Wisconsin Soccer Central

The Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association released the final boys' polls of the regular season on Monday night, and there are several showdowns between state-ranked foes before the WIAA playoffs kick off on Saturday.

The marquee matchup is tonight's Greater Metro Conference match between Milwaukee Marquette and host Brookfield East, which pits the state's top-ranked Division 1 and Division 2 sides.

The visiting Hillltoppers, who already have clinched the conference title, are unbeaten against Wisconsin teams in 56 games (53-0-3) since a 3-1 loss to the Spartans back on Sept. 28, 2010.

Unbeaten Hartland Arrowhead and Kettle Moraine swapped positions in the Division 1 poll this week, with the Warhawks moving up to No. 2, and the teams meet tonight in a Classic 8 Conference match in Wales. The host Lasers claim the conference title with a win or tie, while the Warhawks will finish on top if they win.

There are two new teams in this week's rankings, both in Division 2 as Watertown moves up from honorable mention to No. 4 and once-beaten New Richmond enter the poll at No. 5.

Waukesha West, which has been a regular in the Division 2 poll this season, but dropped out this week, faces two state-ranked foes this week: the Wolverines take on Waukesha Catholic Memorial (No. 2 in Division 3) in Classic 8 play tonight, then play at Brookfield East on Friday.

Racine Prairie School also is closing the regular season with two challenging matches. The Hawks, who slipped one spot to No. 4 in the Division 4 rankings, play host to Milwaukee Thomas More (13-2-1) in a Metro Classic Conference showdown on Wednesday and travel to Green Bay Notre Dame (No. 4 in Division 3) on Saturday.

The five teams in the Division 4 poll remained the same, but only top-ranked Green Bay NEW Lutheran remained in the same place as last week's listings. The Division 3 rankings were the same as last week.

There's another interesting game today as Grafton (No. 3 in Division 3) plays at Winnebago Lutheran (13-6-1), which had been honorable mention in the Division 4 poll most of the season – no honorable mention teams were listed in any divisions in this week's rankings.