2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August 21, 2025 - November 16, 2025 [1] |
Number of teams | 10 |
Regular Season |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Georgia Southern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Marshall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Sun Belt |
The 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), as part of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
Marshall won both the Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship. Marshall would make it to the College College Cup, losing in the National Championship to Vermont. [2]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Conway, South Carolina | CCU Soccer Complex | 1,000 |
Georgia Southern Eagles | Statesboro, Georgia | Eagle Field | 3,500 |
Georgia State Panthers | Decatur, Georgia | GSU Soccer Complex | 1,892 |
James Madison Dukes | Harrisonburg, Virginia | Sentara Park | 1,500 |
Kentucky Wildcats | Lexington, Kentucky | Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex | 3,368 |
Marshall Thundering Herd | Huntington, West Virginia | Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex | 1,006 |
Old Dominion Monarchs | Norfolk, Virginia | Old Dominion Soccer Complex | 4,000 |
South Carolina Gamecocks | Columbia, South Carolina | Stone Stadium | 5,700 |
UCF Knights | Orlando, Florida | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium | 2,000 |
West Virginia Mountaineers | Morgantown, West Virginia | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium | 1,600 |
The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. [3] The results of the poll were released on August 13, prior to the season starting. The full results of the poll are shown below:
Predicted finish | Team | Points (1st place) |
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1 | Marshall | 97 (8) |
2 | West Virginia | 92 (2) |
3 | UCF | 74 |
4 | Kentucky | 67 |
5 | South Carolina | 65 |
6 | James Madison | 48 |
7 | Old Dominion | 36 |
8 | Georgia Southern | 30 |
9 | Georgia State | 24 |
10 | Coastal Carolina | 17 |
Position | Player | Class | School |
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Goalkeeper | Sebastian Conlon | Senior | Kentucky |
Defender | Josh Gordon | Senior | |
Carlos Hernando | Graduate Student | West Virginia | |
Takahiro Fujita | Junior | Marshall | |
Midfielder | Alejandro Velazquez-Lopez | Sophomore | South Carolina |
Alexander Stjernegaard | Senior | ||
Isaac Scheer | Sophomore | West Virginia | |
Agustin Lopez | Kentucky | ||
Forward | Ryan Holmes | Junior | Georgia Southern |
Marcus Caldeira | Senior | West Virginia | |
Ethan Ballek | South Carolina |
The preseason national polls were released in August 2025. [4]
United Soccer | Top Drawer Soccer | College Soccer News | |
Coastal Carolina | — | — | — |
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Georgia Southern | — | — | — |
Georgia State | — | — | — |
James Madison | — | — | — |
Kentucky | — | — | — |
Marshall | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Old Dominion | — | — | — |
South Carolina | — | — | — |
UCF | — | — | — |
West Virginia | 16 | 16 | 11 |