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EJay’s Weekly Pool – Week Seven
To participate in this week’s pool, click on this link. This week’s games – Sunday, October 11, 2026 11:22 AM Calvin @ Hope FRIDAY SC Score – Calvin 2–1 Hope Calvin (10-1-1, #14) just dropped an 8-0 on Alma and has been scoring at a ridiculous clip (around 4 goals per game earlier). Hope (7-1-3)… Read more
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Division III Soccer Daily Roundup — 11 October 2026
Welcome back to the daily D3 soccer roundup. Sunday, October 11, 2026, brings fresh game recaps, continued national poll stability, board chatter, athletics-site updates from Saturday, a non-D3 soccer note, a solid older coaching watch, and themes from X. Rankings reflect the United Soccer Coaches Poll 4 (through games of October 4). Articles focus on… Read more
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EJay’s Weekly Pool – Week Six – The Hive Returns with a Vengeance
Italicized text are my comments when the games were announced. Before the Hive chimed in…. United Soccer Coaches poll of Oct. 6 is the backdrop: Middlebury 2, Case Western 7, Williams 11, Tufts 15, Kenyon 25. St. Olaf is still No. 1 at 11–0 and is not on this card. Middlebury at Tufts. The only… Read more
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Division III Soccer Daily Roundup — 8 October 2026
Rankings Men’s United Soccer Coaches national poll, October 6 Rank School Record Previous 1 St. Olaf 11-0-0 1 2 Middlebury 7-0-2 2 3 Chicago 9-1-0 5 4 Rowan 7-0-2 3 5 St. Lawrence 9-0-1 7 6 Washington & Lee 8-1-0 8 7 Case Western Reserve 8-0-2 4 8 Lynchburg 7-1-2 12 9 Babson 6-1-2 6… Read more
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Division III Soccer Daily Roundup — 7 October 2026
Rankings These are the current NCAA Division III national coaches polls, Poll 4, released October 6 by United Soccer Coaches. Records are through games of October 4. NCAA.com’s selection metric is the NPI regional ranking, last posted October 5. That is noted under each top 10. Men’s top 10 — United Soccer Coaches Rank School… Read more
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Division III Soccer Daily Roundup — 5 October 2026
Rankings NCAA does not publish a single national Top 25 during the season. Selection runs through the NCAA Power Index and regional rankings. The coaches’ poll is the national ballot most fans still quote. Both are below. NCAA NPI, first release of 2026 (Monday). Official account posts put St. Lawrence on top of the men’s… Read more

The preseason ratings and honestly, the opening weekend games wont be the best predictor of the season ahead. The usual suspects that sit atop the national table will be there again…..its really that simple. Top programs reload, relaunch, and find their form. Moreover, the opening weekend rarely paints the most accurate picture – and we have to let the season play out.
Thanks for the coverage and commentary – looking forward to the season ahead.