Akron stays on top; Ryan Snyder is POTW

Akron remains on top of the TopDrawerSoccer.com Men’s Tournament 48 National Ranking following their 2-0 victory over Mid-American Conference opponent Bowling Green. The Zips might have been ripe for a letdown following the previous weekend’s impressive wins over high-profile ACC opposition, but Caleb Porter’s team scored a pair of 2nd half wins to get the desire result.

There wasn’t too much volatility in the Top 10, with only slow-starting UC Santa Barbara falling in the ranking. A quartet of highly-ranked ACC teams played to league-opening draws on the weekend and thus held their ground. A handful of new entries to the poll are also featured.

The ranking is a running effort to project the 48-team NCAA Tournament field, including all automatic conference and at-large bids to the field. It is updated every Monday through the season. You can see the entire ranking here.

Meanwhile William & Mary(m)’s Ryan Snyder has been named TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Week following his goal-scoring exploits for the Tribe as they won three matches on the week. Snyder scored 4 goals and added an assist in the three wins.  

The full TopDrawerSoccer.com Men’s Team of the Week for Monday Sept. 6 through Sunday Sept. 12 is as follows.

GK – Brian Holt, Creighton
D – Thomas Brandt, Penn
D –  Joel Bagby, UC Irvine
D – Everett Pitts, UC Irvine
D – Aubrey Perry, South Florida
M – Spencer Thompson, Michigan State
F – Steven Perry, Notre Dame
F – Soony Saad, Michigan
F – Konrad Warzycha, Ohio State
F – Ryan Snyder, William & Mary(m)
F- Davis Paul, California

Player of the Week: Ryan Snyder, William & Mary(m)

The TopDrawerSoccer.com team is chosen after consulting match reports from all DI matches played in the preceding week.