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#UNCXI Preseason Rankings

The preseason is filled with many publications releasing top-25 rankings and assorted All-America type teams in advance of the 2016 men’s soccer campaign.

The top-25’s always come in different shapes, sizes and prognostications. This season is no different.

North Carolina, the favorite to win the ACC according to the league head coaches, checks in at No. 1 according to Top Drawer Soccer, followed by Maryland, Akron, Stanford and Syracuse.

The Tar Heels are selected No. 6 by College Soccer News, with the top-5 including Stanford, Akron, Maryland, Clemson and Wake Forest.

UNC is penciled in at No.