KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Trinity (Texas) University,
fresh off its season opening win over ninth-ranked
Texas-Tyler, moved to the top spot of the National Soccer
Coaches Association (NSCAA)/Continental Tire Division III top 25
poll.
The Tigers beat the UT-Tyler Patriots 4-1 on Friday before they added wins over Mississippi College (4-0) and Willamette University (3-2 in overtime).
With the victories, Trinity improved to 3-0 to start the 2012
season. It marks the first time a Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference men's soccer team has been ranked since No. 1 since
Trinity found themselves in the top spot in the first week of the
2011 season.
2012 NSCAA/Continental Tire Top 25 Week 1
Through games of Sunday, September 2
| # | School |
Rec | Prev. |
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) |
2-0-0 | 4 |
| 2 | York (Pa.) |
2-0-0 | NR |
| 3 | Loras |
2-0-0 | 15 |
| 4 | Ohio Northern | 2-0-0 | 12 |
| 5 | Amherst | 0-0-0 | 6 |
| 6 | University of Rochester | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
2-0-0 | NR |
| 8 | Franklin & Marshall | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 9 | St. Lawrence | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 10 | Babson |
2-0-0 | 18 |
| 11 | Muhlenberg | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 12 | Salisbury | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 14 | St. Olaf | 1-0-0 | 16 |
| 15 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1-0-0 | NR |
| 16 | Domincan (Ill.) |
1-0-1 | 17 |
| 17 | Messiah | 1-0-1 | 3 |
| T-18 | Stevens Institute of Technology |
1-1-0 | 7 |
| T-18 | Calvin |
1-0-0 | 13 |
| T-18 | DePauw | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 21 | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
2-0-0 | NR |
| 22 | William Paterson | 2-0-0 | NR |
| 23 | Brandeis |
2-0-0 | NR |
| T-24 | Whitworth | 1-0-1 | NR |
| T-24 | Rutgers-Camden | 1-0-0 | 4 |
Also receiving votes: Montclair State, Ohio Wesleyan, Washington (Mo.), Wesleyan, Nazareth, Dickinson
