ACC play opens and #1 Akron continues good form

Akron continued to show they are deserving of the #1 ranking in the Soccermogul Top 30 as they easily dispatched High Point 4-1 and then put a hurt on #21 Cincinnati 3-0.  Look for Akron to stay #1 in tomorrow's poll release. 

Elsewhere, ACC play got underway with Wake Forest winning on the road at Clemson.  North Carolina put down the challenge of a much improved North Carolina State team 2-1 and Maryland took care of Boston College 2-0.  Duke showed they are to be reckoned with as they defeated Virginia.

17th ranked Boston continued their challenging early season schedule with a pair of very difficult games on the weekend.   Boston fell 1-0 to #20 Harvard on Friday but rebounded on Sunday defeating #2 St Johns 1-0.

The Marquee Matchups -
New Mexico 2  #13 Notre Dame 1
Tulsa 3  Northwestern 2
#17 Boston 1  #2 St Johns 0
#11 Duke 1  #5 Virginia 0

The Quality Games -
#1 Akron 3  #21 Cincinnati 0
Tulsa 3  #12 Northwestern 2
#20 Harvard 1  #17 Boston 0

Upsets -
Butler 1  #19 South Carolina 0
Depaul 3  #22 UC Irvine 2
Sacramento State 2  #10 San Francisco 1
#29 Oakland  0  Northern Illinois 1

No Trouble for the Big Boys -
#4 UC Santa Barbara 4  Rutgers 0
#20 Harvard 4  Army 0
#9 California 4  George Washington 0
#15 Indiana 2  Seattle 0

Eye Opening Teams -
Boston continues to show they are for real adding a St Johns scalp to an earler UConn win.
Harvard looks for real with an 11-1 differential so far.  Next test is Wake Forest on the 26th.
Loyola Marymount notched wins over San Jose State and UC Santa Barbara on the weekend.