The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Ranked No. 18 In Coaches' Poll
9/2/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB men’s soccer team was ranked No. 18 in the first NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer National Poll of the 2014 regular season, as announced on Tuesday. UAB has now been ranked in the last 12 coaches’ polls conducted in the regular season.
In the preseason poll, UAB received 20 votes, third-most among those not ranked in the top 25. Following a 2-0 start to the 2014 campaign, the Blazers jumped 11 spots in the first poll of the regular season.
The UAB men’s soccer team faces a stiff challenge this upcoming weekend at the Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla. UAB will open with Cal State Northridge on Friday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. CT, before taking on No. 3 Virginia on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 12 p.m. CT.
NSCAA/Continental Tire National Poll
1. UCLA
2. Louisville
3. Virginia
4. Washington
5. Notre Dame
6. New Mexico
7. Michigan State
8. Creighton
9. Georgetown
10. Maryland
11. Coastal Carolina
12. Indiana
13. North Carolina
14. UMBC
15. Saint Louis
16. Penn State
17. UC Irvine
18. UAB
19. Denver
20. California
21. Connecticut
22. Seattle
23. Boston
24. UIC
25. Clemson
Also receiving votes:
Florida Gulf Coasts 48, Akron 38, Northwestern 35, Duke 33, Delaware 25, Air Force 24, Marquette 24, UC Santa Barbara 23, George Mason 20, Vermont 20, Charlotte 16, Stanford 16, Wake Forest 13, Fairfield 11, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 10, Oregon State 8, Syracuse 8, East Tennessee 3, Portland 2
Italics mark 2014 opponent
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