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.
 
2026 CCC Men's Soccer Preseason Poll

Team (First-Place Votes)	Points
1. Eastern Oregon University (3)	149
2. Carroll College (4)	148
3. Warner Pacific University (5)	147
4. Rocky Mountain College (1)	133
5. College of Idaho	116
6. Southern Oregon University	114
7. Oregon Tech	94
8. Bushnell University	83
9. Corban University	61
10. Northwest University	43
11. The Evergreen State College	40

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

Team (First-Place Votes)	Points
1. College of Idaho (9)	164
2. Eastern Oregon University (1)	150
3. Southern Oregon University (1)	140
4. Rocky Mountain College	118
5. Carroll College (1)	112
6. Oregon Tech	105
7. Northwest University (1)	101
8. Bushnell University	76
9. Warner Pacific University	60
10. University of Providence	56
11. Corban University	53

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.