2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2025 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
2025 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 21 - December 15, 2025
Teams	11
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2026 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Richie Aman
Picked by	D.C. United, 8th overall
Regular season
Champions	Maryland
Season MVP	FW: Palmer Ault; MF: Richie Aman; DF: Lasse Kelp; GK: Laurin Mack
Top scorer	Palmer Ault (16)
Tournament
Champions	UCLA
Runners-up	Michigan
Finals MVP	Sergi Solans Ormo

2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Maryland ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	2	.900	13	–	2	–	4	.789
No. 23 Washington ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0	.700	16	–	6	–	2	.708
No. 16 Michigan ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	3	.682	12	–	4	–	4	.700
UCLA ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	8	–	6	–	5	.553
No. 24 Indiana ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	12	–	6	–	1	.658
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0	.400	8	–	8	–	0	.500
Northwestern ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	8	–	6	–	3	.559
Rutgers ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	8	–	6	–	3	.559
Ohio State ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0	.300	6	–	10	–	0	.375
Michigan State ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	5	–	8	–	3	.406
Penn State ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 B1G tournament champion y – Invited to the 2025 NCAA Tournament As of December 15, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The 2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season is the 34th season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

Indiana and Ohio State are the defending regular season co-champions, while Ohio State is the defending Big East Conference men's soccer tournament champion.

Previous season

Rutgers won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament for the first time in program history,^[1] and won their first conference tournament championship since 1997.^[2] Maryland won their first Big Ten Conference regular season championship since 2016. MD Myers of Rutgers won both the regular season and tournament Player of the Year award.^[3]

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.^[4] Maryland and Ohio State reached the second round of the tournament before being eliminated, while Rutgers was eliminated in the first round.^[5] Indiana reached their NCAA-record 17th NCAA National Championship game, but lost in penalty kicks to Syracuse in the final.^[6]

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.^[7]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
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

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Big Ten record	Big Ten titles	Big Ten tournament titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA College Cups	NCAA Championships
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Wisconsin	16	211–79–59 (.689)	204–70–57 (.702)	5	5	16	4	1
Maryland	Sasho Cirovski	Hartford	32	438–179–72 (.688)	128–76–36 (.608)	3	3	29	9	3
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Providence	14	247–228–83 (.517)	52–52–28 (.500)	1	0	4	0	0
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Michigan State (Asst.)	18	148–112–49 (.558)	50–49–23 (.504)	0	1	8	1	0
Northwestern	Russell Payne	Army	5	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	Brian Maisonneuve	Indiana (Asst.)	8	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Penn State	Jeff Cook	Bethlehem Steel	8	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Rutgers	Jim McElderry	Fordham	7	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
UCLA	Ryan Jorden	Pacific	7	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	Jamie Clark	Creighton	15	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Neil Jones	Loyola Chicago	4	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2025 season.
Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Coaching changes

There were no head coaching changes during the 2024–25 offseason.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	TopDrawer Soccer^[8]	Prep Soccer^[9]	Signees
Indiana	8	24	4
Maryland	3	5	6
Michigan	30	16	8
Michigan State	16	15	8
Northwestern	46	41	7
Ohio State	9	9	8
Penn State	33	35	6
Rutgers	30	40	7
UCLA	1	2	17
Washington	17	21	7
Wisconsin	20	17	9

Note: College Soccer News did not release a recruiting rankings for the 2025 season.^[10]

Preseason poll

Predicted finish	Team
Big Ten preseason poll^[11]
1	Indiana
2	Maryland
3	Ohio State
4	UCLA
5	Washington
6	Michigan
7	Michigan State
8	Wisconsin
9	Rutgers
10	Penn State
11	Northwestern

Preseason national polls

Indiana	11	12	18
	United Soccer	CSN	Top Drawer Soccer
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State	3	9	4
Penn State
Rutgers
UCLA		24
Washington		25
Wisconsin

Preseason players to watch

Player	Nat.	Position	Class	Team
Defensive Players to Watch
Egor Akulov	RUS	DF	Sr.	Washington
Drew Brown	USA	DF	Sr.	UCLA
Nick Collins	USA	DF	Jr.	Rutgers
Luca Costabile	DEN	DF	Sr.	Maryland
Ciaran Dalton	USA	GK	Sr.	Rutgers
Matisse Hébert	CAN	GK	So.	Wisconsin
Ellis Jones	USA	DF	Jr.	Wisconsin
Zac Kelly	USA	GK	Sr.	Michigan State
Josh Maher	USA	DF	So.	Indiana
Nolan Miller	USA	DF	Sr.	Michigan
Brandon Munson	USA	DF	So.	Michigan State
Nigel Prince	JAM	DF	Sr.	Northwestern
Fritz Volmar	USA	DF	Jr.	Northwestern

Player	Nat.	Class	Team
Midfielders to Watch
Malick Daouda	CAN	So.	Penn State
Leon Koehl	GER	Jr.	Maryland
Jason Gajadhar	TRI	Sr.	Northwestern
Thomas Gilej	GER	Jr.	Ohio State
Caden Grabfelder	USA	Jr.	Penn State
Miles Merritt	USA	Jr.	Michigan State
Collins Oduro	GHA	Jr.	Indiana
Luciano Pechota	USA	Sr.	Ohio State
Tamir Ratoviz	ISR	So.	UCLA
Joschi Schelb	GER	Jr.	Rutgers
Matthew Zachemski	POL	So.	Wisconsin

Player	Nat.	Class	Team
Forwards to Watch
Richie Aman	USA	Sr.	Washington
Palmer Ault	USA	Sr.	Indiana
Marko Borkovic	CRO	Sr.	Ohio State
Charlie Kosakoff	USA	Jr.	Washington
Sadam Masereka	UGA	Sr.	Maryland
Raymundo Mendez	USA	Gr.	Michigan
Kai Phillip	TRI	Gr.	Penn State
Shuma Sasaki	JPN	Gr.	Michigan
Sergi Solans Ormo	ESP	So.	UCLA

Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 21, 2025. Three Big Ten players were selected the preseason watchlist.^[12]

Player	Class	Position	School
Palmer Ault	Sr.	FW	Indiana
Luciano Pechota	Sr.	MF	Ohio State
Sergi Solans Ormo	So.	MF	UCLA

Regular season

Home team listed second, Big Ten team listed in bold.

Index to colors and formatting
B1G member won
B1G member lost
B1G member tied
B1G teams in bold

Week 1 (Aug. 19 – Aug. 25)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 21	7:00 p.m.	Stetson	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 2–0	622	[1]
August 21	7:00 p.m.	UC Riverside	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 2–0	4,025	[2]
August 21	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Clemson	No. 11 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS2	T 2–2	6,395	[3]
August 21	7:00 p.m.	Providence	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 1–0	737	[4]
August 21	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 1–1	1,400	[5]
August 21	7:15 p.m.	No. 3 Ohio State	Virginia Tech	Thompson Field • Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 0–1	1,532	[6]
August 21	8:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 2–0	268	[7]
August 21	8:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 6 Wake Forest	Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	1–0^[a]		[8]
August 21	8:30 p.m.	North Florida	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI		L 0–1	635	[9]
August 21	9:00 p.m.	Washington	No. 4 Denver	CIBER Field • Denver, CO		L 0–2	579	[10]
August 21	10:00 p.m.	UCLA	UC Irvine	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA		L 0–2	1,734	[11]
August 24	2:00 p.m.	UC Riverside	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 2–0	582	[12]
August 24	2:00 p.m.	Air Force	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 2–1	298	[13]
August 24	2:00 p.m.	Bradley	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 4–1	526	[14]
August 24	6:00 p.m.	Penn State	Army	Malek Stadium • West Point, NY	ESPN+	L 1–2	1,194	[15]
August 24	7:30 p.m.	San Francisco	No. 11 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 3–2	2,404	[16]
August 24	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Seton Hall	Owen T. Carroll Field • South Orange, NJ	BEDN	T 2–2	967	[17]
August 24	10:30 p.m.	California	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	FS2	L 0–1	1,206	[18]
August 24	10:30 p.m.	Washington	No. 14 Oregon State	Paul Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 1–2	494	[19]
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 7 Pitt	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCNX	L 2–3	986	[20]
August 25	7:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 25 Georgetown	Shaw Field • Washington, DC	BEDN	W 1–0	1,863	[21]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	Syracuse	SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, NY	ACCNX	T 1–1	1,716	[22]
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Oakland	No. 17 Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH (Wolstein Classic)	B1G+	W 1–0	1,054	[23]
August 28	8:00 p.m.	Green Bay	No. 7 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic)	B1G+	W 2–1	2,438	[24]
August 28	10:00 p.m.	Cal State Fullerton	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	B1G+	T 1–1	578	[25]
August 28	10:30 p.m.	UC Davis	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	T 1–1	1,703	[26]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN+	W 4–1	382	[27]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 1–0	460	[28]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Creighton	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 3–1	1,482	[29]
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 2–2	5,085	[30]
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Loyola Chicago	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	T 1–1	438	[31]
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Temple	No. 17 Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH (Wolstein Classic)	B1G+	W 2–1	1,763	[32]
August 31	8:00 p.m.	No. 14 Oregon State	No. 7 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic)	BTN	W 2–0	3,516	[33]
August 31	10:30 p.m.	UNLV	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	W 4–0	1,042	[34]
September 1	1:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 18 Kentucky	Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY	SECN+/ESPN+	T 0–0	1,894	[35]
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	1,795	[36]
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	2,395	[37]
September 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Missouri State	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	L 1–3	1,510	[38]
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Rutgers	William & Mary	Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA	FloSports	W 4–1	378	[39]
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 6–0	2,245	[40]
September 1	7:30 p.m.	UIC	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	L 2–3	424	[41]
September 1	8:00 p.m.	No. 24 Portland	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	L 0–1	456	[42]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 3	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Saint Louis	No. 4 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 1–0	2,746	[43]
September 4	10:30 p.m.	Washington	Loyola Marymount	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN+	T 2–2	488	[44]
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester Hills, MI	ESPN+	T 2–2	1,139	[45]
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Bowling Green	Mickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	MACDN	L 0–1	963	[46]
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Ohio State	No. 11 Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 0–2	2,477	[47]
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Mercyhurst	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 5–0	952	[48]
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 1–3	1,036	[49]
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Pacific	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 4–0	1,013	[50]
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Northwestern	Xavier	Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN+	W 1–0	217	[51]
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Marquette	Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI (I–94 derby)	ESPN+	Canceled		[52]
September 7	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	Loyola Marymount	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN+	L 1–2	642	[53]
September 7	7:30 p.m.	No. 4 Indiana	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	ACCN	W 1–0	1,883	[54]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Oakland	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 3–2	1,023	[55]
September 8	10:30 p.m.	Washington	Seattle U	Championship Field • Seattle, WA (Fewing Cup)	ESPN+	W 7–2	1,348	[56]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 9	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Louisville	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	B1G+	L 0–1	940	[57]
September 12	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Maryland	Wisconsin	Don McClimon Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	UMD 3–1	677	[58]
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	RUT 1–0	782	[59]
September 12	10:00 p.m.	Northwestern	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	B1G+	UCLA 1–0	574	[60]
September 12	10:30 p.m.	Michigan State	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	UW 2–1	1,958	[61]
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Butler	Sellick Bowl • Indianpolis, IN (Crossroads Derby)		W 4–0	1,167	[62]
September 13	8:00 p.m.	No. 25 Michigan	No. 1 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	UM 3–2	4,562	[63]
September 15	2:00 p.m.	Northwestern	UC Riverside	UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA	ESPN+	W 3–2	101	[64]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 16	10:00 p.m.	Gonzaga	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA (Rivalry)	B1G+	W 6–0	1,631	[65]
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	IU 4–1	1,577	[66]
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	BTN	W 2–1	2,754	[67]
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	OSU 3–2	2,218	[68]
September 19	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	NU 2–1	1,027	[69]
September 19	10:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	UCLA 3–1	1,259	[70]
September 20	10:00 p.m.	Michigan	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	UM 1–0	2,781	[71]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 23	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Indiana	Michigan State	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Derby)	BTN	MSU 1–0	1,030	[72]
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 3–2	483	[73]
September 23	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Maryland	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	BTN	T 2–2	744	[74]
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 5 Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Big Bear Trophy)	BTN	MSU 2–1	2,341	[75]
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 23 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	UMD 4–1	3,017	[76]
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	RUT 2–0	854	[77]
September 26	7:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 3 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	IU 4–2	3,377	[78]
September 26	8:00 p.m.	Washington	Wisconsin	Don McClimon Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	UW 2–0	464	[79]
September 29	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	OSU 2–1	1,165	[80]
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Washington	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN	UW 1–0	458	[81]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 7 (Sep. 30 – Oct. 6)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Monmouth	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 2–0	404	[82]
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 2–0	475	[83]
October 1	7:00 p.m.	Chicago State	No. 11 Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 6–0	382	[84]
October 3	5:00 p.m.	Penn State	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	PSU 2–1	4,861	[85]
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	B1G+	WIS 1–0	1,771	[86]
October 3	10:00 p.m.	No. 12 Indiana	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	UW 3–0	2,805	[87]
October 3	10:00 p.m.	No. 18 Maryland	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	T 0–0	1,021	[88]
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 11 Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 0–0	1,921	[89]
October 5	3:00 p.m.	King's (PA)	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 7–1	834	[90]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week 8 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Evansville	Northwestern	Martin Field • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 1–0	211	[91]
October 7	8:00 p.m.	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Dan McClimon Stadium • Madison, WI (Governor's Cup)	B1G+	W 2–1	408	[92]
October 10	7:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 18 Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	RUT 4–2	521	[93]
October 10	7:30 p.m.	Ohio State	No. 20 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	IU 4–2	2,672	[94]
October 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 13 Michigan	No. 15 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	UMD 2–0	4,107	[95]
October 10	10:00 p.m.	Penn State	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	B1G+	UCLA 2–0	1,049	[96]
October 11	7:30 p.m.	Michigan State	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	T 0–0	732	[97]
^#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

National rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 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
Indiana	USC	11	7	4 (2)	1 (8)	5 (1)	3	12	20	14	14	17	25т	24	Not released
	TDS	18	10	4	2	9	5	13	25	21	21	23	—	—	—
	CSN	12	9	5	2	3	4	5	11	13	12	13	19	17	16
Maryland	USC	RV	RV	—	RV	—	23	18	15	8	4	2	1 (8)	1 (8)	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	25	24	17	19	12	4	1	1	1	7
	CSN	RV	25	20	17	12	9	6	9	8	7	4	2	1	4
Michigan	USC	RV	RV	25	RV	8	5	11	13	16	13	12	10	16	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	8	4	12	17	17	16	11	9	8	16
	CSN	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	7	10	14	17	18	17	13	16	19
Michigan State	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northwestern	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ohio State	USC	3	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	4	17	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	9	13	16	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Penn State	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rutgers	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	13	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	16	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	21	24	—	—	—	—
UCLA	USC	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14
	CSN	24	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
Washington	USC	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	21	17	14	15	23	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	20	20	14	16	21	24
	CSN	25	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	25	20	14	16	21	RV
Wisconsin	USC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
	TDS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	CSN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Regional rankings - USC North Region

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

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	Wk 12
Indiana	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	2
Maryland	—	4	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Michigan	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	4	3	4	3	3
Michigan State	5	—	—	—	—	5	8	8	—	—	—	—
Northwestern	4	7	7	7	5	9	9	7	6	7	6	7
Ohio State	—	6	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Penn State	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rutgers	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	3	5	5	5	6
UCLA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Washington	—	—	—	6	8	7	4	5	4	2	2	4
Wisconsin	—	9	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Postseason

B1G Tournament

Semifinals November 12			Championship November 16

2	Washington	0

3	Michigan	2
			3	Michigan	0

			4	UCLA	5
1	Maryland	0

4	UCLA	2

All-Tournament team

Source:^[14]

Player	Team
Tristen Rose	Maryland
Chris Steinleitner	Maryland
Nicholas Cassiday	Michigan
Matthew Fisher	Michigan
Mitar Mitrovich	Michigan
Konstantinos Georgallides	UCLA
Ander Marticorena	UCLA
Shakir Nixon	UCLA
Sergi Solans Ormo (MOP)	UCLA
Joe Dale	Washington
Connor Lofy	Washington

NCAA Tournament

In addition to Big Ten tournament champions, UCLA, four other Big Ten teams received at-large berths into the NCAA tournament. Regular season champions, Maryland, and Indiana received byes to the second round.

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
4	Maryland	Maryland	BYE	T 1–1 (W 4–3 p) vs. North Carolina – (College Park)	W 3–0 vs. (13) UConn – (College Park)	vs. TBD – (College Park)
6	Princeton	Indiana	BYE	L 0–1 vs. Saint Louis – (Bloomington)	—	—	—	—
—	Vermont	UCLA	L 0–1 vs. Grand Canyon – (Los Angeles)	—	—	—	—	—
—	Maryland	Washington	W 3–2 at Oregon State – (Corvallis)	W 1–0 at (5) SMU – (Dallas)	at (12) Stanford – (Palo Alto)
—	Princeton	Michigan	L 0–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Ann Arbor)	—	—	—	—	—
W–L–D (%):			1–2–0 (.333)	1–1–1 (.500)	1–0–0 (1.000)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–) Total: 3–3–1 (.500)

Player statistics

As of November 18, 2025^[15]

Goals

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	Palmer Ault	Indiana	16
1	Sergi Solans	UCLA	16
3	Sadam Masereka	Maryland	9
4	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	8
5	Stephane Njike	Maryland	7
5	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers	7
7	Zach Ramsey	Washington	6
7	Grayson Elmquist	Michigan	6

Assists

Rank	Player	College	Assists
1	Richie Aman	Washington	11
1	Philip Naef	UCLA	11
3	Palmer Ault	Indiana	10
4	Albi Ndrenika	Maryland	8
5	Stephane Njike	Maryland	7
	Alex Hall	Washington
	Joseph Picotto	Maryland
8	Sergi Solans	UCLA	6
	Zach Ramsey	Washington
	Collins Oduro	Indiana
	Thomas Raimbault	Wisconsin
	Alejandro Santamaria	Northwestern
	Ander Marticorena	UCLA

Points

Two points for a goal, one point for an assist.

Rank	Player	College	Points
1	Palmer Ault	Indiana	42
2	Sergi Solans	UCLA	38
3	Stephane Njike	Maryland	21
3	Sadam Masereka	Maryland	21
5	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	20
6	Zach Ramsey	Washington	18
6	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers	18
8	Richie Aman	Washington	17
9	Michael Ramirez	Michigan	15
9	Alex Hall	Washington	15

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

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

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Goalkeeper		Freshman
Week	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Week 1 (Aug. 26)^[16]	Jacopo Fedrizzi	Indiana	Fritz Volmar	Northwestern	Laurin Mack	Maryland	Aaron O'Reilly	Northwestern
Week 2 (Sep. 2)^[17]	Palmer Ault	Indiana	Nick McHenry	Ohio State	Holden Brown	Indiana	Luke Spadafora	Michigan State
Week 2 (Sep. 2)^[17]	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers	Nick McHenry	Ohio State	Holden Brown	Indiana	Luke Spadafora	Michigan State
Week 3 (Sep. 9)^[18]	Collins Oduro	Indiana	Breckin Minzey	Indiana	Holden Brown	Indiana	Rocket Ritarita	Maryland
Week 4 (Sep. 16)^[19]	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	Nick McHenry	Ohio State	Ciaran Dalton	Rutgers	Kyle Pierson	Michigan
Week 4 (Sep. 23)^[20]	Palmer Ault	Indiana	Josh Maher	Indiana	Isaiah Goldson	Michigan	Aaron Hurge	Ohio State
Week 5 (Sep. 30)
Week 6 (Oct. 7)
Week 7 (Oct. 14)
Week 8 (Oct. 21)
Week 9 (Oct. 28)
Week 10 (Nov. 4)
Week 11 (Nov. 11)

Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.

Award	Recipient(s)
2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[21]
Offensive Player of the Year	Palmer Ault, Indiana
Midfielder of the Year	Richie Aman, Washington
Defensive Player of the Year	Lasse Kelp, Maryland
Goalkeeper of the Year	Laurin Mack, Maryland
Coach of the Year	Sasho Cirovski, Maryland
Freshman of the Year	Peter Soudan, Michigan State

First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	All-Freshman Team Honorees	Sportsmanship Team Honorees
2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[21]
Palmer Ault, F, Indiana Luca Costabile, D, Maryland Lasse Kelp, D, Maryland Leon Koehl, M, Maryland Laurin Mack, GK, Maryland Sadam Masereka, F, Maryland Stephane Njike, F, Maryland Sergi Solans Ormo, F, UCLA Richie Aman, M, Washington Harrison Bertos, D, Washington Alex Hall, M, Washington Zach Ramsey, M, Washington	Collins Oduro, M, Indiana Albi Ndrenika, F, Maryland William Baker, D, Michigan Matthew Fisher, D, Michigan Nolan Miller, D, Michigan Shuma Sasaki, F, Michigan Zac Kelly, GK, Michigan State Joe Suchecki, M, Northwestern Joschi Schleb, M, Rutgers Jadon Bowton, GK, Washington Charlie Kosakoff, F, Washington	Colton Swan, F, Indiana Rocket Ritarita, F, Maryland Farouk Cisse, D, Maryland Peter Soudan, M, Michigan State Luke Spadafora, M, Michigan State Aaron O'Reilly, F, Northwestern Aaron Hurge, M, Ohio State Jonathan Evans, GK, Penn State Braxton Montgomery, D, Rutgers Ander Marticorena, M, UCLA Asher Hestad, D, Washington Isaac Brown-Samper, D, Wisconsin	Alex Barger, Jr., Indiana Luca Costabile, Sr., Maryland Nicholas Cassiday, Sr., Michigan Zac Kelly, Sr., Michigan State Jayvin Van Deventer, Sr., Northwestern Luciano Pechota, Sr., Ohio State Van Danielson, Sr., Penn State Nestor Cabrera, Sr., Rutgers Tre Wright, Jr., UCLA Conner Leber, Sr., Washington Thomas Raimbault, Sr., Wisconsin

Notes

^ The Maryland–Wake Forest match was cancelled at halftime due to lightning. Maryland was leading, 1–0, at the end of the half.^[13]

References

^ "Rutgers Men's Soccer Claims First Big Ten Championship in Program History". scarletknights.com. November 13, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ Fonseca, Brian (November 13, 2022). "Rutgers men's soccer wins historic Big Ten Tournament title over Indiana". NJ.com. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ "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.
^ "2022 NCAA division I men's soccer championship bracket announced". NCAA.com. November 14, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ 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.
^ Lentz, Zach (December 13, 2022). "Syracuse Wins 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ "New England Revolution select Joshua Bolma after MLS SuperDraft trade with San Jose Earthquakes". MLSSoccer.com. December 21, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ Clark, Travis (June 30, 2025). "2025 Men's DI Recruiting Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
^ Eskilson, JR. "Prep Soccer 2025 Boys Recruiting Class Rankings". Prep Soccer. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
^ "Top Recruiting Classes Archive". collegeosccernews.com.
^ "Indiana Selected as Big Ten Men's Soccer Preseason Favorite". Big Ten Conference. August 19, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
^ Wilburn, Sarah (August 21, 2025). "2025 Men's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
^ "Maryland's Match At No. 6 Wake Forest Cancelled Due to Lightning With Terps Up, 1-0". umterps.com. August 21, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
^ "UCLA Claims 2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
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^ "Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern Score Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. August 26, 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
^ "Indiana, Rutgers, Ohio State, and Michigan State Net Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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^ "Washington, Ohio State, Rutgers, and Michigan Collect Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
^ "Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio State Net Weekly Men's Soccer Honors". Big Ten Conference. September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Announces 2025 Men's Soccer Postseason Awards". bigten.org. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.

External links

Big Ten Men's Soccer

[14] The Maryland–Wake Forest match was cancelled at halftime due to lightning. Maryland was leading, 1–0, at the end of the half.^[13]

[1] "Rutgers Men's Soccer Claims First Big Ten Championship in Program History". scarletknights.com. November 13, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[2] Fonseca, Brian (November 13, 2022). "Rutgers men's soccer wins historic Big Ten Tournament title over Indiana". NJ.com. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[3] "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.

[4] "2022 NCAA division I men's soccer championship bracket announced". NCAA.com. November 14, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[5] 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.

[6] Lentz, Zach (December 13, 2022). "Syracuse Wins 2022 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[7] "New England Revolution select Joshua Bolma after MLS SuperDraft trade with San Jose Earthquakes". MLSSoccer.com. December 21, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[TDS_recruit_rankings-8] Clark, Travis (June 30, 2025). "2025 Men's DI Recruiting Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved September 1, 2025.

[prepsoccer_recruiting_rankings-9] Eskilson, JR. "Prep Soccer 2025 Boys Recruiting Class Rankings". Prep Soccer. Retrieved September 1, 2025.

[10] "Top Recruiting Classes Archive". collegeosccernews.com.

[11] "Indiana Selected as Big Ten Men's Soccer Preseason Favorite". Big Ten Conference. August 19, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.

[12] Wilburn, Sarah (August 21, 2025). "2025 Men's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 21, 2025.

[13] "Maryland's Match At No. 6 Wake Forest Cancelled Due to Lightning With Terps Up, 1-0". umterps.com. August 21, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.

[15] "UCLA Claims 2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[16] "Stats". bigten.org. Retrieved November 18, 2025.

[B1G_awards_2025-08-26-17] "Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern Score Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. August 26, 2025. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

[B1G_awards_2025-09-02-18] "Indiana, Rutgers, Ohio State, and Michigan State Net Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.

[B1G_awards_2025-09-09-19] "Indiana and Maryland Score Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 9, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.

[20] "Washington, Ohio State, Rutgers, and Michigan Collect Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 19, 2025.

[21] "Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio State Net Weekly Men's Soccer Honors". Big Ten Conference. September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.

[b1g_postseason_awards-22] "Big Ten Announces 2025 Men's Soccer Postseason Awards". bigten.org. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.

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2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
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