SEATTLE (Oct. 5) - After an inexplicable drop in the rankings despite a couple more wins, Seattle Pacific University will take a No. 11 men's soccer national ranking into Friday night's encounter with No. 2 Seattle University.

The Falcons (9-1-1), unbeaten in their last 10 games and winners of seven in a row, fell one spot in the NCAA Division II poll conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

SPU is off to its best start in 19 years, despite playing seven of the first 11 games on the road. It started the season unranked.

Carson-Newman of Tennessee is the new No. 1 this week. Seattle University moved up two spots from No. 4.

Rank       School                             W-L-T        
1.         Carson-Newman (Tn.)                9-0-0
2.         Seattle University                12-0-1
3.         Southern Connecticut               8-0-2
4.         Dowling College (NY)               8-1-3
5.         North Carolina-Pembroke            8-1-0
6.         Southern Illinois Edwardsville    11-1-0
7.         Fort Lewis (Co.)                   9-0-1
8.         Barry (Fl.)                        5-2-0
9.         Incarnate Word (Tx.)               9-1-1
10.        Tusculum (Tn.)                     9-0-0
11.        Seattle Pacific                    7-1-1
12.        Lewis (Il.)                       10-1-1
13.        Clayton State (Ga.)                7-1-1
14.        LeMoyne (NY)                       9-1-1
15.        Lincoln Memorial (Tn.)             7-0-0
16.        Wisconsin Parkside                 8-2-1
17.        UMass-Lowell                       7-1-1
18.        California (Pa.)                   7-3-2
19. tie    Lynn (Fla.)                        5-2-0
19.        South Carolina Upstate             6-1-0
21.        UC San Diego                       5-0-3
22.        Midwestern state (Tx.)             7-2-0
23.        Wingate (NC)                       6-2-2
24.        Shippensburg (Pa.)                 7-3-0
25.        Lander (SC)                        6-1-1