2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Season2015

Big Ten Conference

Season	2015
Champions	Maryland
Premiers	Ohio State
NCAA tournament	Ohio State Indiana Maryland Rutgers
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2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Ohio State +	5	–	2	–	1	14	–	7	–	4
No. 19 Indiana +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	5	–	3
No. 12 Maryland ‡	3	–	2	–	3	12	–	5	–	6
No. 23 Rutgers +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	7	–	2
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	9	–	2
Michigan	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	3	5	–	11	–	3
Penn State	2	–	4	–	2	7	–	8	–	3
Michigan St.	2	–	4	–	2	8	–	9	–	2

‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 4, 2015 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Maryland entered the season as both the regular season champion and the Big Ten tournament champion.

Preseason poll

Defending regular season and tournament champions Maryland were selected as the favorite ahead of the 2015 season.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
Maryland Terrapins	College Park, Maryland	Ludwig Field	7,500
Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium	2,200
Michigan State Spartans	East Lansing, Michigan	DeMartin Soccer Complex	2,500
Northwestern Wildcats	Evanston, Illinois	Lakeside Field	2,000
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey Field	5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Piscataway, New Jersey	Yurcak Field	5,000
Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	McClimon Stadium	2,000

Home \ Away	IND	UMD	MIC	MSU	NOR	OSU	PSU	RUT	WIS
Indiana	—	—	1–0	—	—	0–1	—	1–4	1–0
Maryland	0–0	—	0–0	—	1–2	0–1	—	3–1	—
Michigan	—	—	—	1–0	3–0	1–3	—	0–1	3–3
Michigan State	1–4	0–0	—	—	—	2–1	2–1	—	—
Northwestern	0–1	—	—	1–0	—	2–1	—	2–4	—
Ohio State	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–0
Penn State	1–0	3–4	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	—	—	—
Rutgers	—	—	—	1–3	—	1–0	0–2	—	0–1
Wisconsin	—	1–4	—	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	—	—

Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking

		Pre^[2]	Wk 1^[3]	Wk 2^[4]	Wk 3^[5]	Wk 4^[6]	Wk 5^[7]	Wk 6^[8]	Wk 7^[9]	Wk 8^[10]	Wk 9^[11]	Wk 10^[12]	Wk 11^[13]	Wk 12^[14]	Final^[15]
Indiana	C	14	18	10	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	19	16
Maryland	C	13	6	4	10	11	13	25	18	20	RV	RV	RV	12	7
Michigan	C
Michigan State	C	9	22	RV	RV	RV	NR
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	C	RV	RV	NR					RV	18	23	18	12	14	14
Penn State	C	23	25	NR	13	21	NR
Rutgers	C										21	16	18	23	25
Wisconsin	C

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals
9	1	Ohio State	BYE	T, 1–1 ^{W, 4–3 pen.} vs. Dayton – (Columbus)	L, 1–3 vs. Stanford – (Stanford)
10	4	Maryland	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Charlotte – (College Park)	W 2–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)	T, 1–1 ^{L, 1–3 pen.} vs. Clemson – (Clemson)
16	1	Indiana	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington)	L, 0–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)
—	2	Rutgers	T, 1–1 ^{W, 3–2 pen.} vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway)	L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron)

v t e 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American Athletic ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon League MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot League Southern Sun Belt Summit League WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll