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The Stanford men's soccer team, three-time defending NCAA champions, is No. 1 inn the nation according to the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll announced Tuesday.

The Cardinal sealed its place in history after beating Indiana, 1-0, in the College Cup last December. Stanford became just the second school to win three consecutive NCAA championships.

Stanford, 52-7-10 during its three-year championship run, did not allow a goal throughout the tournament for the second straight year and upped its NCAA-record postseason shutout streak to 12 - a stretch of 1,214 minutes and 20 seconds.

Stanford, which has also won four straight Pac-12 titles while posting a 30-3-7 (.838) conference record since 2014, will head into this season unbeaten in its last 15 matches.

The Cardinal is followed in the top five by No. 2 Indiana, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Akron and No. 5 Wake Forest.