friday.
Women’s Top 25
| Rank | School | Previous | 1st-place votes | Poll points | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | 1 | 8 | 200 | 8-0-4 |
| 2 | Florida State | 2 | 0 | 188 | 8-0-1 |
| 3 | Stanford | 3 | 0 | 184 | 10-0-1 |
| 4 | Penn State | 4 | 0 | 177 | 10-0-2 |
| 5 | UCLA | 5 | 0 | 170 | 9-1-0 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 7 | 0 | 156 | 8-2-1 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 | 134 | 11-0-2 |
| 7 | Brigham Young | 6 | 0 | 134 | 10-1-2 |
| 9 | Clemson | 8 | 0 | 129 | 9-1-2 |
| 10 | Memphis | 12 | 0 | 124 | 9-1-0 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 123 | 7-1-3 |
| 12 | Georgetown | 11 | 0 | 113 | 7-1-4 |
| 13 | South Carolina | 15 | 0 | 98 | 8-1-3 |
| 14 | Michigan | 22 | 0 | 92 | 7-2-3 |
| 15 | Southern Cal | 19 | 0 | 89 | 7-2-0 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 18 | 0 | 82 | 8-2-2 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 25 | 0 | 59 | 8-1-2 |
| 18 | Kentucky | NR | 0 | 56 | 7-0-4 |
| 19 | Alabama | 9 | 0 | 55 | 7-2-4 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | NR | 0 | 42 | 8-2-3 |
| 21 | Brown | NR | 0 | 41 | 6-1-2 |
| 22 | Duke | 17 | 0 | 34 | 5-3-2 |
| 23 | TCU | NR | 0 | 31 | 8-3-2 |
| 24 | Saint Louis | RV | 0 | 20 | 9-2-2 |
| 25 | Colorado | RV | 0 | 18 | 10-2-0 |
Also receiving votes: Indiana (14), Oklahoma State (13), Pittsburgh (8), Xavier (8), Georgia (3), North Texas (2), Gonzaga (2), Michigan State (1).
Men’s Top 25
| Rank | School | Previous | 1st-place votes | Poll points | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 1 | 7 | 199 | 10-0-0 |
| 2 | Central Florida | 3 | 0 | 187 | 5-1-2 |
| 3 | West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 186 | 8-0-2 |
| 4 | SMU | 2 | 0 | 177 | 7-1-1 |
| 5 | Akron | 5 | 0 | 169 | 6-0-4 |
| 6 | Wake Forest | 10 | 0 | 157 | 7-1-3 |
| 7 | Portland | 11 | 0 | 148 | 6-2-0 |
| 8 | Georgetown | 12 | 0 | 146 | 6-1-1 |
| 9 | Missouri State | 9 | 0 | 137 | 6-0-2 |
| 10 | Stanford | 6 | 0 | 133 | 5-1-3 |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 15 | 0 | 118 | 6-1-3 |
| 12 | Northwestern | 16 | 0 | 114 | 8-0-2 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 18 | 0 | 102 | 4-0-4 |
| 14 | Duke | 21 | 0 | 94 | 6-2-1 |
| 15 | Vermont | 14 | 0 | 84 | 7-1-2 |
| 16 | Hofstra | 19 | 0 | 83 | 8-1-2 |
| 17 | Seattle | 23 | 0 | 68 | 7-2-2 |
| 18 | Syracuse | 7 | 0 | 64 | 4-2-3 |
| 19 | Penn State | 25 | 0 | 49 | 6-1-3 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | RV | 0 | 42 | 4-3-3 |
| 21 | Louisville | 8 | 0 | 23 | 7-2-1 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 17 | 0 | 19 | 6-1-2 |
| 23 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 | 18 | 5-0-4 |
| 24 | Fordham | NR | 0 | 12 | 5-1-3 |
| 25 | UIC | 20 | 0 | 10 | 7-2-1 |
| 25 | Florida International | RV | 0 | 10 | 5-2-2 |
Also receiving votes: Denver (9), Clemson (8), Oregon State (8), Washington (7), Virginia (4), Cal-Fullerton (4), Loyola Marymount (4), Oral Roberts (2), Saint Louis (2), Bryant (1), Western Michigan (1), New Hampshire (1).
Women
| Date | Month/day | Time/score | Event/opponent (current rank) | Location | TV/ record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | |||||
| 7 | Monday | W, 8–1 | College of Charleston | Home | Exhibition |
| 12 | Saturday | W, 2–0 | East Carolina | Home | Exhibition |
| 17 | Thursday | T, 0–0 | No. 5 Penn State | University Park, Pa. | 0–0–1 |
| 20 | Sunday | W, 3–1 | Cal | Home | 1–0–1 |
| 24 | Thursday | T, 0–0 | No. 12 Wisconsin | Home | 1–0–2 |
| 27 | Sunday | W, 4–0 | No. 22 USC | Home | 2–0–2 |
| 31 | Thursday | W, 5–0 | Gardner-Webb | Home | 3–0–2 |
| September | |||||
| 3 | Sunday | W, 3–1 | No. 10 Arkansas | Home | 4–0–2 |
| 7 | Thursday | W, 2–1 | No. 16 South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. | 5–0–2 |
| 10 | Sunday | T, 1–1 | No. 24 Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 5–0–3 |
| 15 | Friday | W, 1–0 | Virginia Tech | Home | 6–0–3, 1–0 ACC |
| 21 | Thursday | W, 1–0 | Virginia | Charlottesville, Va. | 7–0–3, 2–0 ACC |
| 24 | Sunday | T, 3–3 | No. 1 Florida State | Home | 7–0–4, 2–0–1 ACC |
| 30 | Saturday | W, 4–0 | N.C. State | Raleigh | 8–0–4, 3–0–1 ACC |
| October | |||||
| 5 | Thursday | W, 1–0 | Miami | Home | 9–0–4, 4–0–1 ACC |
| 8 | Sunday | T, 1–1 | No. 25 Duke | Durham | 9–0–5, 4–0–2 ACC |
| 13 | Friday | T, 1–1 | No. 25 Wake Forest | Winston-Salem | 9–0–6, 4–0–3 ACC |
| 19 | Thursday | T, 1–1 | No. 9 Notre Dame | Home | 9–0–7, 4–0–4 ACC |
| 22 | Sunday | W, 6–1 | Syracuse | Home | 10–0–7, 5–0–4 ACC |
| 26 | Thursday | T, 1–1 | Boston College | Newton, Mass. | 10–0–8, 5–0–5 ACC |
| ACC tournament | |||||
| 29 | Sunday | L, 2–1 (2 OTs) | No. 11 Pittsburgh | Chapel Hill | 10–1–8 |
| November | NCAA tournament Link to bracket | ||||
| 10 | Friday | W, 3–1 | First round: Towson | Chapel Hill | 11–1–8 |
| 17 | Friday | W, 1–0 | Second round: No. 24 Alabama | Lubbock, Texas | 12–1–8 |
| 19 | Sunday | W, 1–0 | Third round: No. 4 Texas Tech | Lubbock, Texas | 13–1–8 |
| 24 | Friday | L, 4–3 | Quarterfinals: No. 6 Brigham Young | Provo, Utah | 13–2–8 |
Men
| 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 |
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics Communications
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