2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Summary

The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 59th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 25 and continued into the first weekend of November 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship and the four-team College Cup finals at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 8–10.[1] There were 205 teams in men's Division I competition.[2] The two-time defending champions, the Stanford Cardinal,[3] won their third consecutive championship by downing the previously undefeated Indiana Hoosiers 1–0 in double overtime.[4]

2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Number of teams205
Top goalscorer17 goals
Niklas Brodacki (Cent. Ark.)
Statistics
Biggest home winEvansville 9–0 Anderson
(08/25)
Biggest away winMercer 7–0 @ VMI (10/28)
Highest scoringLa Salle 4–5 @ Loyola (MD)
(08/25)
Anderson 0–9 @ Evansville
(08/25)
UC Riverside 4–5(ot) @ Grand Canyon
(09/14)
Gardner–Webb 5–4(2ot) @ Furman
(09/23)
Maryland 5–4 @ Wisconsin
(10/13)
Longest winning run12 games
Akron
(10/10–12/01)
Wake Forest
(09/09–10/21)
Longest unbeaten run24 games
Indiana (18–0–6)
(08/25–12/10t)
Longest winless run70 games
VMI (0–67–3)
(9/12/2014–current)
Longest losing run13 games
VMI
(09/13–current)
Longwood
(09/01–10/21)
Highest attendanceHome Field–11,075
UC Santa Barbara @ Cal Poly
(10/28)
1st meeting
10,293
Cal Poly @ UC Santa Barbara
(10/14)

Neutral Field–8,143
Army vs. Navy
@ Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, Pennsylvania
(10/15)
Lowest attendanceHome field &
Neutral field
Several reported as 0– Probably incorrect, but official
Tournament
DurationNovember 9 – December 10
Most conference bidsACC (9)
College Cup
DateDecember 10
SiteTalen Energy Stadium, Chester, Pennsylvania
ChampionsStanford
Runners-upIndiana
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →

Changes from 2016 edit

Coaching changes edit

Program Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Buffalo
Program terminated
on April 3
Stu Riddle Hired by Northern Kentucky [5] January 9, 2017 Davie Carmichael [6] January 31, 2017
Cleveland State Ali Kazemaini Resigned[7] November 5, 2016 Kirk Harwat [8] October 27, 2016,
effective November 6, 2016
Elon Chris Little Hired by Seattle Sounders FC Academy[9] February 7, 2017 Marc Reeves [10] February 22, 2017
Florida Atlantic Kos Donev Was not announced Was not announced Joey Worthen[11] February 14, 2017
Florida Gulf Coast Bob Butehorn Hired by South Florida[12] December 18, 2016 Jesse Cormier [13] January 23, 2017
Florida International (FIU) Scott Calabrese Hired by Central Florida [14] December 6, 2016 Kevin Nylen[15] December 16, 2016
Houston Baptist Steve Jones Was not announced Was not announced Ryan Pratt[16] June 13, 2017
Marshall Bob Gray Retired[17] November 11, 2016 Chris Grassie[18] January 10, 2017
Mount St. Mary's Program dormant since 2012 Will return in 2018 August 26, 2016 Bryan Cunningham[19] January 13, 2017
NC State Kelly Findley Not Retained/To Sporting Kansas City Academy November 22, 2016 George Kiefer[20] November 22, 2016
Northern Illinois (NIU) Eric Luzzi Was not announced Was not announced Ryan Swan[21] January 23, 2017
Northern Kentucky John Basalyga Retired [22] December 6, 2016 Stu Riddle[5] January 9, 2017
Radford Marc Reeves Hired by Elon [10] February 22, 2017 Bryheem Hancock[23] March 28, 2017
South Florida George Kiefer Hired by NC State November 22, 2016 Bob Butehorn[12] December 18, 2016
Stetson Jared Vock Interim not retained December 21, 2016 Kyle Gookins[24] December 22, 2016
UC Irvine Chris Volk Not Retained January 19, 2017 Yossi Raz [25] January 19, 2017
USC Upstate Greg Hooks Retired July 20, 2017 Scott Halkett [26] July 20, 2017
Central Florida (UCF) Bryan Cunningham Not Retained [27]/To Mount St. Mary's November 15, 2016 Scott Calabrese[14] December 6, 2016
Vermont Jesse Cormier Hired by FGCU [13] January 23, 2017 Rob Dow[28] February 17, 2017

New programs edit

The California Baptist Lancers have been approved to begin the transition from Division II to Division I and the Western Athletic Conference in 2018–19.[29]

Discontinued programs edit

Buffalo discontinued men's soccer and three other sports in April 2017 for financial reasons.[30]

Conference realignment edit

School Previous Conference New Conference
SIU Edwardsville Missouri Valley Conference Mid-American Conference[31]
Valparaiso Horizon League Missouri Valley Conference[32]
IUPUI Summit League Horizon League[33]
  • † = The SIU Edwardsville Cougars were initially announced as replacing Buffalo for 2018 and beyond, but less than a week after the first announcement, the timetable for SIU Edwardsville's entry was accelerated to 2017.
  • The 2017 season will be the last for Belmont as an associate in Horizon League men's soccer. The team will join the Southern Conference for 2018 and beyond.

NCAA Top 10 Ranking edit

On October 11, the NCAA announced that, for the first time, the Division I Men's Soccer Committee would announce a Top 10 Ranking well ahead of the announcement of the tournament field and seeding. The announcement was scheduled for Sunday, October 29 during halftime of the nationally televised game between Indiana and Michigan State and is to designed give the public a sneak peek of the committee's thought process. Bill Wnek, chair of the committee and associate director of athletics at Loyola Maryland stated that, “With 75 percent of the season complete by that point, this will be a great exercise for our committee as we prepare for selection Monday.”

The ranking is to be based on the same criteria used to select and seed the 48 teams for the Division I Men's Soccer Championship, including strength of schedule, Rating Percentage Index, head-to-head competition, results versus common opponents, significant wins and losses, and locations of contests with additional input provided by the regional advisory committees.[34]

Season overview edit

Pre-season polls edit

United Soccer Coaches
(formerly NSCAA)
[35]
Rank Team
1 Stanford
2 Wake Forest
3 Denver
4 North Carolina
5 Clemson
6 Maryland
7 Indiana
8 Syracuse
9 Louisville
10 Notre Dame
11 Washington
12 Providence
13 Virginia
14 Creighton
15 Charlotte
16 Akron
17 Virginia Tech
18 UMass Lowell
19 Coastal Carolina
20 New Mexico
21 UCLA
22 Michigan State
23 FGCU
24 Connecticut
25 Butler
College Soccer News[36]
Rank Team
1 Stanford
2 Wake Forest
3 Maryland
4 Denver
5 North Carolina
6 Clemson
7 Louisville
8 Virginia Tech
9 Providence
10 Virginia
11 Indiana
12 Syracuse
13 Washington
14 Creighton
15 FGCU
16 Charlotte
17 Notre Dame
18 Akron
19 Albany
20 Butler
21 SIU Edwardsville
22 Loyola-Chicago
23 Michigan State
24 Portland
25 Wisconsin
26 New Mexico
27 Coastal Carolina
28 UMass Lowell
29 Connecticut
30 Pacific
Soccer America[37]
Rank Team
1 Stanford
2 Maryland
3 North Carolina
4 Indiana
5 Wake Forest
6 Clemson
7 Denver
8 Virginia
9 Notre Dame
10 Louisville
11 Syracuse
12 Providence
13 Akron
14 Washington
15 UCLA
16 Creighton
17 Charlotte
18 Connecticut
19 Pacific
20 Utah Valley
21 UMass Lowell
22 Coastal Carolina
23 Portland
24 Virginia Tech
25 FGCU
Top Drawer Soccer [38]
Rank Team
1 Stanford
2 Maryland
3 Wake Forest
4 North Carolina
5 Indiana
6 Denver
7 Syracuse
8 Clemson
9 Creighton
10 UMass Lowell
11 Providence
12 Louisville
13 Akron
14 Virginia
15 Portland
16 Utah Valley
17 Notre Dame
18 Washington
19 New Mexico
20 Virginia Tech
21 Loyola-Chicago
22 FGCU
23 Coastal Carolina
24 Butler
25 Charlotte
Hero Sports[39]
Rank Team
1 Stanford
2 Wake Forest
3 North Carolina
4 Syracuse
5 Clemson
6 Louisville
7 Notre Dame
8 Maryland
9 Washington
10 Creighton
11 Virginia
12 Butler
13 Providence
14 UCLA
15 Virginia Tech
16 Indiana
17 Charlotte
18 Denver
19 San Diego State
20 Akron
21 Portland
22 FGCU
23 Wisconsin
24 Oregon State
25 Albany
26 Harvard
27 UMass Lowell
28 Loyola-Chicago
29 Pacific
30 New Mexico

Regular season edit

The regular season will begin on August 25, 2017 and end in early November 2017.

#1 edit

Weekly United Soccer Coaches #1 ranked team[40]
Date Team Date Team Date Team Date Team
August 3 (preseason) Stanford None until after season starts August 29 Stanford September 5 Stanford
September 12 Indiana September 19 Notre Dame September 26 Indiana October 3 Indiana
October 10 Indiana October 17 Indiana October 24 Wake Forest October 31 Wake Forest
November 7 Wake Forest November 14 Wake Forest None until after tournament December 12 Stanford

Top 10 Ranking edit

On Sunday, October 29 during halftime of the nationally televised game between Indiana and Michigan State, the Division I Men's Soccer Committee announced its first-ever NCAA Top 10 Ranking.[41] (See details above.)

1) Wake Forest (15-1-0)

2) Indiana (13-0-3)

3) North Carolina (13-2-1)

4) Clemson (11-3-0)

5) Michigan State (11-2-2)

6) Duke (10-3-2)

7) Notre Dame (9-4-2)

8) Western Michigan (13-2-1)

9) Georgetown (11-2-1)

10) Akron (10-3-1)

(Records are through games played on October 22.)

Conference standings edit

2017 America East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vermont 5 1 1 10 8 1
UMass Lowell 5 2 0 10 7 1
Albany 4 2 1 14 5 3
No. 14 New Hampshire + 4 2 1 13 4 5
UMBC 2 4 1 7 6 5
Stony Brook 1 3 3 7 6 5
Binghamton 1 4 2 5 10 3
Hartford 1 5 1 5 10 3
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 SMU 5 1 1 17 3 1
UCF 4 2 1 8 6 2
Connecticut 4 3 0 8 8 2
Temple 4 3 0 9 8 1
South Florida 3 2 2 6 6 4
Tulsa 3 4 0 6 8 1
Memphis 2 3 2 4 8 4
Cincinnati 0 7 0 7 9 1
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UMass 6 1 1 15 4 3
VCU + 6 2 0 13 7 0
George Washington 6 2 0 9 7 2
Dayton 6 2 0 9 8 2
No. 11 Fordham + 5 2 1 14 6 3
Rhode Island 4 3 1 10 6 3
St. Bonaventure 4 4 0 8 9 2
Saint Louis 4 4 0 7 9 1
Davidson 3 4 1 8 7 2
LaSalle 3 5 0 8 9 1
Saint Joseph's 1 6 1 3 11 4
Duquesne 1 7 0 3 13 1
George Mason 0 7 1 5 9 2
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest 7 0 1 19 2 2
No. 7 Louisville + 5 2 1 13 2 5
No. 17 Clemson + 4 4 0 12 6 1
NC State + 3 3 2 8 6 4
Boston College 1 6 1 6 10 1
Syracuse 0 6 2 6 8 4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 6 1 1 17 4 1
No. 13 Duke + 4 3 1 13 4 3
No. 19 Virginia + 3 2 3 13 4 5
No. 18 Notre Dame + 3 3 2 11 7 2
Virginia Tech + 3 5 0 10 10 0
Pittsburgh 2 6 0 8 10 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Stetson 4 0 2 7 7 2
Florida Gulf Coast 4 1 1 8 6 3
NJIT 3 2 1 8 7 4
North Florida 2 3 1 3 10 2
Jacksonville 2 3 1 6 10 1
Lipscomb 2 4 0 11 8 2
USC Upstate 1 5 0 3 10 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Butler + 8 1 0 14 5 2
No. 16 Georgetown 6 2 1 14 4 2
Saint John's 5 2 2 9 7 3
Xavier 5 4 0 11 6 3
Providence 2 2 5 5 8 5
Creighton 3 4 2 9 7 2
Marquette 3 5 1 3 11 2
Seton Hall 3 6 0 6 10 1
DePaul 2 6 1 5 11 2
Villanova 2 7 0 7 11 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
High Point 7 1 0 10 5 4
Radford 5 1 2 10 4 4
Campbell 5 2 1 9 7 3
Liberty 5 3 0 11 6 1
Gardner–Webb 4 3 1 8 7 2
Presbyterian 3 3 2 6 9 5
UNC Asheville 1 6 1 2 15 1
Longwood 1 6 1 1 15 2
Winthrop 1 7 0 3 13 1
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Michigan + 6 1 1 12 6 2
No. 2 Indiana + 5 0 3 18 1 6
No. 6 Michigan State + 5 0 3 13 3 4
Maryland + 5 1 2 10 5 4
No. 10 Wisconsin 4 3 1 12 5 5
Ohio State 3 5 0 8 10 1
Penn State 2 6 0 5 10 2
Northwestern 1 7 0 7 12 0
Rutgers 0 8 0 4 13 1
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
UC Davis 7 2 1 11 7 3
UC Santa Barbara 4 3 3 6 8 5
Sacramento State 4 4 2 8 9 2
Cal Poly 3 6 1 7 10 1
South
CSU Fullerton 4 4 2 10 8 4
CSU Northridge 4 4 2 10 9 2
UC Riverside 4 5 1 5 13 1
UC Irvine 3 5 2 8 8 3
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
James Madison 5 1 2 9 7 3
UNC Wilmington + 5 3 0 12 8 0
Charleston 3 1 4 8 6 4
Hofstra 3 1 4 6 6 6
William & Mary 3 2 3 11 5 5
Elon 3 2 3 7 5 6
Delaware 2 4 2 5 7 4
Northeastern 1 6 1 3 12 3
Drexel 1 6 1 2 14 1
As of November 19, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 20 FIU + 6 0 2 12 2 4
Old Dominion 6 2 0 13 6 2
Kentucky 4 2 2 8 6 4
New Mexico 3 3 2 8 6 4
Charlotte 2 1 5 8 5 6
Marshall 3 5 0 8 10 1
South Carolina 2 4 2 6 9 2
Florida Atlantic 2 6 0 2 14 0
UAB 1 6 1 5 7 4
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Green Bay 7 1 1 9 5 3
UIC 6 2 1 11 6 3
Milwaukee 6 3 0 10 5 4
Wright State 6 3 0 10 7 1
Cleveland State 4 3 2 7 10 2
Detroit 4 4 1 7 8 4
Northern Kentucky 3 4 2 7 6 4
Oakland 3 5 1 6 10 1
Belmont 2 7 0 5 9 2
IUPUI 0 9 0 0 15 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 23 Dartmouth 6 0 1 12 3 2
No. 25 Columbia + 5 1 1 12 3 3
Brown 2 3 2 8 6 3
Princeton 2 3 2 6 7 4
Yale 2 3 2 5 9 2
Cornell 2 4 1 7 8 2
Penn 2 4 1 4 12 1
Harvard 1 4 2 2 10 4
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fairfield 7 1 2 12 5 3
Rider 6 2 2 12 5 2
Canisius 5 1 4 12 4 4
Manhattan 6 3 1 9 8 1
Quinnipiac 6 4 0 8 9 2
Iona 4 4 2 5 7 4
Monmouth 4 5 1 7 9 2
Siena 2 4 4 4 7 7
Marist 3 6 1 7 10 1
Saint Peter's 2 8 0 3 11 2
Niagara 1 8 1 2 14 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Western Michigan + 5 0 0 17 4 1
No. 3 Akron 4 1 0 18 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 2 3 0 7 10 1
West Virginia 1 2 2 9 6 4
Bowling Green 1 3 1 7 9 1
Northern Illinois 0 4 1 3 11 1
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri State 5 2 1 9 5 3
Central Arkansas 5 3 0 9 11 1
Bradley 4 3 1 10 7 3
Evansville 3 4 1 11 8 2
Loyola Chicago 3 4 1 7 8 3
Valparaiso 3 5 0 8 9 1
Drake 2 4 2 6 10 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Francis Brooklyn 6 0 1 14 5 1
LIU Brooklyn 4 2 1 6 9 3
Fairleigh Dickinson 3 2 2 10 5 3
Robert Morris 3 3 1 4 11 3
Saint Francis (PA) 3 4 0 10 8 0
Central Connecticut 2 3 2 5 8 4
Bryant 2 3 2 2 10 3
Sacred Heart 0 6 1 3 14 1
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Stanford 9 0 1 19 2 2
California + 6 4 0 11 7 0
Washington + 5 4 1 12 7 1
UCLA 4 6 0 7 10 1
Oregon State 4 6 0 7 11 0
San Diego State 1 9 0 6 13 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Loyola Maryland 7 2 0 11 6 1
Boston U. 6 2 1 7 8 4
Lehigh 5 3 1 11 7 1
Bucknell 5 3 1 7 8 4
Holy Cross 4 3 2 7 9 4
No. 21 Colgate 4 4 1 12 11 1
Army 3 4 2 9 6 2
American 3 6 0 4 12 1
Lafayette 3 6 0 4 14 0
Navy 0 7 2 2 13 2
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Tenn. State 6 0 4 9 2 7
UNC Greensboro 6 3 1 10 7 3
Furman 5 2 3 12 5 3
Mercer 4 4 2 7 9 6
Wofford 4 6 0 4 15 0
VMI 0 10 0 0 16 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denver 5 0 0 11 6 2
Western Illinois 3 2 0 5 10 0
Omaha 2 1 2 10 6 3
Eastern Illinois 2 2 1 4 9 6
Oral Roberts 1 4 0 4 11 1
Fort Wayne 0 4 1 5 9 4
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Coastal Carolina 4 1 0 14 7 1
Georgia State 3 1 1 12 7 1
Georgia Southern 3 2 0 9 8 1
Hartwick 2 2 1 7 9 2
Appalachian State 0 3 2 5 8 6
Howard 0 3 2 2 15 3
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Francisco 6 1 0 10 9 0
Pacific + 4 2 1 13 4 2
Portland 4 2 1 9 7 1
Saint Mary's 3 2 2 6 6 5
Santa Clara 3 3 1 3 13 1
San Diego 2 3 2 8 6 3
Loyola Marymount 2 5 0 4 12 2
Gonzaga 0 6 1 6 9 2
As of November 19, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2017 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Air Force + 8 0 2 14 3 3
No. 24 Seattle 6 1 3 15 4 4
UNLV 7 3 0 11 9 1
San Jose State 5 4 1 9 11 1
UTRGV 4 4 2 7 7 3
Grand Canyon 4 5 1 7 11 1
Cal St. Bakersfield 4 5 1 6 11 1
Utah Valley 3 5 2 6 10 2
UMKC 3 7 0 5 10 3
Incarnate Word 3 7 0 5 11 1
Houston Baptist 2 8 0 5 10 0
As of November 19, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Major upsets edit

In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.

Date Winner Score Loser
September 1 @ UNC Wilmington 1–0 #3 North Carolina
September 1 Furman 1–0(2ot) @ #4 Denver
September 5 Georgia State 2–1(ot) @ #2 Wake Forest
September 8 @ NC State 1–0 #3 Clemson
September 8 @ UC Irvine 1–0 #9 Denver
September 9 Tulsa 2–0 @ #1 Stanford
September 9 @ Northeastern 2–1 #12 UMass Lowell
September 10 @ Cal State Northridge 2–0 #9 Denver
September 12 Cincinnati 1–0 @ #13 Kentucky
September 15 #17 Louisville 2–1 @ #7 Syracuse
September 15 @ Northern Illinois 1–0 #10 Omaha
September 15 @ UC Santa Barbara 1–0 #14 Pacific
September 19 Cornell 1–0(ot) @ #7 Syracuse
September 19 @ South Carolina 1–0 #15 Furman
September 22 @ Virginia Tech 2–1 #1 Notre Dame
September 22 Duke 2–1 @ #11 Syracuse
September 23 @ Saint Louis 2–0 #5 Stanford
September 23 Gardner–Webb 5–4(2ot) @ #13 Furman
September 27 @ Akron 4–1 #4 Michigan State
September 29 @ Portland 4–1 #9 Western Michigan
September 30 @ UMBC 1–0 #12 New Hampshire
September 30 @ Old Dominion 2–0 #13 Kentucky
September 30 VCU 1–0(2ot) @ #15 UNC Wilmington
October 3 Pittsburgh 1–0 @ #14 Columbia
October 11 @ West Virginia 1–0 #6 Michigan State
October 11 Charleston 2–1 @ #15 UNC Wilmington
October 13 Pittsburgh 1–0 @ #7 Notre Dame
October 14 @ James Madison 2–0 #15 UNC Wilmington
October 17 Radford 1–0 @ #10 Virginia
October 20 Coastal Carolina 1–0 @ #3 Maryland
October 21 NC State 3–2 @ #5 Louisville
October 23 VCU 3–0 @ #9 Maryland
October 28 @ St. John's 1–0 #10 Georgetown
October 29 #19 Michigan 2–1 @ #9 Maryland
November 5 Ohio State 2–1 @ #8 Michigan State
November 5 #21 Notre Dame 2–1 @ #3 North Carolina
November 10 Charlotte 3–1
@ Old Dominion
#8 FIU
November 10 Wisconsin 4–0
@ Grand Park
#10 Michigan
November 10 San Jose State 1–0
@ UNLV
#12 Air Force

Conference winners and tournaments edit

Conference Regular
season winner
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Coach of the Year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (city)
Tournament champion
America East
Conference
Vermont None named–
4 position awards
New Hampshire staff (Marc Hubbard, HC) 2017 America East Tournament Campus sites Albany
American Athletic
Conference
SMU None named–
4 position awards
SMU staff (Kevin Hudson,HC) 2017 American Athletic Tournament Westcott Field
(University Park, TX)
SMU
Atlantic 10
Conference
UMass None named–
3 position awards
Fran O'Leary (UMass) 2017 A-10 Tournament Baujan Field
(Dayton, OH)
UMass
Atlantic Coast
Conference
Atlantic–Wake Forest
Coastal–North Carolina
None named–
3 position awards
Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest) 2017 ACC Tournament MUSC Health Stadium
(Charleston, SC)
Wake Forest
Atlantic Sun
Conference
Stetson Mamadou Guirassy (NJIT) Kyle Gookins (Stetson) 2017 ASUN Tournament Campus sites Lipscomb
Big East
Conference
Butler None named–
4 position awards
Butler staff (Paul Snape, HC) 2017 Big East Tournament Campus sites Georgetown
Big South
Conference
High Point None named–
2 position awards
EJ O’Keeffe (High Point) 2017 Big South Tournament Campus sites Presbyterian
Big Ten
Conference
Michigan None named–
4 position awards
Chaka Daley (Michigan) 2017 B1G Tournament Grand Park
(Westfield, IN)
Wisconsin
Big West
Conference
N–UC Davis
S–CSU Fullerton & CSU Northridge (tie)
None named–
4 position awards
Dwayne Shaffer (UC Davis) 2017 Big West Tournament Campus sites CSU Fullerton
Colonial Athletic
Association
James Madison Antonio Bustamante (William & Mary) Tom Foley (James Madison) 2017 CAA Tournament James Madison Soccer Complex
(Harrisonburg, VA)
William & Mary
Conference
USA
FIU Santiago Patino (FIU) Kevin Nylen (FIU) 2017 C-USA Tournament Old Dominion Soccer Complex
(Norfolk, VA)
Old Dominion
Horizon
League
Green Bay AJ Paterson (Wright State) Jeremy Bonomo (Green Bay) 2017 Horizon League Tournament Alumni Field
(Dayton, OH)
UIC
Ivy
League
Dartmouth None named–
2 position awards
Chad Riley (Dartmouth) No tournament
Metro Atlantic
Athletic
Conference
Fairfield None named–
3 position awards
Carl Rees (Fairfield) 2017 MAAC Tournament Campus sites Fairfield
Mid-American
Conference
Western Michigan Brandon Bye (Western Michigan) Chad Wiseman (Western Michigan) 2017 MAC Tournament WMU Soccer Complex
(Kalamazoo, MI)
Akron
Missouri Valley
Conference
Missouri State Niklas Brodacki (Central Arkansas) Central Arkansas staff (Ross Duncan, HC) 2017 MVC tournament Shea Stadium
(Peoria, IL)
Central Arkansas
Northeast
Conference
St. Francis Brooklyn Rasmus Hansen (LIU Brooklyn) St. Francis Brooklyn staff (Tom Giovatto, HC) 2017 NEC Tournament Campus sites St. Francis Brooklyn
Pac-12
Conference
Stanford Foster Langsdorf (Stanford) Jeremy Gunn (Stanford) No tournament
Patriot
League
Loyola Maryland None named–
4 position awards
Steve Nichols (Loyola Maryland) 2017 Patriot League Tournament Hosted by season champion Colgate
Southern
Conference
East Tennessee State Laurence Wyke (Furman) Bo Oshoniyi (East Tennessee State) 2017 SoCon Tournament Eugene Stone Soccer Stadium
(Greenville, SC)
Mercer
The Summit
League
Denver None named–
3 position awards
Jamie Franks (Denver) 2017 Summit League Tournament Al F. Caniglia Field
{Omaha, NE}
Omaha
Sun Belt
Conference
Coastal Carolina Frantzdy Pierrot (Coastal Carolina) Shaun Docking (Coastal Carolina) 2017 Sun Belt Tournament Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field
(Conway, SC)
Coastal Carolina
West Coast
Conference
San Francisco Leon Schwarzer (San Francisco) Eddie Soto (San Francisco) No tournament
Western Athletic
Conference
Air Force None named–
2 position awards
Doug Hill (Air Force) 2017 WAC Tournament Peter Johann Memorial Field
(Las Vegas, NV)
Seattle

Statistics edit

Individuals edit

GOALS[42]
Rank Scorer School Games Goals
1 Niklas Brodacki Central Arkansas 20 17
2 Mamadou Guirassy NJIT 19 16
Jon Bakero Wake Forest 23 16
4 Danny Musovski UNLV 17 15
Santiago Patino FIU 18 15
Joshua "JJ" Donnelly Campbell 18 15
Mark Forrest Lehigh 19 15
Antonio Bustamante William & Mary 21 15
9 Jamie O'Grady Hartwick 18 14
Garrett McLaughlin SMU 21 14
Foster Langsdorf Stanford 23 14

Last update on 13 December 2017

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE[43]
Rank Keeper School Games Minutes GA GAA
1 Trey Muse Indiana 25 2419 7 .260
2 Nico Corti Stanford 23 2098 9 .386
3 Dylan Castanheira Columbia 18 1692 8 .425
4 Andreu Cases Mundet Wake Forest 22 2018 11 .491
5 Liam Priestley Missouri State 17 1615 9 .501
6 Danny Vitiello Albany 15 1433 8 .502
7 Matthew Keller Evansville 12 1039 6 .520
8 Andrew Pesci New Hampshire 22 2107 13 .555
9 Matthew Jegier Elon 18 1740 11 .569
10 Christopher Palacios Dartmouth 16 1414 9 .573

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ASSISTS[44]
Rank Player School Games Assists
1 Chris Mueller Wisconsin 21 20
2 Jon Bakero Wake Forest 23 14
3 Rey Ortiz Portland 17 13
Cameron Lindley North Carolina 22 13
Jared Stroud Colgate 24 13
6 Brandon Servania Wake Forest 21 11
Zach Wright North Carolina 21 11
8 Doyle Tuvesson Lehigh 18 10
Aaron Lombardi San Francisco 19 10
Declan McCabe Georgetown 19 10
Bjarki Benediktsson Canisius 20 10
Ryder Bell William & Mary 21 10

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SAVE PERCENTAGE[45]
Rank Keeper School Games Minutes Saves GA Save %
1 Trey Muse Indiana 25 2419 65 7 .903
2 Nico Corti Stanford 23 2098 73 9 .890
3 Danny Vitiello Albany 15 1433 56 8 .879
4 Liam Priestley Missouri State 17 1615 63 9 .875
5 Matthew Keller Evansville 12 1039 40 6 .870
6 Tom McMahon Stony Brook 10 901 46 7 .868
7 Marcellin Gohier Manhattan 14 1301 53 9 .855
8 Brandon Barnes Bradley 21 1966 103 18 .851
9 Dylan Castanheira Columbia 18 1692 44 8 .846
10 Nate Himes Marshall 13 1125 59 11 .843

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TOTAL POINTS[46]
Rank Player School Games Goals Assists Points
1 Jon Bakero Wake Forest 23 16 14 46
2 Mark Forrest Lehigh 19 15 8 38
Niklas Brodacki Central Arkansas 21 17 4 38
Chris Mueller Wisconsin 21 9 20 38
5 Danny Musovski UNLV 17 15 6 36
5 Santiago Patino FIU 18 15 5 35
Mamadou Guirassy NJIT 19 16 3 35
Antonio Bustamante William & Mary 21 15 5 35
9 Foster Langsdorf Stanford 23 14 6 34
10 Kieran Roberts Radford 18 15 1 31
Sivert Daehlie Radford 18 12 7 31
Brandon Bye Western Michigan 21 12 7 31
Brandon Guhl Butler 21 13 5 31
Garrett McLaughlin SMU 21 14 3 31

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TOTAL SAVES[47]
Rank Keeper School Games Saves
1 Jacob Jordan Drexel 17 110
2 Ben Lundgaard Virginia Tech 20 108
3 Brandon Barnes Bradley 21 103
4 Rafael Pereira Rutgers 18 97
5 Winter Fondi Robert Morris 18 96
6 Thor Arne Hofs George Washington 18 93
Philipp Schilling Wisconsin 22 93
8 Mac Burke Navy 17 92
9 Mike Novotny Eastern Illinois 18 91
Eric Dick Butler 20 91

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  • Individual statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.

Teams edit

SCORING OFFENSE[48]
Rank School Games Goals Goals/Game
1 FIU 18 50 2.778
2 Wake Forest 23 58 2.522
3 Gardner–Webb 17 42 2.471
4 North Carolina 22 53 2.409
5 Canisius 20 45 2.250
6 Clemson 19 41 2.158
VCU 19 41 2.158
8 Radford 18 38 2.111
Saint Francis (PA) 18 38 2.111
10 Stanford 23 48 2.087

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SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average)[49]
Rank School Games Minutes GA Team GAA
1 Indiana 25 2419 7 .260
2 Stanford 23 2122 9 .382
3 Columbia 18 1692 8 .425
4 Missouri State 17 1615 9 .501
5 Wake Forest 23 3137 13 .547
6 New Hampshire 22 2107 13 .555
7 Akron 24 2229 14 .565
8 Elon 18 1740 11 .569
9 SMU 21 1963 13 .596
10 Michigan St. 20 1889 13 .619

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SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE[50]
Rank School Games Shutouts Shutout %
1 Indiana 25 18 .720
2 Stanford 23 16 .696
3 Missouri State 17 11 .647
4 Western Michigan 22 14 .636
5 Columbia 18 11 .611
6 Louisville 20 12 .600
7 Dartmouth 17 10 .588
8 SMU 21 12 .571
9 Wake Forest 23 13 .565
10 Elon 18 10 .556

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  • Team statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.
WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE[51]
Rank School Wins Loses Ties W-L-T %
1 Stanford 19 2 2 .870
Wake Forest 17 2 2 .870
3 Indiana 18 1 6 .840
4 SMU 17 3 1 .833
5 North Carolina 17 4 1 .795
Western Michigan 17 4 1 .795
7 Akron 18 4 2 .792
8 FIU 12 2 4 .778
9 Air Force 14 3 3 .775
Louisville 13 2 5 .775

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Awards and honors edit

Hermann Trophy edit

Senior CLASS Award edit

All-Americans edit

On December 7, 2017, United Soccer Coaches announced their All-America teams, broken into three starting XI's.[52]

Position 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team
Player School Player School Player School
GK Eric Dick Butler Drew Shepherd Western Michigan Jonny Sutherland East Tennessee State
DF Tomas Hilliard-Arce
Tim Kübel
Grant Lillard
João Moutinho
Stanford
Louisville
Indiana
Akron
Jimmy Fiscus
Andrew Gutman
Wyatt Omsberg
Michigan State
Indiana
Dartmouth
Nathan Aune
Jordan Cano
Oscar Chacon
Kevin Politz
Seattle U
SMU
Air Force
Wake Forest
MF Tucker Bone
Mauro Cichero
Cameron Lindley
Air Force
SMU
North Carolina
Jose Aguinaga
Christopher Lema
Rafael Santos
Rider
Georgetown
VCU
Antonio Bustamante
Daniel Krutzen
Paul Marie
Eryk Williamson
William & Mary
Albany
FIU
Maryland
FW Jon Bakero
Brandon Bye
Foster Langsdorf
Santiago Patino
Wake Forest
Western Michigan
Stanford
FIU
Arthur Bosua
Jon Gallagher
Chris Mueller
Robin Schmidt
Alan Winn
Columbia
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Mark Forrest
Garrett McLaughlin
Davis Smith
Brian White
Lehigh
SMU
UMass
Duke

♦ = Additionally, the United Soccer Coaches named Western Michigan's Brandon Bye as the 2017 NCAA Men's Soccer Division I Scholar Player of the Year.[53]

Coaches edit

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