2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

2023 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
2023 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 24 – December 15, 2023
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Kimani Stewart-Baynes, 4th overall
Picked by	Colorado Rapids
Regular season
Champions	Indiana
Season MVP	Peter Mangione, Penn State
Tournament
Champions	Indiana
Runners-up	Penn State
Finals MVP	Offensive: Samuel Sarver; Defensive: Kris Shakes
Men's Soccer seasons
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 32nd season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This was the Big Ten's eleventh season with eight men's soccer teams, as in 2024, UCLA and Washington will join the conference.^[1]^[2]

2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 7 Indiana ‍†‍‡‍	4	–	2	–	2	.625	15	–	4	–	5	.729
Penn State ‍†‍‍	4	–	2	–	2	.625	10	–	4	–	5	.658
Michigan State ‍‍‍	3	–	1	–	4	.625	7	–	2	–	7	.656
Northwestern ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1	.563	10	–	4	–	3	.676
Michigan ‍‍‍	2	–	1	–	5	.563	5	–	5	–	7	.500
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	2	–	2	–	4	.500	6	–	5	–	6	.529
Ohio State ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	6	–	6	–	5	.500
Rutgers ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	5	–	8	–	3	.406
Maryland ‍‍‍	0	–	6	–	2	.125	4	–	8	–	3	.367


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Big Ten tournament champion y – Invited to the 2023 NCAA Tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The Maryland Terrapins were the defending champions,^[3] and Indiana were the regular season and tournament champions. Indiana was the only NCAA berth into the tournament, making it the first time since the conference began sponsoring men's soccer that the Big Ten did not receive an at-large berth.

Kimani Stewart-Baynes of Maryland was the first Big Ten player selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, selected fourth overall by the Colorado Rapids.

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]

Coaching changes

There were no coaching changes during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's soccer offseason.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2022 season

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record	Ref.
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Wisconsin	12	143–58–43 (.674)	136–49–41 (.692)	38–16–22 (.645)	^[11]
Maryland	Sasho Cirovski	Hartford	29	423–160–65 (.703)	397–147–58 (.708)	28–9–11 (.698)	^[12]
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Providence	10	155–175–51 (.474)	65–64–24 (.503)	24–26–10 (.483)	^[13]^[14]
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Michigan State (asst.)	13	123–75–32 (.604)	123–75–32 (.604)	34–30–14 (.526)	^[15]
Northwestern	Russell Payne	Army	3	311–218–74 (.577)	175–149–53 (.534)	39–64–21 (.399)
Ohio State	Brian Maisonneuve	Indiana (asst.)	5	28–44–11 (.404)	28–44–11 (.404)	10–26–5 (.305)	^[16]
Penn State	Jeff Cook	Philadelphia Union II (asst.)	5	226–166–61 (.566)	46–28–12 (.605)	24–9–7 (.688)	^[17]
Rutgers	Jim McElderry	Fordham	4	157–157–49 (.500)	34–34–13 (.500)	14–22–4 (.400)	^[18]
Wisconsin	Neil Jones	Loyola	2	87–60–28 (.577)	6–6–4 (.500)	3–4–1 (.438)

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released on August 21, 2023. Maryland was voted to win the conference.^[19]

Predicted finish	Team
Big Ten preseason poll
1	Maryland
2	Indiana
3	Ohio State
4	Rutgers
5	Penn State
6	Wisconsin
7	Michigan State
8	Northwestern
9	Michigan

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2023.^[20]

Indiana	2	2	2
	United Soccer	CSN	Top Drawer Soccer
Maryland	14	11	17
Michigan	—	—	—
Michigan State	—	—	—
Northwestern	—	—	—
Ohio State	RV	—	—
Penn State	—	—	—
Rutgers	RV	—	—
Wisconsin	—	—	—

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

	USC 1st Team	USC 2nd Team	TDS 1st Team	TDS 2nd Team	CSN 1st Team	CSN 2nd Team

Preseason All Big Ten

Big Ten Players to Watch:

Indiana: Patrick McDonald, Collins Oduro, Sam Sarver
Maryland: Stefan Copetti, Alex Nitzl, Bjarne Thiesen
Michigan: Bryce Blevins, Jason Bucknor, Louis Rogers
Michigan State: Greyson Mercer, Jake Spadafora, Jonathan Stout
Northwestern: Ugo Achara, Jason Gajadhar, Justin Weiss
Ohio State: Anthony Samways, Deylen Vellios, Laurence Wootton
Penn State: Femi Awodesu, Peter Mangione, Kris Shakes
Rutgers: Matthew Acosta, Jason Bouregy, Joey Zalinsky
Wisconsin: Tim Bielic, Nate Crockford, Maxwell Keenan

Regular season

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 28)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	5:00 p.m.	St. Thomas (MN)	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 2–1	103
	7:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 1–1	504
		Loyola Chicago	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	No contest^[a]
		CSUN	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		T 1–1	1,419
		Penn State	No. 5 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ACCNX	T 1–1	2,000
		Rutgers	Delaware	Stuart and Grant Stadium • Newark, DE	ESPN+	L 2–3	370
	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana	No. 18 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ACCNX	T 1–1	2,092
	8:00 p.m.	Purdue Fort Wayne	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI		W 1–0	309
	8:15 p.m.	No. 25 Missouri State	No. 14 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	L 0–1	1,823
August 27	1:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 2–0	773
	2:00 p.m.	Drake	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 2–0	757
	2:30 p.m.	NJIT	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 1–0	476
	4:00 p.m.	Le Moyne	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 4–0	1,288
	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 UNCG	No. 14 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 2–0	2,229
	7:00 p.m.	UC Davis	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 1–2	2,000
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 3–0	2,098
August 28	7:30 p.m.	St. John's	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	T 2–2	1,337

Week 2 (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:00 p.m.	DePaul	No. 10 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 2–0	2,104
September 1	4:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Seton Hall	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 0–1	300
	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Syracuse	No. 21 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	FS2	T 1–1	2,684
	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Akron	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 1–1	1,973
		Michigan State	Army	Malek Stadium • West Point, NY	ESPN+	W 2–1	1,250
		Rutgers	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	WPVI	L 1–2	1,202
	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Wake Forest	No. 20 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 0–0	4,644
	8:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington	No. 10 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 0–1	3,408
		Northwestern	Milwaukee	Engelmann Stadium • Milwaukee, WI	ESPN+	W 2–1	1,012
		No. 2 Kentucky	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 1–0	827
September 4	11:00 a.m.	Michigan State	Villanova	Higgins Soccer Complex • Philadelphia, PA	BEDN	T 1–1	841
	3:00 p.m.	Michigan	Bowling Green	Mickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		L 1–2	2,012
	3:00 p.m.	Northwestern	DePaul	Wish Field • Chicago, IL	FloSports	T 1–1	672
	5:00 p.m.	St. John's	No. 21 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 2–0	1,135
	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Maryland	No. 15 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ACCNX	L 1–2	2,139
		No. 9 Washington	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		T 1–1	1,062
		Saint Peter's	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		W 2–0	743
	8:00 p.m.	Seton Hall	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 1–0	2,480
	8:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	UIC	Flames Field • Chicago, IL	ESPN+	L 0–2	964

Week 3 (Sep. 5 – Sep. 11)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Dayton	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	1,611
September 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Indiana	South Florida	Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL		L 0–1	1,022
		Georgetown	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	WMUC	Canceled^[b]
		Penn	No. 14 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		L 0–3	1,605
	8:00 p.m.	Michigan	Creighton	Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE	FloSports	L 1–3	4,092
		Northern Illinois	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 2–1	324
		Mercer	No. 21 Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI		T 0–0	553
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Butler	Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN		W 1–0	1,081
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12NLA	L 0–4	626
September 11	8:00 p.m.	UIC	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 4–1	252
September 11	8:00 p.m.	No. 21 Wisconsin	No. 13 Marquette	Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI	BEDN	L 1–3	610

Week 4 (Sep. 12 – Sep. 18)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACCN	W 1–0	532
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Columbia	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 2–0	437
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 2–2	2,637
September 15	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		PSU 3–0	1,739
	7:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 23 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	T 0–0	3,053
	8:00 p.m.	UC Riverside	No. 19 Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 2–0	802
September 17	2:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		T 1–1	633

Week 5 (Sep. 19 – Sep. 25)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Maryland	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	BTN	PSU 1–0	951
		Michigan	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester Hills, MI	ESPN+	L 1–2	724
		No. 24 Kentucky	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	B1G+	W 3–0	747
	7:30 p.m.	Butler	No. 25 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 1–0	2,072
	8:00 p.m.	No. 12 Northwestern	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	BTN	T 2–2	482
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		MICH 3–2	1,213
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	No. 22 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	MSU 2–1	2,979
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	UNCG	UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC		W 2–0	342
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Maryland	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	WIS 1–0	541
September 24	2:00 p.m.	Ohio State	No. 12 Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN	NW 4–2	711

Week 6 (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Oakland	No. 13 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	T 2–2	2,122
September 26	7:30 p.m.	Michigan	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS2	T 0–0	2,066
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Howard	No. 25 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 3–1	630
September 29	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Northwestern	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	NW 2–0	3,473
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		OSU 2–0	137
October 1	3:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	T 1–1	1,083
October 1	3:00 p.m.	No. 25 Penn State	No. 13 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	T 0–0	3,274

Week 7 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 9)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Kentucky	Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Xavier	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 3	8:00 p.m.	Green Bay	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 6	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
October 6	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
October 7	12:00 p.m.	Indiana	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 9	7:00 p.m.	Bradley	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI

Week 8 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 16)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 10	7:00 p.m.	Villanova	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
		Michigan State	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
		Ohio State	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Evansville	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	B1G+
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
October 15	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 15	2:00 p.m.	Maryland	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI

Week 9 (Oct. 17 – Oct. 23)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 17	6:00 p.m.	Penn State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
October 17	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Northeastern	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA
October 22	TBA	Michigan	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA

Week 10 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 24	6:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI
	7:00 p.m.	Navy	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD (rivalry)
	8:00 p.m.	Indiana	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN
	8:00 p.m.	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
October 25	7:00 p.m.	Cleveland State	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 27	6:30 p.m.	Trine	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 27	7:00 p.m.	Drake	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
		Maryland	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
		Northwestern	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+
		Penn State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

The Big Ten Tournament was played from November 3–12.^[23]^[24] Indiana won the Big Ten tournament title over Penn State.^[25]

Quarterfinals November 3			Semifinals November 8			Championship November 12

1	Indiana	2

8	Wisconsin	1
			1	Indiana	4

			5	Michigan	3
4	Northwestern	0

5	Michigan	1
						1	Indiana	1

						2	Penn State	0
3	Michigan State	0

6	Ohio State	1
			6	Ohio State	1 (3)

			2	Penn State (p)	1 (4)
2	Penn State	3

7	Rutgers	1

All-Tournament team

Source:^[26]

Player	Team
Hugo Bacharach	Indiana
Maouloune Goumballe
Samuel Sarver^[c]
Jason Bucknor	Michigan
Elijah Howe	Michigan State
Nigel Prince	Northwestern
Deylen Vellios	Ohio State
Peter Mangione	Penn State
Kris Shakes^[d]	Penn State
Ola Maeland	Rutgers
Max Keenan	Wisconsin

NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Tournament began on November 15, 2023 and conclude on December 17, 2019. For the first time in Big Ten history, only one team made the NCAA tournament.

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	4	Indiana	W 2–1 vs. Lipscomb – (Bloomington)	W 3–2 at (10) Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)	TBD at (7) Virginia – (Charlottesville)
W–L–T (%):			1–0–0 (1.000)	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
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		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
Indiana	USC	2	10	15	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	None released
	TDS	2	3	7	21	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	16
	CSN	2	3	13	25	25	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	25	10
Maryland	USC	14	20	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	11	11	12	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	17	19	22	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan State	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	22	13	23	19	20	16	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	18	12	22	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	14	14	11	9	8	20	RV	NV
Northwestern	USC	NV	NV	NV	19	13	16	12	12	21	RV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	20	23	17	18	23	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	RV	30	20	16	10	10	12	22	27	RV	NV
Ohio State	USC	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Penn State	USC	NV	21	14	RV	RV	25	19	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	27	NV	22	22	21	22	19	27	26	24	27
Rutgers	USC	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Wisconsin	USC	NV	NV	21	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	15	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	15	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Regional rankings - USC North Region

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV		No 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	1	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	3	3	2
Maryland	4	2	4	9	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan	7	8	10	10	9	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan State	NV	6	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	1	4
Northwestern	5	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	5	5	5
Ohio State	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Penn State	2	3	5	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	3
Rutgers	NV	NV	NV	8	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Wisconsin	3	1	6	4	4	6	5	7	6	6	6

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
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Aug. 29)^[27]	Maxwell Keenan	MF	WIS	Kris Shakes	GK	PSU
Week 2 (Sep. 5)^[28]	Alex Stevenson	MF	PSU	Kris Shakes (2)	GK	PSU
Week 3 (Sep. 12)^[29]	Justin Weiss	FW	NW	Zac Kelly	GK	MSU
Week 4 (Sep. 19)^[30]	Liam Butts	FW	PSU	Zac Kelly (2)	GK	MSU

Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.

Award	Recipient(s)
2023 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[31]
Offensive Player of the Year	Peter Mangione, Penn State
Midfielder of the Year	Laurence Wootton, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year	Femi Awodesu, Penn State
Goalkeeper of the Year	Kris Shakes, Penn State
Coach of the Year	Jeff Cook, Penn State
Freshman of the Year	Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Maryland

First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	All-Freshman Team Honorees	Sportsmanship Team Honorees
2023 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[31]
Joey Maher, D, Indiana Patrick McDonald, M, Indiana Samuel Sarver, F, Indiana Jonathan Stout, M, Michigan State Collin McCamy, M, Northwestern Nigel Prince, D, Northwestern Justin Weiss, F, Northwestern Laurence Wooton, M, Ohio State Femi Awodesu, D, Penn State Peter Mangione, F, Penn State Kris Shakes, GK, Penn State Jackson Temple, F, Rutgers	Hugo Bacharach, M, Indiana JT Harms, GK, Indiana William Kulvik, D, Maryland Bryce Blevins, M, Michigan Nolan Miller, D, Michigan Jeremy Sharp, D, Michigan State Jake Spadafora, F, Michigan State Ugo Achara Jr., F, Northwestern Michael Adedokun, M, Ohio State Siggi Magnusson, D, Ohio State Luciano Pechota, M, Ohio State Matthew Acosta, M, Rutgers Birgir Baldvinsson, D, Wisconsin Tim Bielic, M, Wisconsin	Collins Oduro, Indiana Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Maryland Matthew Fisher, Michigan Isaiah Goldson, Michigan Will Eby, Michigan State Fritz Volmar, Northwestern Andre Roberts, Ohio State Caden Grabfelder, Penn State Nick Collins, Rutgers Trip Fleming, Wisconsin Ryan Quintos, Wisconsin	Maouloune Goumballe, RS-Sr., Indiana Kento Abe, Sr., Maryland Bode Saul, Sr., Michigan Jack Zugay, Sr., Michigan State Jackson Weyman, Gr., Northwestern Luciano Pechota, So., Ohio State Samuel Ovesen, So., Penn State Cole Cruthers, So., Rutgers Tim Bielec, Sr., Wisconsin

Notes

^ Match was abandoned in the 54th minute due to severe weather. Michigan State was leading 1–0 at the time of play stoppage. NCAA officials declared the game a no contest.^[21]
^ Match was canceled due to inclement weather.^[22]
^ Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

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^ ^a ^b "Big Ten Announces 2023 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". Big Ten Conference. November 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

External links

Big Ten Men's Soccer

[Loyola_v_Michigan_State-22] Match was abandoned in the 54th minute due to severe weather. Michigan State was leading 1–0 at the time of play stoppage. NCAA officials declared the game a no contest.^[21]

[Georgetown_v_Maryland-24] Match was canceled due to inclement weather.^[22]

[29] Offensive MVP

[30] Defensive MVP

[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.

[Yeagley-11] "Todd Yeagley". iuhoosiers.com. Indiana University. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[Cirovski-12] "Sasho Cirovski". umterps.com. University of Maryland. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[chakamich-13] "Michigan Men's Soccer Year-by-Year Results". mgoblue. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[chakaprov-14] "2018 Men's Soccer Record Book". issuu.com. Issuu Inc. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[rensing-15] "Damon Rensing". msuspartans.com. Michigan State Spartans Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

[masonnueve_stats-16] "Brian Masonnueve | Coaching Record". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

[cook_stats-17] "Jeff Cook - Men's Soccer Coach". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

[18] "Jim McElderry - Men's Soccer Coach". scarletknights.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.

[19] "Maryland Tabbed as Men's Soccer Preseason Favorite". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[usc_preseason_top_25-20] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 DI Men — National". United Soccer Coaches. Kansas City, Missouri. August 1, 2023. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[21] "Inclement Weather Leads to Men's Soccer No Contest Thursday Night". August 24, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[23] "Maryland/Georgetown Match Postponed Due to Inclement Weather". September 8, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[25] "Big Ten 2023-24 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved August 5, 2023.

[26] "Big Ten Announces 2023 Men's Soccer Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. October 29, 2023. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.

[27] Byrne, Matthew (November 12, 2023). "Indiana Soccer Blanks Penn State 1-0 in Big Ten Tournament Final, Secures Conference Double". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[28] "Indiana wins 2023 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2023. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.

[31] "Wisconsin, Penn State Score 1st Weekly Men's Soccer Honors of 2023". Big Ten Conference. August 29, 2023. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[32] "Penn State Sweeps Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 5, 2023. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[33] "Northwestern, Michigan State Share Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 12, 2023. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.

[34] "Penn State, Michigan State Share Weekly Men's Soccer Awards". Big Ten Conference. September 19, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

[b1g_awards-35] "Big Ten Announces 2023 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". Big Ten Conference. November 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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