The Clemson Men’s Soccer team is ranked sixth in the preseason Soccer America poll.

Aug. 20, 2006

CLEMSON, SC–The Clemson Men’s Soccer team is ranked sixth in the preseason Soccer America poll.

This is the highest the Tigers have been ranked in the preseason Soccer America poll since the 2001 team was ranked sixth as well.

Clemson finished the 2005 season with a 15-6-3 record overall. The Tigers return 13 letterwinners and seven starters from last year’s team that advanced to the NCAA’s Final Four.

Head Coach Trevor Adair will be entering his 12th season at Clemson and has a 147-66-21 record at the school.

Clemson will open the 2005 season on Friday, August 25, at South Carolina in Columbia, SC.

Soccer America Men’s Top 25

TEAM (2005 RECORD)

1 North Carolina (17-4-3)

2 SMU (14-6-3)

3 Virginia (12-5-3)

4 Maryland (19-4-2)

5 UCLA (12-5-3)

6 Clemson (15-6-3)

7 Akron (18-1-4)

8 Connecticut (16-3-2)

9 South Florida (13-6-2)

10 Notre Dame (12-8-3)

11 Penn State (13-7-2)

12 UNC Greensboro (16-6-1)

13 Creighton (15-5-3)

14 Indiana (13-3-6)

15 Duke (12-5-3)

16 New Mexico (18-2-3)

17 San Francisco (11-6-4)

18 Wake Forest (13-8-2)

19 Virginia Tech (10-5-5)

20 California (14-4-3)

21 UC Santa Barbara (13-5-3)

22 Old Dominion (15-4-2)

23 Cal State Northridge (15-4-3)

24 Wisconsin-Milwaukee (14-5-4)

25 Saint Louis (9-5-5)