2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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2024 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
Big Ten Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust 22 - December 16, 2024
Number of teams11
TV partner(s) Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2025 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Champions Indiana, Ohio State
Tournament
Champions Ohio State
  Runners-up Michigan
Finals MVPParker Grinstead
Men's Soccer seasons
←  2023
2025  →
2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍7–1–2 .80016–2–4 .818
No. 11 Indiana  ‍†‍‍y7–1–2 .80011–5–5 .643
Maryland  ‍‍‍y5–3–2 .6009–6–5 .575
Washington  ‍‍‍y4–3–3 .5508–6–7 .548
Michigan State  ‍‍‍4–4–2 .5005–7–5 .441
UCLA  ‍‍‍y3–4–3 .4507–6–6 .526
Michigan  ‍‍‍y2–3–5 .4509–5–7 .595
Northwestern  ‍‍‍3–6–1 .3509–7–1 .559
Rutgers  ‍‍‍3–6–1 .3506–9–2 .412
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍2–5–3 .3507–5–3 .567
Penn State  ‍‍‍2–6–2 .3005–9–2 .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 B1G tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2024 NCAA Tournament
As of December 18, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season will be the 33rd season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This is Big Ten's first season with UCLA and Washington as conference members. [1] [2]

Contents

The Maryland Terrapins are the defending champions. [3]

Previous season

Rutgers won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament for the first time in program history, [4] and won their first conference tournament championship since 1997. [5] Maryland won their first Big Ten Conference regular season championship since 2016. MD Myers of Rutgers won bother the regular season and tournament Player of the Year award. [6]

In the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, four Big Ten teams received bids into the tournament. Rutgers earned the automatic bid, while Maryland, Ohio State, and Indiana received at-large bids. [7] Maryland and Ohio State reached the second round of the tournament before being eliminated, while Rutgers was eliminated in the first round. [8] Indiana reached their NCAA-record 17th NCAA National Championship game, but lost in penalty kicks to Syracuse in the final. [9]

In the 2023 MLS SuperDraft, Maryland sophomore, Joshua Bolma, was the first Big Ten player to be drafted, selected fourth overall by the New England Revolution. [10]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Bill Armstrong Stadium 6,500
Maryland College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field 7,000
Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium 2,200
Michigan State Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex 2,500
Northwestern Evanston, Illinois Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium 3,000
Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium 10,000
Penn State State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field 5,000
Rutgers Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000
UCLA Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 2,145
Washington Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 3,250
Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Don McClimon Stadium 2,000

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
TeamRivals [11] Scout & 24/7 [12] On3 Recruits [13] Signees
Indiana64656317
Maryland32384424
Michigan13161526
Michigan State44424320
Northwestern81807417
Ohio State45322
Penn State17151625
Rutgers35354026
UCLA85906911
Washington56474916
Wisconsin19232222

Preseason poll

Big Ten preseason poll
Predicted finishTeam

Preseason national polls

United
Soccer 		CSN Top Drawer
Soccer
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin

Preseason awards

Preseason results

Regular season

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Away team listed first, home team listed second. Teams in bold represent Big Ten teams.

Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 25)

Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)

Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)

Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)

Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)

Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)

Week 7 (Sep. 30 – Oct. 6)

Week 8 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)

Week 9 (Oct. 14 – Oct. 20)

Week 10 (Oct. 21 – Oct. 27)

Week 11 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 3)

Postseason

B1G Tournament

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
TBD
W–L–D (%):0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–)0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–0–0 (1.000)

Rankings

National rankings

  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NVNo votes received
 PreWk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Wk
15		Final
Indiana USC None released
TDS
CSN
Maryland USC None released
TDS
CSN
Michigan USC None released
TDS
CSN
Michigan State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Northwestern USC None released
TDS
CSN
Ohio State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Penn State USC None released
TDS
CSN
Rutgers USC None released
TDS
CSN
UCLA USC None released
TDS
CSN
Washington USC None released
TDS
CSN
Wisconsin USC None released
TDS
CSN

Regional rankings - USC North Region

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

The United Soccer Coaches' North region ranks teams across the Big Ten, Horizon, and Ohio Valley Conferences.

 Wk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Big Ten conference officials select the players of the week.

WeekOffensiveDefensive
PlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeam

Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.

2024 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
2024 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team HonoreesSecond Team HonoreesAll-Freshman Team HonoreesSportsmanship Team Honorees

References

  1. ↑ Adelson, Andrea; Bonagura, Kyle; Rittenberg, Adam (July 11, 2022). "Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten — and the chaos that followed". ESPN . Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Oregon, Washington Officially Set to Join Big Ten Following Unanimous Vote". Sports Illustrated . August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Clinches Men's Soccer Championship". Big Ten. October 30, 2022. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rutgers Men's Soccer Claims First Big Ten Championship in Program History". scarletknights.com. November 13, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ Fonseca, Brian (November 13, 2022). "Rutgers men's soccer wins historic Big Ten Tournament title over Indiana". NJ.com . Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2022 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". Big Ten Conference . November 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2022 NCAA division I men's soccer championship bracket announced". NCAA.com. November 14, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ Lim, Esther (November 18, 2022). "Penn men's soccer advances in NCAA tournament with thrilling 3-0 triumph over Rutgers". The Daily Pennsylvanian . Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ Lentz, Zach (December 13, 2022). "Syracuse Wins 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "New England Revolution select Joshua Bolma after MLS SuperDraft trade with San Jose Earthquakes". MLSSoccer.com. December 21, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  11. ↑ "2024 All Teams Football Recruiting Team Rankings". Rivals.com. April 10, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "2024 Recruit Football Team Rankings". 247Sports.com. April 9, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "2024 Industry Football Team Recruiting Rankings". On3.com. April 9, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
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