After a year in which the top four Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer teams each won the same number of league matches - six - look for 2008 to be much of the same as evidenced by this year's preseason vote by the league's coaches.

While four-time defending champion Judson University garnered the most votes (80 total), including eight of 10 first-place votes, the next three spots are separated by just six votes. Saint Xavier University, despite not receiving any first-place votes, edged out Olivet Nazarene University and Illinois Institute of Technology for the No. 2 spot with its 65 votes.

ONU and Illinois Tech, both of which collected one first-place vote, totaled 62 and 59 votes, respectively.

Cardinal Stritch University holds down the No. 5 spot with its 48 votes, while Trinity International University just missed the upper bracket with its 46 votes.

Trinity Christian College tallied 36 votes to land the No. 7 slot with Robert Morris College (27 votes), University of St. Francis (15) and Calumet College St. Joseph (12) rounding out the conference list.

Judson (6-1-2 in the CCAC last year) edged out second-place finishers Olivet Nazarene (6-3), Saint Xavier (6-3), Trinity International (6-3) and Illinois Tech (5-2-2) by one game to claim the conference crown outright last fall.

The complete 2008 CCAC Preseason Men's Soccer Coaches Poll is listed below:

Team (1^st Place Votes) Total Votes

1. Judson (8) 80

2. Saint Xavier 65

3. Olivet Nazarene (1) 62

4. Illinois Tech (1) 59

5. Cardinal Stritch 48

6. Trinity International 46

7. Trinity Christian 36

8. Robert Morris 27

9. St. Francis 15

10. Calumet St. Joseph 12