# List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

* 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer Top 25 coaches poll
* ←2015 | 2017→
This is a week-by-week listing of the NCAA Division I teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), the most widely recognized national collegiate soccer ranking system in the U.S. Several weeks prior to the season and each week during the playing season, the 206 Division I teams are voted on by a panel of 24 coaches from the division during a weekly conference call, with the rankings then announced early on Tuesday afternoon (Eastern Time). The poll has no bearing on the selections for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and the coaches association states: "The NSCAA College Rankings are an indicator of week-to-week status of qualified programs and in no way should be used as a guide or indicator of eligibility for championship selection."
First place votes received in parentheses; rv = received votes. Source =
| School | Preseason | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Final Poll |
| Stanford | 1 (20) | 15 | 24 | 25 | 23 | rv | rv | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 (21) |
| Wake Forest | 5 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 (3) |
| Denver | 20 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 3 (3) | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Clemson | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 2 (5) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Louisville | — | — | rv | rv | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Maryland | 4 | 7 | 5 (1) | 4 | 1 (11) | 1 (22) | 1 (22) | 1 (21) | 1 (23) | 1 (24) | 1 (23) | 1 (24) | 1 (24) | 7 |
| Virginia Tech | — | rv | 15 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | rv | rv | 8 |
| Indiana | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Providence | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 22 | rv | 10 |
| Syracuse | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 (11) | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Washington | — | — | rv | rv | rv | 16 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Virginia | 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 16 | rv | rv | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
| Notre Dame | 9 | 4 (1) | 1 (15) | 1 (21) | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 14 |
| Creighton | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 15 |
| Charlotte | 22 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Albany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | 21 | 17 |
| Butler | — | rv | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 18 |
| UMass Lowell | — | — | — | rv | 24 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 19 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | rv | — | — | — | rv | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
| Loyola Chicago | — | — | rv | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 |
| SIUE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Kentucky | — | 17 | 16 | 21 | rv | 20 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 23 |
| Akron | 2 (2) | 1 (16) | 10 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | rv | rv | rv | 24 | 24 |
| Michigan State | — | — | — | — | 22 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| New Mexico | — | — | — | rv | 21 | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | 22 | rv |
| UCLA | 16 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 24 | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv |
| Pacific | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv |
| South Carolina | 24 | rv | rv | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | 25 | rv | rv | — | rv |
| San Diego State | — | 23 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 25 | rv | 22 | 21 | 16 | 19 | rv |
| Vermont | — | rv | 23 | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | rv |
| Dartmouth | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv |
| Boston College | 11 | 11 | 25 | 15 | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | 25 | rv | rv |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | rv | 24 | 20 | 18 | 25 | rv |
| Utah Valley | rv | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 21 | rv | rv | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | — | rv |
| Portland | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv |
| Coastal Carolina | 21 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv |
| Rider | — | rv | rv | 22 | rv | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv |
| South Florida | 19 | rv | rv | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | — |
| Tulsa | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — |
| East Tennessee State | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | — |
| Radford | rv | 20 | 18 | 24 | 20 | rv | rv | rv | 25 | rv | rv | rv | rv | — |
| Mercer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | rv | — |
| Colgate | — | rv | — | rv | rv | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | rv | — |
| Buffalo | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — |
| Loyola Maryland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — |
| American | rv | rv | 20 | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | rv | rv | — | rv | — | — |
| Seattle U | 14 | 16 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | — | — |
| Harvard | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — |
| Villanova | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | — | — | — |
| North Florida | — | — | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | — | — | — |
| UNC Wilmington | — | — | — | rv | — | 24 | 20 | rv | rv | — | rv | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — | — | — | rv | 25 | — | — | rv | rv | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | rv | 14 | rv | rv | — | — | rv | 24 | rv | rv | — | — | — | — |
| Hofstra | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — |
| UC Santa Barbara | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — |
| Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — | — | rv | 17 | 24 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Xavier | — | — | — | — | — | rv | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | rv | 22 | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| William & Mary | — | — | — | rv | rv | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| California | rv | 22 | rv | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Diego | — | rv | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FIU | 23 | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elon | rv | — | rv | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonzaga | — | — | rv | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Dominion | — | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brown | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marist | — | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NC State | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Temple | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Duke | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SMU | 12 | 25 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Penn State | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint Louis | — | rv | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oregon State | — | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgetown | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ohio State | 18 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rutgers | 25 | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Michigan | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lipscomb | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oral Roberts | — | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dayton | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boston University | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VCU | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cal Poly | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Santa Clara | rv | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |