2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

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2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
Pac-12 wordmark.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust 24 – December 10, 2023
Number of teams6
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Pac-12 Conference men's soccer seasons
2024 →
2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 21 UCLA † 6 –0 –49 –4 –5
No. 4 Oregon State + 4 –1 –511 –6 –5
California 3 –4 –37 –6 –5
No. 5 Stanford + 3 –2 –511 –4 –5
Washington 2 –4 –45 –6 –7
San Diego State 0 –7 –36 –7 –5
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Pac-12

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season is the 24th and possibly final season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will began play in August 2023 and will conclude in November 2023.

Contents

The 2023 season will be California, [1] Stanford, [2] UCLA, [3] and Washington's [4] final season in the Pac-12 Conference, as the two former schools are departing for the Atlantic Coast Conference while the two latter schools will be departing for the Big Ten Conference, both of which sponsor men's soccer. It is unclear at this time where Oregon State and San Diego State will play in 2024.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium 22,000
Witter Rugby Field5,000
Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field 2,200
San Diego State Aztecs [lower-alpha 1] San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck 3,000
Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium 4,000
UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 3,000
Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium1,640

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Oregon State head coach, Terry Boss, resigned at the end of the 2022 season to pursue professional level coaching. Boss was replaced by Greg Dalby, who had previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2022 season

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolPac–12 record
California Leonard Griffin 23–8–6 (.353)3–8–6 (.353)1–6–3 (.250)
Oregon State Greg Dalby 10–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)
San Diego StateRyan Hopkins4209–115–42 (.628)14–23–8 (.400)4–20–3 (.204)
Stanford Jeremy Gunn 12337–108–88 (.715)150–65–46 (.663)71–26–23 (.688)
UCLA Ryan Jorden 5120–89–21 (.567)29–29–8 (.500)11–20–6 (.378)
Washington Jamie Clark 13199–69–28 (.720)160–54–25 (.722)77–30–13 (.696)

Preseason

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls was released on August 21, 2023. Washington was voted the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses. [6]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1 Washington 23 (4)
2 Stanford 21 (1)
3 UCLA 17 (1)
4 Oregon State 15
5 California 8
6 San Diego State 6

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away CAL OSU SDSU STA UCLA UW
California —2–21–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Oregon State 1–0—2–20–42–22–2
San Diego State 0–10–1—0–00–31–1
Stanford 2–1 1–25–0—1–31–1
UCLA 2–1 0–02–12–2—1–0
Washington 1–20–23–11–12–4—
Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910
Washington 22
Stanford 35
California 66
Oregon State 11
UCLA 54
San Diego State 43
Leader and 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Source: Pac-12.com

Rankings

National rankings

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NVNo votes received
 PreWk
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15		Final
California USC NVRVNVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNV
CSN NVNV29RVNV
Oregon State USC RVNVRVNVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNV
CSN NVNVNVNVRV
San Diego State USC NVNVRV1821None released
TDS NVNVNV2521
CSN NVNVNV2824
Stanford USC 74118None released
TDS 82116
CSN 95216
UCLA USC RVRVRVRVNVNone released
TDS NVNVNVNVNV
CSN 27RVRVRVRV
Washington USC 62225RV20None released
TDS 394147
CSN 513112316

Regional rankings - USC Far West Region

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NVNo votes received

The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast Conferences.

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California2749
Oregon State4371
San Diego State7222
Stanford1113
UCLA3867
Washington6435

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

WeekPlayerSchoolPos.Ref.
Aug. 28Zach BohaneStanfordMF [7]
Sep. 4 Sam Fowler WashingtonGK [8]
Sep. 11 Austin Brummett San Diego StateFW [9]
Sep. 18 Logan Farrington Oregon StateFW [10]
Sep. 25Richie AmanWashingtonMF [11]
Oct. 2Ryan BecherUCLAMF [12]
Oct. 9Jack SarkosUCLAFW [13]
Oct. 16Tristan VivianiSan Diego StateD [14]
Oct. 23Shane de FloresStanfordMF [15]
Oct. 30Zach BohaneStanfordMF [16]
Nov. 6Jose ContellUCLAFW [17]
Nov. 13Mark FisherStanfordMF [18]

Postseason honors

Conference honors

2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the Year Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Defensive Player of the YearWyatt Meyer – California
Coach of the Year Leonard Griffin – California
Freshman of the YearReid Fisher – San Diego State
2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team HonoreesSecond Team HonoreesHonorable Mention

Javier Armas – Oregon State
Fletcher Bank – Stanford
Zach Bohane – Stanford
Kevin Carmichael – California
Luis Castillo – Oregon State
Evan Davila – California
Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Nate Jones – Washington
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington
Tucker Lepley – UCLA
Wyatt Meyer – California

Nonso Adimabua – California
Noah Adnan – Stanford
Jose Contell – UCLA
Shane de Flores – Stanford
Logan Erb – San Diego State
Mark Fisher – Stanford
Chris Meyers – Washington
Jack Sarkos – UCLA
Tommy Silva – UCLA
Christian Soto – Washington
Ellis Spikner – Oregon State

Richie Aman – Washington
Khai Brisco – Washington
Arnau Farnos – Oregon State
Reid Fisher – San Diego State
Bryan Iliohan – Washington
Rommee Jaridly – San Diego State
Sean Karani – UCLA
Connor Lambe – California
Andre Ochoa – UCLA
Reid Sproat – San Diego State
Dante Williams – Oregon State

National honors

USC 1st TeamUSC 2nd TeamTDS 1st TeamTDS 2nd TeamCSN 1st TeamCSN 2nd Team


Notes

  1. ↑ San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005. [5]

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