After finishing the 2021 campaign in second place, the men’s soccer team will enter this season picked to finish fourth in the Red River Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The three-time defending champion University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) was the unanimous selection to win again after collecting all 12 first-place votes to reach the top spot in the poll again this year.

In 2021, OLLU went 8-5-3 overall and 7-1-3 in the RRAC. The Saints follow the second pick LSU-Shreveport and third pick LSU-Alexandria. After OLLU are the University of the Southwest – picked fifth, Huston-Tillotson University and Louisiana Christian University – tied for sixth and Jarvis Christian University and Texas A&M University-Texarkana – tied for eighth. 

Paul Quinn College, Texas A&M University-San Antonio and Texas College rounded out the list.