2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

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LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24 – December 10, 2023
Teams6
2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24 – December 10, 2023
Teams6
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Picked byFC Dallas
Regular season
Season MVPLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Top scorerLogan Farrington, Oregon State
Finals championsUCLA
  Runners-upOregon State
Pac-12 Conference men's soccer seasons
2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 21 UCLA †6–0–49–4–5
No. 4 Oregon State +4–1–511–6–5
California3–4–37–6–5
No. 5 Stanford +3–2–511–4–5
Washington2–4–45–6–7
San Diego State0–7–36–7–5
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Pac-12

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 24th and final season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will began play in August 2023 and concluded in November 2023.

The champions for the 2023 season were UCLA, winning their 31st overall conference championship, and their ninth Pac-12 title. By being champions, UCLA earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Oregon State and Stanford earned at-large bids into the tournament.

Oregon State striker, Logan Farrington was the conference's top scorer of the 2023 season, with 15 goals, securing him the title of Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year.[1] Additionally, Farrington was the first Pac-12 player drafted in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by FC Dallas with the third overall pick.[2]

The 2023 season was the final season in the Pac-12 for California,[3] Stanford,[4] UCLA,[5] and Washington.[6] The two former schools departied for the Atlantic Coast Conference while the two latter schools will be departing for the Big Ten Conference, both of which sponsor men's soccer.

The remaining Pac-12 men's soccer schools were Oregon State and San Diego State. Oregon State joined the West Coast Conference, while San Diego State joined the Western Athletic Conference as affiliate members.[7][8]

Stadiums and Locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium 22,000
Witter Rugby Field 5,000
Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field 2,200
San Diego State Aztecs[a] San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck 3,000
Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium 4,000
UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 3,000
Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 1,640

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Oregon State head coach, Terry Boss, resigned at the end of the 2022 season to pursue professional level coaching. Boss was replaced by Greg Dalby, who had previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University.

Coaches

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

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac–12 record
California Leonard Griffin 2 3–8–6 (.353) 3–8–6 (.353) 1–6–3 (.250)
Oregon State Greg Dalby 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–)
San Diego State Ryan Hopkins 4 209–115–42 (.628) 14–23–8 (.400) 4–20–3 (.204)
Stanford Jeremy Gunn 12 337–108–88 (.715) 150–65–46 (.663) 71–26–23 (.688)
UCLA Ryan Jorden 5 120–89–21 (.567) 29–29–8 (.500) 11–20–6 (.378)
Washington Jamie Clark 13 199–69–28 (.720) 160–54–25 (.722) 77–30–13 (.696)

Preseason

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls was released on August 21, 2023. Washington was voted the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.[10]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Washington 23 (4)
2 Stanford 21 (1)
3 UCLA 17 (1)
4 Oregon State 15
5 California 8
6 San Diego State 6

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away CAL OSU SDSU STA UCLA UW
California — 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Oregon State 1–0 — 2–2 0–4 2–2 2–2
San Diego State 0–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–3 1–1
Stanford 2–1 1–2 5–0 — 1–3 1–1
UCLA 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 — 1–0
Washington 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–4 —
Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Leader and 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Source: Pac-12.com

Rankings

National rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  PreWk
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15		Final
California USC NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV 29 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
Oregon State USC RV NV RV NV NV NV RV NV RV NV NV NV None released 4
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV 15 4 3 4
CSN NV NV NV NV RV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV None released 4
San Diego State USC NV NV RV 18 21 17 22 NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV 25 21 14 21 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV NV 28 24 21 22 28 RV NV NV NV NV None released NV
Stanford USC 7 4 1 1 8 6 10 9 17 15 19 22 None released 5
TDS 8 2 1 1 6 4 6 7 14 16 21 NV NV 12 3 5 5
CSN 9 5 2 1 6 4 5 8 11 12 13 19 20 None released 7
UCLA USC RV RV RV RV NV NV NV RV NV RV NV 21 None released 21
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV 25 24 NV NV NV 21 12 20 20 20 20
CSN 27 RV RV RV RV NV NV RV NV RV 30 17 17 None released 26
Washington USC 6 22 25 RV 20 22 RV RV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS 3 9 4 14 7 11 20 25 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
CSN 5 13 11 23 16 24 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV

Regional rankings - USC Far West 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' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast Conferences.

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California 2 7 4 9
Oregon State 4 3 7 1
San Diego State 7 2 2 2
Stanford 1 1 1 3
UCLA 3 8 6 7
Washington 6 4 3 5

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week Player School Pos. Ref.
Aug. 28 Zach BohaneStanfordMF[11]
Sep. 4 Sam FowlerWashingtonGK[12]
Sep. 11 Austin BrummettSan Diego StateFW[13]
Sep. 18 Logan FarringtonOregon StateFW[14]
Sep. 25 Richie AmanWashingtonMF[15]
Oct. 2 Ryan BecherUCLAMF[16]
Oct. 9 Jack SarkosUCLAFW[17]
Oct. 16 Tristan VivianiSan Diego StateD[18]
Oct. 23 Shane de FloresStanfordMF[19]
Oct. 30 Zach BohaneStanfordMF[20]
Nov. 6 Jose ContellUCLAFW[21]
Nov. 13 Mark FisherStanfordMF[22]

Postseason honors

Conference honors

2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Defensive Player of the Year Wyatt Meyer – California
Coach of the Year Leonard Griffin – California
Freshman of the Year Reid Fisher – San Diego State
2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Honorable Mention

Javier Armas – Oregon State
Fletcher Bank – Stanford
Zach Bohane – Stanford
Kevin Carmichael – California
Luis Castillo – Oregon State
Evan Davila – California
Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Nate Jones – Washington
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington
Tucker Lepley – UCLA
Wyatt Meyer – California

Nonso Adimabua – California
Noah Adnan – Stanford
Jose Contell – UCLA
Shane de Flores – Stanford
Logan Erb – San Diego State
Mark Fisher – Stanford
Chris Meyers – Washington
Jack Sarkos – UCLA
Tommy Silva – UCLA
Christian Soto – Washington
Ellis Spikner – Oregon State

Richie Aman – Washington
Khai Brisco – Washington
Arnau Farnos – Oregon State
Reid Fisher – San Diego State
Bryan Iliohan – Washington
Rommee Jaridly – San Diego State
Sean Karani – UCLA
Connor Lambe – California
Andre Ochoa – UCLA
Reid Sproat – San Diego State
Dante Williams – Oregon State

National honors

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

MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
California 1 1 – 2
Oregon State 1 2 – 3
San Diego State – – – 0
Stanford – – 3 3
UCLA 1 – 1 2
Washington 2 – – 2
Total 5 3 4 12

List of selections

RoundPick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollege
13FC DallasUnited States Logan FarringtonFWOregon State
5Austin FCUnited States Nate JonesDFWashington
10CF MontrealUnited States Grayson DoodyDFUCLA
11Nashville SCUnited States Wyatt MeyerDFCalifornia
23Seattle Sounders FCUnited States Kalani Kossa-RienziDFWashington
244FC DallasUnited States Turner HumphreyDFOregon State
48Atlanta United FCSpain Javier ArmasDFOregon State
50Nashville SCUnited States Kevin CarmichaelDFCalifornia
362LA GalaxyUnited States Tucker LepleyMFUCLA
63Philadelphia UnionUnited States Zachary BohaneFWStanford
72Chicago Fire FCUnited States Shane de FloresMFStanford
85Toronto FCUnited States Fletcher BankMFStanford

Notes

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