SEATTLE (Oct. 4) ­Unbeaten in seven games, Seattle Pacific University held steady at No. 9 in the NCAA Division II men's soccer team coaches poll.

The Falcons (9-1-3) have posted four consecutive shutouts going into Saturday's meeting at defending national champion Seattle University.

Lynn (Fl.) is No. 1 for the third week in a row and the top five was unchanged. Metro State (Co.), which SPU defeated on the road Sept. 17, moved to No. 18.

1.         Lynn (Fl.)                   8-0-0
2.         Southern Ill. Edwardsville   9-1-1
3.         Dowling (NY)                 7-0-2
4.         Cal State Dominguez Hills    8-1-1
5.         Fort Lewis (Co.)             8-0-1
6.         Southern Connecticut         8-2-1
7.         Carson-Newman (Tn.)          8-1-0
8.         South Carolina Upstate       7-1-0
9.         Seattle Pacific              9-1-3
10.        Central Arkansas             7-1-1
11.        Wisconsin-Parkside           9-1-1
12.        Tusculum (Tn.)               7-1-1
13.        Merrimack (Ma.)              8-2-1
14.        Midwestern State (Tx.)       6-1-1
15.        UNC-Pembroke                 7-2-2
16.        New York Tech                7-2-1
17.        Lincoln Memorial (Tn.)       9-1-0
18.        Metro State (Co.)            8-2-0
19.        Dominican (NY)              10-1-0
20.        Shepherd (WV)                9-1-1
21.        Cal State L.A.               7-3-0
22.        Mount Olive (NC)             8-2-1
23.        Rockhurst (Mo.)              7-3-1
24.        East Stroudsburg (Pa.)       7-4-1
25.        Clayton State (Ga.)          7-2-3