PHILADELPHIA – With the 2025 campaign kicking off this week, the Ivy League released the 2025 Ivy League men's soccer preseason poll on Monday afternoon, with the University of Pennsylvania men's soccer team landing the top spot.
 
Penn earned the favored spot with 120 points and ten first-place votes after ending last season as the Ivy League regular-season champions. The Quakers posted a perfect 7-0 record in the Ivies, hosting the Ivy League men's soccer tournament for the second-straight year.
 
The Red and Blue return All-Ivy honorees Patrick Cayelli, Connor Dawson, Phillip Falcon III, and Jack-Ryan Jeremiah, along with two other starters in Oliver Pratt and Erickson Sakalosky.
 
The top four spots of the poll and projected to make the 2025 Ivy League tournament, along with the Red and Blue, are rounded out by the reigning tournament champion Princeton Tigers in tied second with 107 points and five first-place votes, Cornell in tied second with 107 and one first-place vote points, and Brown in fourth with 66 points.
 
Penn opens the fresh season on Friday, Aug. 29, hosting Loyola Maryland at 7 p.m. at Rhodes Field.
 
Ivy League Men's Soccer Preseason Poll

1. Penn             120 (10)
2. Princeton    107 (5)
2. Cornell         107 (1)
4. Brown           66
5. Dartmouth  59
6. Harvard        58
7. Yale                33
8. Columbia      26