Nov. 5, 2001

Notre Dame, Ind. - For the first time since the 1996 season, the Notre Dame men's soccer team is ranked in both the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas and Soccer America polls.

The Irish, who own an 11-5 overall record, are ranked 23rd in the NSCAA/adidas poll and 19th in the Soccer America ranking. This is Notre Dame's first appearance in the NSCAA/adidas poll since earlier this when the Irish were ranked 21st in that poll during the week of September 7.

Notre Dame is third behind Indiana and Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes regional rankings.

Head Coach Bobby Clark's moved up to the 19th in the Soccer America ranking after occupying the 20th spot in that poll during the past two weeks.

Soccer America Poll 1. SMU 2. Virginia 3. Saint Louis 4. Stanford 5. Connecticut 6. Wake Forest 7. North Carolina 8. St. John's 9. Indiana 10. Clemson 11. Penn State 12. Rutgers 13. South Carolina 14. Washington 15. UAB 16. Portland 17. Loyola (Md.) 18. Princeton 19. NOTRE DAME 20. Furman

National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Poll 1. Southern Methodist 2. Virginia 3. Stanford 4. Indiana 5. Saint Louis 6. St. John's 7. North Carolina 8. Connecticut 9. Wake Forest 10. Washington 11. Penn State 12. Loyola (Md.) 13. Clemson 14. Rutgers 15. Portland 16. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 17. UAB 18. Boston University 19. San Diego 20. South Carolina 21. James Madison 22. Princeton 23. NOTRE DAME 24. Fairfield 25. Cornell