Bowling Green State University Athletics

Falcons Receive Votes in Preseason Top-25 Poll
August 05, 2021 | Men's Soccer
Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons officially begin preparations for the fall 2021 season next week. BGSU won the Mid-American Conference regular-season title and advanced to the NCAA Championships in the spring of 2021. BGÂ ended the season ranked No. 30 in the final College Soccer News poll, and the Falcons also were 30th (the fifth team among 'also receiving votes') in the United Soccer Coaches rankings.
BGSU wound up third in the final United Soccer Coaches North Region poll, and Nichols and his staff were named the North Region Staff of the Year.
The Falcons captured MAC's regular-season championship outright for the first time since 1996 and just the second time since the MAC began sponsoring the sport in '93. The Falcons advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1997.
BGSU went 5-2-1 in conference play, including a 3-0-1 mark at Cochrane Stadium, and BG has an overall record of 25-14-4 in the last 43 matches, dating to late in the 2018 season.
The complete preseason poll is below. For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram (bgsumenssoccer) and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
UNITED SOCCER COACHES
NATIONAL - PRE-SEASON POLL - AUGUST 4, 2021
Rank | School | Prev | 1st Votes | Total Points | W-L-T |
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1 | Marshall University | 1 | 22 | 594 | 9-3-3 |
2 | Indiana University | 2 | 0 | 569 | 11-1-3 |
3 | University Of Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 555 | 16-3-0 |
4 | University Of North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 510 | 9-4-4 |
5 | Georgetown University | 5 | 0 | 488 | 10-2-2 |
6 | Clemson University | 7 | 1 | 476 | 14-3-3 |
7 | Wake Forest University | 6 | 0 | 464 | 13-3-2 |
8 | Stanford University | 10 | 0 | 435 | 10-3-1 |
9 | University Of Washington | 8 | 0 | 424 | 12-5-0 |
10 | Seton Hall University | 9 | 0 | 389 | 10-2-4 |
11 | Penn State University | 11 | 0 | 343 | 9-2-2 |
12 | Missouri State University | 12 | 0 | 317 | 12-2-0 |
13 | University of Central Florida | 13 | 0 | 293 | 8-4-1 |
14 | University Of Kentucky | 16 | 0 | 261 | 12-5-2 |
15 | Virginia Tech | 15 | 0 | 247 | 8-6-4 |
16 | Oregon State University | 18 | 0 | 223 | 10-5-0 |
17 | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | 0 | 206 | 6-0-3 |
18 | Charlotte | 20 | 0 | 183 | 6-3-2 |
19 | Marquette University | 14 | 0 | 177 | 8-3-2 |
20 | University of New Hampshire | 19 | 0 | 164 | 8-1-1 |
21 | James Madison University | 21 | 0 | 132 | 5-1-3 |
22 | Grand Canyon University | 25 | 0 | 80 | 8-2-0 |
23 | Fordham University | 22 | 0 | 67 | 8-0-2 |
24 | High Point University | 23 | 0 | 58 | 12-2-0 |
25 | Coastal Carolina University | 24 | 0 | 38 | 10-5-2 |
Records shown are final 2020-21 season records.
Also receiving votes:Â University of Maryland (17), University Of Virginia (15), Saint Mary's College of California (13), St. Francis College (Brooklyn) (8), University of California, Davis (7), Saint Louis University (6), University Of Dayton (5), Yale University (5), University Of Michigan (4), Bowling Green State University (4), University Of Massachusetts (4), Campbell University (3), University of North Carolina-Wilmington (3), San Diego State University (3), University Of Denver (2), University Of North Carolina-Greensboro (2), University of Nebraska-Omaha (2), University of Notre Dame (1), American University (1), University Of Akron (1), United States Air Force Academy (1)