LOS ANGELES -- Cal State LA's men's soccer team has earned the No. 4 spot in the NCAA Division II Super Region 4 poll released by the NCAA Men's Soccer Committee on Wednesday.

The Golden Eagles, who are currently tied for third in in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, have been ranked in the top-four in every Super Region 4 poll since the Super Region format was created in 2019.

The Golden Eagles won Super Region 4 championships in 2019 and 2021 and hosted the first two rounds of the playoffs in 2022 and 2023. Cal State LA reached the Super Region 4 championship game in 2023 as a No. 2 seed and reached the third round of the playoffs in 2024 after a home victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the second round.

Cal State LA is seeking its 19th NCAA appearance and its 13th in the past 14 seasons.

Stanislaus State is ranked No. 1 in the poll and is followed by Cal State Dominguez Hills, Point Loma, Cal State LA, Seattle Pacific, Midwestern State, Cal State San Bernardino, Hawaii Hilo, Western Washington and MSU Denver in the top-10. Regis and Colorado-State Pueblo are 11th and 12th in the poll.

The poll determines the qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament. Each Super Region will have 10 qualifiers for a 40-team NCAA field.

The five conferences in the Super Region 4 – the CCAA, Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the PacWest Conference, the Lone Star Conference and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – each receive an automatic bid. The CCAA's automatic bid goes to the winner of the conference tournament, which begins on Sunday at campus sites and will conclude next week in the semis and finals at Cal State Monterey Bay.
 
The top six teams receive first-round byes with No. 7 facing No. 10 at the site of the No. 2 seed and No. 8 facing No. 9 at the site of the No. 1 seed as the first-round matchups on Friday, Nov. 21. The top four seeds then host second-round games on Sunday, Nov. 23, with the highest remaining seed after that round in line to host the next two rounds.

Cal State LA will conclude regular-season play on Thursday at Cal State San Marcos at 11:30 a.m. The Golden Eagles are tied with Cal State East Bay for third in the conference and need a win or a tie against Cal State San Marcos to get a first-round home game on Sunday. Cal State LA has already clinched its 14th straight CCAA Tournament appearance.

The next NCAA poll will be released on Nov. 12 and the tournament field will be announced on Nov. 17.