Men's soccer debuts in Soccer America Top 25

The Charlotte 49ers men's soccer team made its debut on Monday in the latest Soccer America Top 25 poll, entering this week in a tie for 25th with UAB, N.C. State and West Virginia.

The 49ers (6-1-2) are coming off a pair of wins last week - a 3-1 victory at then-fourth-ranked Wake Forest and a 1-0 victory at Furman. Charlotte is unbeaten in its last eight games.

Soccer America Men's Top 25
TEAM (2009 RECORD) PREVIOUS
1. Akron (9-0-0) 1
2. UCLA (6-1-1) 2
3. North Carolina (7-1-1) 5
4. California (7-2-0) 6
5. South Florida (7-1-1) 7
6. Duke (7-2-0) 15
7. Wake Forest (6-2-1) 4
8. Harvard (7-1-0) 8
9. UC Santa Barbara (7-2-1) 12
10. Maryland (5-3-1) 3
11. Louisville (6-1-2) 20
12. Northwestern (5-1-3) 21
13. Connecticut (5-2-2) 22
14. Monmouth (7-0-1) 9
15. Indiana (5-3-1) 10
16. Portland (6-1-1) 18
17. Boston University (7-2-2) 19
18. Ohio State (5-1-3) 11
19. Georgetown (6-3-1) 13
20. Virginia (6-3-0) 16
21. Stanford (7-2-0) 17
22. Brown (5-0-4) 25
23. George Mason (7-2-0) NR
24. Penn State (7-3-0) NR
25. UAB (7-2-1) NR
25. Charlotte (6-1-2) NR
25. N.C. State (6-2-1) NR
25. West Virginia (5-2-2) NR