Miami Reaches No. 1 for First Time Since 2002 After Wild Week of Faculty Soccer

The University of Miami is again on high of faculty soccer for the primary time in almost 1 / 4 century.

The Hurricanes claimed the No. 1 spot on this week’s AP Top 25 ballot after surviving double extra time towards rival Florida State to stay unbeaten at 6-0. Miami’s final look on the summit got here within the 2002 season, when the Hurricanes performed Ohio State within the nationwide championship recreation. They obtained 40 of 70 first-place votes to edge No. 2 BYU by simply 22 factors.

The Cougars’ rise to No. 2 is equally historic — their highest rating because the 1984 season during which they gained the nationwide title. BYU received there by knocking off Notre Dame 28-24 as a ten.5-point underdog, incomes 20 first-place votes within the course of.

The week was traditionally chaotic: 5 of the highest seven groups misplaced, a primary within the ballot’s 90-year historical past. Georgia fell from No. 1 after dropping to unranked Auburn at dwelling — the second consecutive week a top-ranked workforce fell to an unranked opponent. Texas dropped 12 spots to No. 19 after dropping to Florida at dwelling, whereas Alabama slid seven locations to No. 13 following a loss at Tennessee.

Ohio State rounds out the highest three at No. 3, adopted by Notre Dame at No. 4 and Georgia at No. 5 — each holding on regardless of losses to top-10 opponents.

AP Top 25 — Week 7 (October 18, 2026)

1. Miami (FL) 6-0 — ↑2 — 1,697 pts (40 first-place votes)
2. BYU 6-0 — ↑6 — 1,675 pts (20)
3. Ohio State 6-1 — ↑1 — 1,649 pts (9)
4. Notre Dame 6-1 — ↓2 — 1,395 pts
5. Georgia 6-1 — ↓4 — 1,382 pts
6. Indiana 6-1 — ↓1 — 1,370 pts
7. Ole Miss 5-1 — ↑2 — 1,360 pts
8. Texas Tech 6-0 — ↑2 — 1,336 pts (1)
9. UCLA 6-0 — ↑3 — 1,159 pts
10. Utah 6-0 — ↑1 — 1,153 pts
11. Tennessee 6-1 — ↑3 — 1,151 pts
12. Kentucky 6-1 — ↑3 — 932 pts
13. Alabama 5-2 — ↓7 — 870 pts
14. Houston 6-1 — ↑6 — 785 pts
15. Iowa 5-1 — ↑2 — 747 pts
16. USC 6-1 — ↑3 — 592 pts
17. Wake Forest 6-1 — ↑4 — 574 pts
18. LSU 5-2 — ↑4 — 529 pts
19. Texas 4-2 — ↓12 — 440 pts
20. Florida 5-2 — ↑12 — 355 pts
21. Boise State 5-1 — ↑2 — 295 pts
22. Missouri 5-2 — ↓9 — 290 pts
23. SMU 5-1 — ↑1 — 265 pts
24. Northwestern 5-1 — ↑1 — 254 pts
25. Arizona 5-1 — ↑3 — 136 pts

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 128, Oregon 79, Auburn 61, James Madison 52, Mississippi State 30, New Mexico 6, Oregon State 3