2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season

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2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
Sun Belt Conference 2020 logo and name.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust 21, 2025 - November 16, 2025 [1]
Number of teams10
Regular Season
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer seasons
2026 
2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 25 Georgia Southern 0 0 05 0 1
No. 22 Kentucky 0 0 03 0 2
No. 13 West Virginia 0 0 04 1 1
No. 6 Marshall 0 0 02 0 3
South Carolina 0 0 05 3 0
Georgia State 0 0 02 2 2
Old Dominion 0 0 02 2 2
UCF 0 0 02 3 1
Coastal Carolina 0 0 01 3 0
James Madison 0 0 00 4 1
As of September 18, 2025
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.

Contents

Previous 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]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
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

Preseason

Preseason poll

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 finishTeamPoints (1st place)
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

Preseason awards

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team [3]
PositionPlayerClassSchool
GoalkeeperSebastian ConlonSenior Kentucky
DefenderJosh GordonSenior
Carlos HernandoGraduate Student West Virginia
Takahiro FujitaJunior Marshall
MidfielderAlejandro Velazquez-LopezSophomore South Carolina
Alexander StjernegaardSenior
Isaac ScheerSophomore West Virginia
Agustin Lopez Kentucky
ForwardRyan HolmesJunior Georgia Southern
Marcus CaldeiraSenior West Virginia
Ethan Ballek South Carolina

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in August 2025. [4]

United
Soccer
Top Drawer
Soccer
College
Soccer News
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Kentucky
Marshall261
Old Dominion
South Carolina
UCF
West Virginia161611

References

  1. "Men's Soccer - Composite Schedule".
  2. https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/soccer-men/d1/vermont-wins-first-ever-mens-college-cup-final-ot-golden-goal [ bare URL ]
  3. 1 2 "Sun Belt Announces 2025 Men's Soccer Preseason Awards & Coaches Poll". sunbeltsports.org. August 13, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  4. "Marshall, West Virginia Ranked in United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll". August 4, 2025.