NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- For just the third week in CNU history, a Captains team has earned the nation's top ranking. Also for the third time, it is
Steve Shaw's men's soccer team at the top of the list. The Captains are ranked #1 by both the HendrickCars.com/NSCAA Coaches Poll and the d3soccer.com rankings.
Last season, Shaw's Captains became the first CNU program in history to earn a national number one ranking and stayed atop the list for two weeks. This year, they have been ranked in the Top Five all season and had been #2 for the last two weeks before top-ranked Calvin suffered a loss last week.
CNU has raced out to an 8-0 start, outscoring opponents 27-3 so far this season. The Captains have posted five shutouts and are sporting a 0.38 team goals against average. This week, the Captains will travel to Virginia Wesleyan College on Wednesday, September 29 for a 7 pm kick-off before traveling to Texas for their toughest challenge this season as they face #6 Trinity and Southwestern this weekend.
HendrickCars.com/NSCAA Coaches Poll
RANK TEAM PREV. SEASON RECORD
| 1 |
Christopher Newport (Va.) |
2 |
8 - 0 - 0 |
| 2 |
Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
|
3 |
8 - 0 - 0 |
| 3 |
Swarthmore (Pa.)
|
5 |
8 - 0 - 0 |
| 4 |
Williams (Mass.)
|
4 |
5 - 0 - 1 |
| 5 |
Stevens Tech (N.J.)
|
6 |
6 - 0 - 1 |
| 6 |
Trinity (Texas)
|
7 |
7 - 1 - 0 |
| 7 |
Dominican (Ill.)
|
9 |
8 - 0 - 0 |
| 8 |
Wisconsin-Whitewater |
7 |
6 - 0 - 1 |
| 9 |
Emory (Ga.)
|
10 |
9 - 0 - 0 |
| 10 |
Messiah (Pa.)
|
11 |
7 - 1 - 0 |
| 11 |
Pacific (Ore.)
|
14 |
8 - 0 - 1 |
| 12 |
Ohio Wesleyan
|
16 |
7 - 1 - 0 |
| 13 |
Washington (Mo.)
|
18 |
7 - 0 - 2 |
| 14 |
Rochester (N.Y.), University of
|
12 |
5 - 0 - 3 |
| 15 |
Amherst (Mass.)
|
RV |
4 - 0 - 2 |
| 16 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
20 |
8 - 0 - 1 |
| 17 |
Salisbury (Md.)
|
18 |
8 - 0 - 2 |
| 18 |
Calvin (Mich.)
|
1 |
7 - 1 - 0 |
| 19 |
Middlebury (Vt.)
|
NR |
6 - 0 - 0 |
| 20 |
DePauw (Ind.)
|
25 |
8 - 1 - 0 |
| 20 |
SUNY Brockport
|
RV |
6 - 0 - 2 |
| 22 |
Muhlenberg (Pa.)
|
NR |
5 - 0 - 2 |
| 23 |
Augsburg (Minn.)
|
NR |
7 - 2 - 0 |
| 24 |
Texas-Dallas |
NR |
7 - 2 - 0 |
| 25 |
Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
17 |
6 - 1 - 2 |
D3Soccer.com National Rankings
| # |
School (No. 1 votes) |
Rec. |
Pts |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Christopher Newport (20) |
8-0 |
613 |
2 |
| 2 |
Swarthmore (1) |
8-0 |
574 |
4 |
| 3 |
Carnegie Mellon (1) |
8-0 |
570 |
3 |
| 4 |
Dominican (2) |
8-0 |
535 |
5 |
| 5 |
Messiah (1) |
7-1 |
502 |
7 |
| 6 |
Calvin |
7-1 |
487 |
1 |
| 7 |
Stevens |
6-0-1 |
460 |
9 |
| 8 |
Rochester |
5-0-3 |
416 |
8 |
| 9 |
Williams |
5-0-1 |
405 |
11 |
| 10 |
Ohio Wesleyan |
7-1 |
387 |
13 |
| 11 |
Trinity (Texas) |
7-1 |
362 |
12 |
| 12 |
Emory |
9-0 |
337 |
15 |
| 13 |
Johns Hopkins |
6-1-2 |
331 |
10 |
| 14 |
Salisbury |
8-0-2 |
325 |
14 |
| 15 |
UW-Whitewater |
6-0-1 |
237 |
17 |
| 16 |
Hobart |
4-2-2 |
228 |
6 |
| 17 |
DePauw |
8-1 |
201 |
20 |
| 18 |
York (Pa.) |
7-3 |
194 |
19 |
| 19 |
Muhlenberg |
5-0-2 |
170 |
23 |
| 20 |
Brockport State |
6-0-2 |
127 |
-- |
| 21 |
Macalester |
7-2-1 |
114 |
16 |
| 22 |
Washington U. |
7-0-2 |
106 |
-- |
| 23 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
5-2 |
65 |
18 |
| 24 |
Amherst |
4-0-2 |
61 |
-- |
| 25 |
Pacific |
8-0-1 |
44 |
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