SEATTLE (Sept. 21) ­Seattle Pacific University moved up six more spots in the men's soccer national rankings on the morning of its encounter with No. 15 Barry (Fl.). The Falcons (5-1-1), unbeaten in their last six games, are No. 18 in this week's poll conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

SPU is off to its best start in seven years, despite playing the last five games on the road. They were No. 24 last week.

Incarnate Word of Texas is No. 1 again this week. Seattle University is No. 5. Nova Southeastern (Fl.), which hosts Seattle Pacific Friday to wrap-up a 25-day road trip, dropped from No. 9 to out of the rankings following a 2-0 loss at Rollins (Fl.).

Rank       School                      W-L-T          
1          Incarnate Word (Tx.)        6-0-1
2          Lewis (Il.)                 7-0-1
3          Carson-Newman (Tn.)         6-0-0
4          North Carolina-Pembroke     5-0-0
5          Seattle University          8-0-1
6          Dowling College (NY)        5-1-2
7          Montevallo (Al.)            2-1-0
8          Southern Connecticut        5-0-1
9          Mercyhurst (Pa.)            6-0-1
10         Tusculum (Tn.)              5-0-0
11         Fort Lewis (Co.)            5-0-0
12         UC San Diego                2-0-1
13         Clayton State (Ga.)         6-0-1
14         Slippery Rock (Pa.)         6-0-1
15         Barry (Fl.)                 4-1-0
16         LeMoyne (NY)                5-1-1
17         Northern Kentucky           5-0-2
18         Seattle Pacific             5-1-1
19         Merrimack (Ma.)             7-0-0
20         West Chester (Pa.)          5-1-0
21         Lynn (Fla.)                 3-2-0
22         Lander (SC)                 4-1-0
23         Catawba (NC)                5-1-0
24         Colorado State Pueblo       4-1-1
25 tie     South Carolina Upstate      4-1-0
25         UMass-Lowell                3-1-1