CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) has released its 2026 preseason soccer coaches' polls. The Carroll College men check in at second, and the women slot at fifth in the annual preseason vote.
Coming off back-to-back appearances in both the CCC championship match and the NAIA National Tournament, the Carroll men are once again picked near the top of the league table. The Fighting Saints sit at No. 2 in the preseason poll with 148 total points, trailing only defending CCC regular-season champion Eastern Oregon (149).
Carroll is one of four teams from the conference to appear in last year's national championship (EOU, WP, RMC), and all four teams earned at least one first-place vote in the poll. Warner Pacific, who knocked off Carroll in the CCC championship match before an extended run in the NAIA championship, led the league with five first-place votes. The Saints were one vote back at four, followed by Eastern Oregon with three, and Rocky with one first-place vote.
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2026 CCC men's soccer preseason poll
- 1. Eastern Oregon University (3) – 149 points
- 2. Carroll College (4) – 148 points
- 3. Warner Pacific University (5) – 147 points
- 4. Rocky Mountain College (1) – 133 points
- 5. College of Idaho – 116 points
- 6. Southern Oregon University – 114 points
- 7. Oregon Tech – 94 points
- 8. Bushnell University – 83 points
- 9. Corban University – 61 points
- 10. Northwest University – 43 points
- 11. The Evergreen State College – 40 points
On the women's side of the action, the Saints were picked fifth in the preseason poll, coming off an injury-riddled season that culminated with an eighth-place finish in the final league standings. Carroll received one first-place vote, joining Eastern Oregon (1), Southern Oregon (1), Northwest (1), and defending champion College of Idaho (9).
The 2025 Saints secured the final spot in the CCC championship, pushing the top-seeded Yotes of the College of Idaho to the brink before ultimately falling in a tightly contested overtime quarterfinal.
After graduating 10 seniors last fall, the Fighting Saints will look a little different this season as they aim to grab their first CCC title since the 2018 season. The return of 2024 CCC goals leader Delaney Moczan (Las Vegas, Nev. / R-JR), who missed the majority of the year with an injury, as well as three-year all-conference selections Maria Ackerman (Billings, Mont. / SR) and Avery Lambourne (Billings, Mont. / SR), paired with key offseason additions, have the Carroll coaching staff feeling good headed into '26.
2026 CCC women's soccer preseason poll
- 1. College of Idaho (9) – 164 points
- 2. Eastern Oregon University (1) – 150 points
- 3. Southern Oregon University (1) – 140 points
- 4. Rocky Mountain College – 118 points
- 5. Carroll College (1) – 112 points
- 6. Oregon Tech – 105 points
- 7. Northwest University (1) – 101 points
- 8. Bushnell University – 76 points
- 9. Warner Pacific University – 60 points
- 10. University of Providence – 56 points
- 11. Corban University – 53 points
Both the Carroll men and women will kick off their 2026 campaigns on Wednesday, hosting North Idaho College in a pair of scrimmages on Valley Bank Field at Nelson Stadium. The women will begin at 11 a.m., with the men to follow at 1:30 p.m.
