Below is how teams in the top 15 coaches poll fared this week. No. 13 Ball State University will play three matches this week, including a conference match against Loyola University at 8 p.m. Friday in Chicago. The next coaches poll will be released at about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
1. USC (defeated No. 10 UCLA and No. 3 UC Irvine)
2. Cal State Northridge (defeated No. 11 UC San Diego and No. 9 Long Beach State)
T-3. Stanford (defeated No. 8 Hawai'i twice)
T-3. UC Irvine (defeated No. 7 Pepperdine; lost to No. 1 USC)
5. BYU (defeated Pacific twice)
6. Penn State (defeated St. Francis)
7. Pepperdine (defeated No. 10 UCLA; lost to No. 3 UC Irvine)
8. Hawai'i (lost to No. 3 Stanford twice)
9. Long Beach State (defeated No. 14 UC Santa Barbara; lost to No. 2 Cal State Northridge)
10. UCLA (lost to No. 1 USC and No. 7 Pepperdine)
T-11. Ohio State (defeated IPFW; lost to St. Francis)
T-11. UC San Diego (lost to No. 2 Cal State Northridge and No. 14 UC Santa Barbara)
13. Ball State (defeated Carthage; lost to Loyola; plays Milwaukee Engineering on Sunday)
14. UC Santa Barbara (defeated No. 11 UC San Diego; lost to No. 9 Long Beach State)
15. Lewis (defeated Milwaukee Engineering)