2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
DurationAugust 21 – December 15, 2025
Number of teams213
Top goalscorer13 goals
Donavan Phillip (NC State)
Statistics
Biggest home win14 goals
Boston College 14 – 0 Dean College
September 10
Biggest away win7 goals
Lindenwood 7 – 0 Chicago State
August 21
Highest scoring14 goals
Boston College 14 – 0 Dean College
September 10
Longest winning run7 games, Multiple
Longest unbeaten run16 games, Vermont
(15–0–5)
(November 1, 2024 – present)
Longest winless run15 games
Yale
(0-13-2)
(October 25, 2023 – present)
Longest losing run6 games, Multiple
Tournament
DurationNovember 20 – December 15, 2025
Men's College Cup
DateDecember 12–15, 2025
Site WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
Seasons
  2024
2026  

The 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season will be the 67th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The season will begin on August 21, 2025, and will conclude on December 15, 2025. Vermont is the defending national champion. [1]

Contents

Changes from 2024

Coaching changes

The following coaching changes have occurred during the 2024–25 offseason. [2]

ProgramOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointmentReferences
Air Force Doug HillRetiredJuly 24, 2024 Greg Dalby January 13, 2025 [3] [4]
Central Arkansas Frank KohlensteinRetiredDecember 3, 2024 Kyle Segebart December 3, 2024 [5] [6]
Coastal Carolina Shaun Docking RetiredAugust 13, 2025Chris FidlerAugust 13, 2025 [7]
Eastern Illinois Josh OakleyResignedFebruary 11, 2025Ruy VazFebruary 14, 2025 [8] [9]
Florida Gulf Coast Jesse CormierContract not renewedDecember 2, 2024Oliver TwelvetreesJanuary 23, 2025 [10] [11]
Gonzaga Aaron LewisResignedDecember 5, 2024Chris McGaughey (Interim)December 5, 2024 [12] [13]
Manhattan Jorden ScottAssociate Director of AthleticsJune 19, 2025 Tom Giovatto July 10, 2025 [14] [15]
Oregon State Greg Dalby Hired by Air ForceJanuary 13, 2025Jarred BrookinsFebruary 13, 2025 [4] [16]
Saint Joseph's Don D'Ambra Mutually Agreed to Part WaysNovember 4, 2024 Tim Mulqueen December 9, 2024 [17] [18]
St. Bonaventure Kwame Oduro ResignedFebruary 24, 2025Mick GiordanoApril 2, 2025 [19] [20]
UNC Asheville Mick GiordanoHired by St. BonaventureApril 2, 2025Danny FridMay 6, 2025 [20] [21]
USC Upstate Scott HalkettContract not renewedNovember 8, 2024Michael AntoniewiczDecember 13, 2024 [22] [23]
Wofford Joel TysonHired by NC State January 23, 2025Ryan OsborneMarch 5, 2025 [24] [25]

Conference realignment

TeamConference in 2024Conference in 2025
Delaware CAA Summit League [26]
Missouri State MVC American [27]
New Haven NE-10 (D-II) NEC [28]
Seattle WAC WCC [29]
UMass Atlantic 10 Summit League [30]
UTRGV WAC Independent [31]

New programs

On May 6, the Northeast Conference announced that New Haven of the Division II Northeast-10 Conference had accepted an invitation to join the conference and begin the transition to Division I. [28] The Chargers will begin play in the NEC this year, and will become full Division I members in the 2028–29 season.

Other news

Rankings

Preseason polls

United Soccer Coaches
RankTeam
1 Vermont
2 Marshall
3 Ohio State
4 Denver
5 SMU
6 Wake Forest
7 Pittsburgh
8 UMass
9 Clemson
10 San Diego
11 Indiana
12 Dayton
13 Stanford
14 NC State
15 Duke
16 West Virginia
17 Virginia
18 Kansas City
19 Penn
20 Western Michigan
21 Akron
22 Cornell
23 Hofstra
24 Missouri State
25 Georgetown
Top Drawer Soccer [40]
RankTeam
1 Vermont
2 Wake Forest
3 Denver
4 Ohio State
5 Pittsburgh
6 Marshall
7 SMU
8 Dayton
9 San Diego
10 Stanford
11 Clemson
12 Cornell
13 Kansas City
14 Georgetown
15 Duke
16 West Virginia
17 Virginia
18 Indiana
19 NC State
20 Furman
21 Penn
22 Missouri State
23 UNC Greensboro
24 High Point
25 Western Michigan
College Soccer News [41]
RankTeam
1 Marshall
2 Vermont
3 Denver
4 Wake Forest
5 Pittsburgh
6 SMU
7 Clemson
8 Georgetown
9 Ohio State
10 Stanford
11 West Virginia
12 Indiana
13 Duke
14 Dayton
15 San Diego
16 NC State
17 Missouri State
18 Hofstra
19 UMass
20 Western Michigan
21 Penn
22 Kansas City
23 Cornell
24 UCLA
25 Washington

Regular season

Major upsets

In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by an unranked team that defeats a ranked team, or a team ranked 10 spots lower than the other team.

All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Home team is shown in italics.

DateWinnerScoreLoser
August 21 Virginia Tech 1–0No. 3 Ohio State
August 24 Saint Louis No. 5 SMU
August 28 George Mason 4–1No. 11 Virginia
Notre Dame 1–0No. 14 Oregon State
San Diego 3–2No. 21 Denver
San Francisco 2–1No. 17 California
August 29 Georgetown 1–0No. 3 Pittsburgh
September 1 College of Charleston 2–0No. 15 North Carolina
September 4 North Florida 5–0No. 19 Florida Atlantic
September 5 Louisville 1–0No. 1 Stanford
September 6 Bryant No. 20 UMass
September 9 VCU 2–1No. 2 Clemson
September 12 Furman 4–1No. 7 Gardner–Webb
September 13 Michigan 3–2No. 1 Indiana
No. 13 Vermont 1–0No. 3 Akron
VirginiaNo. 6 Louisville
South Carolina 2–1No. 11 UNC Greensboro
September 14 Boston College 1–0No. 14 Virginia Tech
September 16 Queens No. 14 Clemson
College of CharlestonNo. 15 Furman
September 19Virginia6–3No. 1 Wake Forest
UConn 3–1No. 10 Akron
Notre Dame3–0No. 12 Louisville
September 22 Cal Baptist 2–0No. 20 UC Irvine
September 23 Michigan State 1–0No. 3 Indiana
Akron3–0No. 8 Saint Louis
Georgetown5–2No. 25 George Mason
September 26Michigan State2–1No. 5 Michigan
Clemson4–3No. 13 Wake Forest
September 27SMU2–0No. 21 Notre Dame
Villanova 2–1No. 22 UConn
Boston U 3–2No. 24 Bucknell
September 28No. 19 Georgia Southern 2–1No. 4 Marshall
October 1 Fairfield 5–1No. 17 Marist
October 3 Washington 3–0No. 12 Indiana
St. John's 2–1No. 19 Akron
October 4 East Tennessee State 2–1No. 10 UNC Greensboro
Niagara 2–1No. 17 Marist
October 7Denver2–1No. 14 Georgetown
October 8No. 23 UNC Greensboro2–0No. 5 High Point
VCU2–1No. 24 George Mason
October 10 UCF 3–0No. 11 Georgia Southern
October 11 Syracuse 2–0No. 25 SMU
October 15 UAB 2–1No. 17 North Carolina
October 17Clemson3–0No. 10 Duke
Charlotte 1–0No. 22 Florida Atlantic
October 18 Georgia State 2–1No. 3 West Virginia

Conference standings

2025 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Stanford 5 1 011 1 1
Clemson 4 1 17 3 2
No. 9 Virginia 3 0 37 1 4
No. 6 NC State 3 1 210 1 2
No. 10 Duke 3 1 27 1 5
SMU 3 1 27 3 3
Syracuse 3 3 06 5 2
Notre Dame 2 2 27 3 4
No. 17 North Carolina 1 0 47 2 4
Virginia Tech 1 2 25 2 4
Wake Forest 1 3 26 3 4
Pittsburgh 1 4 15 6 3
California 1 4 14 6 2
Louisville 1 5 15 5 3
Boston College 1 5 16 7 1
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
2025 America East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Bryant 4 0 013 0 1
No. 7 Vermont 3 0 19 0 5
UMass Lowell 2 1 17 4 2
Albany 2 1 14 5 3
New Hampshire 1 2 13 6 4
NJIT 1 2 13 7 4
UMBC 0 3 14 6 2
Binghamton 0 4 04 10 0
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: America East
2025 American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Charlotte 4 0 17 3 2
No. 22 Florida Atlantic 4 1 09 3 0
South Florida 3 1 17 1 5
FIU 3 3 05 7 2
Memphis 3 3 04 6 3
Tulsa 3 3 04 7 2
Missouri State 2 3 04 5 2
UAB 1 4 04 7 1
Temple 0 5 01 10 2
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The American
2025 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Gold
Bellarmine 3 1 08 3 2
Central Arkansas 2 1 13 8 2
Queens 0 1 35 5 4
Lipscomb 0 2 21 8 4
Graphite
North Florida 3 1 010 4 0
Jacksonville 1 1 24 6 3
Florida Gulf Coast 1 2 15 6 3
Stetson 1 2 14 7 1
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: ASUN
2025 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 Saint Louis 5 0 18 2 4
Fordham 4 1 27 3 3
Davidson 3 1 26 5 2
Saint Joseph's 3 2 26 5 3
George Mason 3 2 16 5 1
Dayton 2 1 34 2 7
VCU 2 2 25 5 4
Rhode Island 2 3 14 8 3
La Salle 1 2 33 4 7
Loyola Chicago 1 2 34 4 6
Duquesne 2 4 07 4 2
St. Bonaventure 1 3 23 7 3
George Washington 0 6 02 10 2
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Atlantic 10
2025 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
East
No. 18 Georgetown 4 0 18 3 3
Seton Hall 2 0 35 2 6
UConn 3 2 08 3 3
Providence 3 2 05 6 1
St. John's 2 2 16 4 3
Villanova 1 1 34 4 5
Midwest
Creighton 3 1 17 3 3
Akron 2 2 18 3 3
Butler 2 2 15 8 1
Xavier 1 2 25 4 3
DePaul 0 4 12 6 6
Marquette 0 5 05 5 2
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big East
2025 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 High Point 5 0 09 1 3
Gardner–Webb 4 0 111 1 2
UNC Asheville 2 2 16 4 2
Presbyterian 2 2 15 5 5
USC Upstate 2 3 04 9 1
Radford 1 3 12 8 3
Winthrop 1 3 11 9 3
Longwood 0 4 12 8 3
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big South
2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Maryland  502 .857903 .875
No. 21 Washington  510 .833832 .692
No. 16 Michigan  421 .643823 .731
No. 18 Rutgers  331 .500842 .643
UCLA  331 .500363 .375
No. 13 Indiana  330 .5001031 .750
Michigan State  241 .357561 .458
Wisconsin  240 .333560 .455
Ohio State  250 .286580 .385
Northwestern  132 .333643 .577
Penn State  132 .333553 .500
Conference champion
2025 B1G tournament champion
y Invited to the 2025 NCAA Tournament
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten
2025 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal State Fullerton 4 1 17 4 5
UCSB 3 0 35 4 6
Cal State Bakersfield 3 1 23 8 3
UC Irvine 2 0 47 3 5
Cal Poly 2 2 25 5 5
UC Davis 2 2 22 7 5
CSUN 1 3 26 4 5
UC San Diego 0 1 50 7 7
UC Riverside 1 4 13 7 4
Sacramento State 0 4 21 10 4
As of October 18, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big West
2025 Coastal Athletic Association men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
North
Hofstra 5 1 09 4 0
Monmouth 2 1 35 4 3
Drexel 2 2 14 3 5
Stony Brook 1 3 14 4 5
Northeastern 1 4 13 6 3
South
Elon 3 0 26 2 5
Campbell 3 0 27 3 4
UNCW 2 3 03 6 2
Charleston 1 3 14 8 2
William & Mary 1 4 12 8 3
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: CAA
2025 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Purdue Fort Wayne 3 0 26 0 5
Cleveland State 2 0 34 2 5
Robert Morris 2 0 34 2 5
Milwaukee 2 0 33 5 6
Detroit Mercy 2 2 15 6 2
Northern Kentucky 1 2 23 6 3
Oakland 1 2 21 7 5
Green Bay 1 3 14 6 1
IU Indy 1 3 14 6 3
Wright State 1 4 01 10 1
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Horizon
2025 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Princeton 3 0 09 1 1
Cornell 2 1 08 2 1
Penn 1 0 26 2 4
Brown 1 1 15 4 2
Yale 1 1 12 6 3
Dartmouth 1 2 02 4 3
Harvard 0 2 13 4 4
Columbia 0 2 11 5 4
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Ivy League
2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Sacred Heart 5 0 16 3 3
Siena 3 0 34 4 4
Niagara 3 2 16 4 1
Fairfield 2 1 34 4 4
Iona 2 1 24 3 4
Manhattan 2 2 13 6 2
Merrimack 2 3 14 6 2
Marist 2 3 06 3 2
Canisius 2 3 04 6 1
Quinnipiac 2 3 04 7 1
Saint Peter's 2 4 04 7 1
Mount St. Mary's 1 3 11 6 5
Rider 0 3 31 8 4
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: MAAC
2025 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Evansville 2 0 14 3 6
UIC 1 0 28 1 3
Northern Illinois 1 0 24 3 3
Belmont 1 1 16 1 5
Drake 0 0 35 0 6
Bowling Green 1 2 05 6 2
Western Michigan 0 1 23 8 2
Bradley 0 2 12 6 5
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: MVC
2025 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Francis (PA) 4 0 04 6 1
Fairleigh Dickinson 3 0 17 3 3
Stonehill 2 1 14 7 1
New Haven #2 2 04 4 3
LIU 1 1 24 2 6
Mercyhurst #1 2 11 7 3
Le Moyne #1 2 02 8 0
Chicago State 1 2 01 10 0
Howard 1 3 02 9 1
Central Connecticut 0 3 10 9 2
As of October 13, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: NEC
2025 Ohio Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Lindenwood 5 1 112 1 2
Liberty 3 1 37 3 5
SIU Edwardsville 3 2 24 8 2
Houston Christian 3 3 18 5 1
Southern Indiana 1 1 42 7 5
Eastern Illinois 2 3 23 7 3
Western Illinois 1 2 43 9 4
Incarnate Word 0 4 34 6 5
As of October 19, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: OVC
2025 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston U 4 1 08 4 0
American 4 1 05 7 1
Lehigh 3 1 16 4 3
Bucknell 3 1 17 2 3
Lafayette 2 1 25 5 3
Army 2 2 14 4 5
Colgate 1 2 25 5 3
Loyola (MD) 1 4 02 9 1
Holy Cross 0 3 23 6 5
Navy 0 4 13 6 4
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Patriot League
2025 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman 1 0 18 1 4
Mercer 1 0 13 7 3
ETSU 1 1 01 6 4
No. 19 UNCG 1 1 08 2 3
Wofford 1 1 05 7 1
VMI 0 2 02 8 3
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: SoCon
2025 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kansas City 2 1 06 2 4
Denver 2 1 07 6 1
UMass 1 1 15 3 5
Omaha 1 1 13 6 3
Delaware 1 1 010 1 1
St. Thomas 1 1 06 3 3
Oral Roberts 0 2 03 8 1
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Summit
2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 West Virginia 4 0 09 1 2
No. 12 Marshall 3 1 06 1 4
No. 25 Kentucky 3 1 06 1 4
No. 24 Georgia Southern 2 2 09 2 1
South Carolina 1 1 27 4 2
Georgia State 1 1 23 4 5
UCF 2 2 04 5 1
Old Dominion 1 2 15 4 3
James Madison 0 3 11 7 3
Coastal Carolina 0 4 01 7 0
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt
2025 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Portland 2 0 29 0 3
No. 23 Oregon State 2 0 26 3 2
No. 15 San Diego 2 1 18 2 3
San Francisco 2 2 07 3 1
Santa Clara 1 1 24 3 6
Loyola Marymount 1 1 25 4 4
Seattle U 1 1 23 4 5
Saint Mary's (CA) 1 2 11 5 5
Pacific 1 3 03 9 0
Gonzaga 0 2 23 5 3
  • † – Conference champion
    ‡– Automatic qualifier to NCAA tournament
    + – At-large invitation to the 2025 NCAA tournament
As of October 16, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: WCC
2025 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah Tech 2 0 13 5 4
Utah Valley 2 1 08 1 1
Grand Canyon 2 1 08 3 1
Cal Baptist 1 1 16 2 3
San Diego State 1 1 15 7 1
UNLV 0 0 33 4 5
San Jose State 1 2 08 3 2
Air Force 0 3 01 9 2
As of October 13, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: WAC
2025 Division I Independents
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
UTRGV   1 7 1
As of October 14, 2025
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: UTRGV

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