The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 2 in the final 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA and is No. 3 in the last D3soccer.com Men's Top 25 poll on Wednesday.
In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears were ranked No. 10 in the final regular season poll, No. 12 in the eighth poll, No. 14 in the seventh poll, No. 21 in the sixth poll, No. 25 in the fifth poll, No. 18 in forth poll, No. 9 in the third poll, No. 12 in the second poll, No. 4 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 11 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.
National Champion Messiah (Pa.) claimed the top spot, followed by ONU, Loras (Ia.), Williams (Mass.) and Amherst (Mass.)
In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 573 points, which was good for the No. 3 ranking.
Messiah (Pa.) claimed the top spot with 625 points, Loras (Ia.) was second with 593 points and the Polar Bears finished third.
The rankings are the highest that ONU has ever finished with in program history.
The Polar Bears went 25-3-0 on the season and won their second straight OAC Regular
Season title and third consecutive OAC Tournament title under 15th year head coach Brent Ridenour.
The Polar Bears also made the programs first ever appearence in the NCAA III Tournament Championship match.
