Wake Forest Athletics
Men's Soccer Ranked #1 Nationally
10/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 22, 2002
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- For the first time in school history, the Wake Forest men's soccer program is the top-ranked team in the nation, according to the Soccer Times Coaches Poll.
Wake Forest, ranked third for the previous two weeks in that poll, tied with fourth-ranked Clemson over the weekend while last week's number one team, St. John's, tied Syracuse and UCLA defeated second-ranked Stanford. The Deacons have spent 15 straight weeks in the top 25 and in the top five of at least one poll for the last six weeks.
Five of the ACC's seven schools that sponsor men's soccer are ranked in the top 25.
Wake Forest (9-0-3, 3-0-1 ACC) and Coastal Carolina (13-0-1) are the only remaining undefeated squads in all of Division I. The Deacons are off to their best 12-game start in program history.
The next Wake Forest victory will be the 100th career win for head coach Jay Vidovich. He currently holds a career record of 99-56-16 in nine seasons. The Deacons will put their unbeaten record and number one ranking on the line in two games this week. The first of which is Wednesday at home against Elon. On Saturday night, the Deacons will travel to Chapel Hill to take on North Carolina. Both games are 7:00 p.m. kickoffs.
SOCCER TIMES TOP 25 - OCTOBER 21, 2002
# Team (#1 Votes) Record Pts LW1 Wake Forest (5) 9-0-3 381 32 Indiana (4) 12-1-2 379 43 St. John's (6) 10-1-3 376 14 Clemson 9-1-2 342 55 SMU (1) 12-1-2 337 76 UCLA 8-1-2 326 87 Stanford 11-2-1 315 28 Maryland 11-3-0 273 119 Connecticut 11-3-0 262 610 South Carolina 9-3-1 260 1211 Creighton 9-2-2 221 1512 Notre Dame 8-3-3 191 1713 Furman 10-2-1 181 1414 Bradley 11-1-4 178 1015 Loyola Marymount 11-2-2 149 916 UW-Milwaukee 11-1-1 141 1517 Saint Louis 9-3-1 139 13 Boston College 8-3-0 139 2019 UCSB 10-1-1 125 1820 Coastal Carolina 13-0-1 101 2121 San Diego 11-4-0 91 1622 Virginia 8-5-0 69 nr23 California 10-3-1 66 2324 Portland 10-4-1 55 nr25 Duke 9-4-1 36 19
