The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team has broken into the national rankings. The United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coaches Association of America) released the third weekly poll of the 2017 season on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 12), and head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons are ranked 19th.

The latest regional rankings were also released on Tuesday, and the Falcons are ranked second in the Great Lakes Region. BGSU trails only Georgetown University, the number-nine team in the country, in the regional poll.

BGSU cracks the USC national poll for the first time in two years, since Sept. 8, 2015. Prior to that week, when BG was ranked 24th, the Falcons had not been ranked since Sept. 6, 1999.

The Falcons' number-19 ranking is the program's highest in nearly two decades, since BGSU was listed at No. 15 in the final poll of the 1997 season (Dec. 17, 1997). The '97 BG squad went 18-6-0 and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the third consecutive season.

This year's edition of the Falcons is 5-0-0 heading into a Wednesday night (Sept. 13) showdown with Michigan State. The Spartans are ranked sixth in the nation. That match begins at 7:00 p.m. at MSU's DeMartin Stadium, and will be streamed by Big Ten Network Plus (fee required). Then, the Brown and Orange will return home to face Cincinnati on Saturday evening (Sept. 16). That match is also set for a 7:00 p.m. start, and will be streamed free of charge via WBGU-TV. The links for all audio, video and live stats can always be found right here at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.

United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 3 - September 12, 2017

Rank	School	1st Votes	Total Pts.	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Indiana University	17	582	4	4-0-1
2	University of Notre Dame	2	563	6	4-0-0
3	University Of Maryland	2	541	5	4-0-1
4	Wake Forest University	2	515	2	4-1-0
5	Stanford University	1	501	1	3-1-0
6	Michigan State University	0	440	13	5-0-0
7	Syracuse University	0	430	7	3-0-2
8	University Of North Carolina	0	417	10	4-1-0
9	Georgetown University	0	388	18	4-0-1
10	University of Nebraska-Omaha	0	362	17	6-0-0
10	Clemson University	0	362	3	4-1-0
12	University Of Virginia	0	328	11	3-0-1
13	University Of Kentucky	0	310	19	3-0-1
14	University of the Pacific	0	281	23	6-0-0
15	Furman University	0	239	20	5-0-0
16	New Hampshire, University of	0	224	24	3-0-1
17	University Of Louisville	0	205	8	3-1-1
18	University Of Michigan	0	163	RV	3-0-2
19	Bowling Green State University	0	153	RV	5-0-0
20	University Of Tulsa	0	138	NR	2-1-1
21	Fairleigh Dickinson University	0	121	RV	5-0-0
22	University of North Carolina-Wilmington	0	105	15	4-1-0
23	Duke University	0	82	RV	4-0-1
24	Western Michigan University	0	71	NR	5-0-1
25	University Of Massachusetts-Lowell	0	43	12	2-1-0

Also receiving votes: Southern Methodist University (35), United States Air Force Academy (32), Florida International (28), West Virginia University (27), University Of Denver (25), University Of Washington (23), Charlotte (12), Creighton University (9), Utah Valley University (8), University Of Portland (7), University Of Akron (6), Seattle University (5), Loyola University Maryland (5), New Jersey Institute of Technology (5), Butler University (4), Ohio State University (3), Virginia Tech (2).

United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - Great Lakes Region - Poll 3 - September 12, 2017

Rank	School	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Georgetown University DH UCLA 1-0; TA Connecticut 1-1;	2	4-0-1
2	Bowling Green State University DH Western Illinois 2-0;	4	5-0-0
3	Western Michigan University DH Cincinnati 2-0; DA Butler 3-2; DA Drake 2-1;	7	5-0-1
4	West Virginia University TH Monmouth 0-0; TH UCF 0-0;	1	3-0-2
5	Creighton University DH South Florida 2-0;	5	3-2-0
6	Butler University LH Western Michigan 2-3;	3	3-2-0
7	Xavier University DA Boston College 3-2; TA Cincinnati 1-1;	6	3-1-1
8	University Of Akron DA UC-Santa Barbara 3-1;	8	2-1-0
9	University Of Detroit Mercy DH UIC 2-0;	9	3-0-1
10	Seton Hall University DH Sacred Heart 3-0; DA Princeton 4-3; DA Pennsylvania 2-1;	NR	3-2-1

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