On Tuesday, the American Athletic Conference released the results of its men’s soccer preseason coaches’ poll as well as individual preseason awards. UConn grabbed four of the eight first-place votes and had a total of 45 points, finishing first in the poll.
Tulsa follows close behind with 43 points (one first-place vote) and USF is third with 34 points (two first-place votes). UCF, voted to finish fourth, has 29 points and SMU (one first-place vote) grabbed 27 points.
Temple (20 points), Cincinnati (18 points) and Memphis (eight points) round out the poll.
Despite the high praise from the conferences’ coaches, the players don’t take too much stock in it.