2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer 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]

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

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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.

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

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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]

Big Ten preseason poll[11]
Predicted finish	Team
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

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

Defensive Players to Watch
Player	Nat.	Position	Class	Team
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

Midfielders to Watch
Player	Nat.	Class	Team
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

Forwards to Watch
Player	Nat.	Class	Team
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

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

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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

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

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
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
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
August 28	10:00 p.m.	Cal State Fullerton	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	B1G+	T 1–1	578
August 28	10:30 p.m.	UC Davis	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	T 1–1	1,703
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	James Madison	Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN+	W 4–1	382
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 1–0	460
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Creighton	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 3–1	1,482
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 2–2	5,085
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Loyola Chicago	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	T 1–1	438
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
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
August 31	10:30 p.m.	UNLV	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	W 4–0	1,042
September 1	1:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 18 Kentucky	Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY	SECN+/ESPN+	T 0–0	1,894
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	1,795
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	2,395
September 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Missouri State	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	L 1–3	1,510
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Rutgers	William & Mary	Albert–Daly Field • Williamsburg, VA	FloSports	W 4–1	378
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 6–0	2,245
September 1	7:30 p.m.	UIC	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	L 2–3	424
September 1	8:00 p.m.	No. 24 Portland	Wisconsin	McClimon Memorial Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	L 0–1	456
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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
September 4	10:30 p.m.	Washington	Loyola Marymount	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN+	T 2–2	488
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester Hills, MI	ESPN+	T 2–2	1,139
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Bowling Green	Mickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	MACDN	L 0–1	963
September 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Ohio State	No. 11 Akron	FirstEnergy Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 0–2	2,477
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Mercyhurst	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 5–0	952
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ (Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 1–3	1,036
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Pacific	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 4–0	1,013
September 6	7:30 p.m.	Northwestern	Xavier	Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, OH	ESPN+	W 1–0	217
September 6	8:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Marquette	Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI (I–94 derby)	ESPN+	Canceled
September 7	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	Loyola Marymount	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN+	L 1–2	642
September 7	7:30 p.m.	No. 4 Indiana	Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	ACCN	W 1–0	1,883
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Oakland	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 3–2	1,023
September 8	10:30 p.m.	Washington	Seattle U	Championship Field • Seattle, WA (Fewing Cup)	ESPN+	W 7–2	1,348
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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
September 12	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Maryland	Wisconsin	Don McClimon Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	UMD 3–1	677
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	RUT 1–0	782
September 12	10:00 p.m.	Northwestern	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	B1G+	UCLA 1–0	574
September 12	10:30 p.m.	Michigan State	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	UW 2–1	1,958
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Butler	Sellick Bowl • Indianpolis, IN (Crossroads Derby)		W 4–0	1,167
September 13	8:00 p.m.	No. 25 Michigan	No. 1 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	UM 3–2	4,562
September 15	2:00 p.m.	Northwestern	UC Riverside	UC Riverside Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA	ESPN+	W 3–2	101
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	IU 4–1	1,577
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	BTN	W 2–1	2,754
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Michigan State	DeMartin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	OSU 3–2	2,218
September 19	7:30 p.m.	Rutgers	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	NU 2–1	1,027
September 19	10:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	UCLA 3–1	1,259
September 20	10:00 p.m.	Michigan	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	B1G+	UM 1–0	2,781
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Fairleigh Dickinson	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 3–2	483
September 23	8:00 p.m.	No. 23 Maryland	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	BTN	T 2–2	744
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
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 23 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	UMD 4–1	3,017
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	RUT 2–0	854
September 26	7:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 3 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	IU 4–2	3,377
September 26	8:00 p.m.	Washington	Wisconsin	Don McClimon Stadium • Madison, WI	B1G+	UW 2–0	464
September 29	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	OSU 2–1	1,165
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Washington	Northwestern	Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN	UW 1–0	458
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 2–0	475
October 1	7:00 p.m.	Chicago State	No. 11 Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 6–0	382
October 3	5:00 p.m.	Penn State	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	PSU 2–1	4,861
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	B1G+	WIS 1–0	1,771
October 3	10:00 p.m.	No. 12 Indiana	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	BTN	UW 3–0	2,805
October 3	10:00 p.m.	No. 18 Maryland	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	BTN	T 0–0	1,021
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	No. 11 Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 0–0	1,921
October 5	3:00 p.m.	King's (PA)	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA	B1G+	W 7–1	834
#Rankings from U. Soccer Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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

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

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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

	Semifinals November 12					Championship November 16
	2	Washington	0
	3	Michigan	2
						3	Michigan	0
						4	UCLA	5
	1	Maryland	0
	4	UCLA	2

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

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)	L 1–3 Washington – (College Park)	—	—
6	Princeton	Indiana	BYE	L 0–1 vs. Saint Louis – (Bloomington)	—	—	—	—
—N/a	Vermont	UCLA	L 0–1 vs. Grand Canyon – (Los Angeles)	—	—	—	—	—
—N/a	Maryland	Washington	W 3–2 at Oregon State – (Corvallis)	W 1–0 at (5) SMU – (Dallas)	W 1–0 at (12) Stanford – (Palo Alto)	W 3–1 at (4) Maryland – (College Park)	W 3–1 Furman – (Cary)	W 3–2 (15) NC State – (Cary)
—N/a	Princeton	Michigan	L 0–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Ann Arbor)	—	—	—	—	—
W–L–D (%):			1–2–0 (.333)	1–1–1 (.500)	2–0–0 (1.000)	1–1–0 (.500)	1–0–0 (1.000)	1–0–0 (1.000) Total: 7–4–1 (.625)

As of November 20, 2025^[15]

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	Palmer Ault	Indiana	16
	Sergi Solans	UCLA
3	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	11
4	Sadam Masereka	Maryland	9
5	Zach Ramsey	Washington	8
6	Stephane Njike	Maryland	7
	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers
8	Grayson Elmquist	Michigan	6

Rank	Player	College	Assists
1	Richie Aman	Washington	14
2	Philip Naef	UCLA	11
3	Palmer Ault	Indiana	10
4	Zach Ramsey	Washington	8
	Alex Hall	Washington
	Albi Ndrenika	Maryland
7	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	7
	Stephane Njike	Maryland
	Joseph Picotto	Maryland
10	Sergi Solans	UCLA	6
	Rocket Ritarita	Maryland
	Collins Oduro	Indiana
	Thomas Raimbault	Wisconsin
	Alejandro Santamaria	Northwestern
	Ander Marticorena	UCLA

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	Charlie Kosakoff	Washington	29
4	Zach Ramsey	Washington	24
5	Sadam Masereka	Maryland	23
6	Richie Aman	Washington	22
7	Stephane Njike	Maryland	21
8	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers	18
	Alex Hall	Washington
10	Albi Ndrenika	Maryland	16

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

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

Week	Offensive		Defensive		Goalkeeper		Freshman
	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
	Joschi Schelb	Rutgers
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)[21]	Richie Aman	Washington	Harrison Bertos	Washington	Zac Kelly	Michigan State	Peter Soudan	Michigan State
Week 6 (Oct. 7)[22]	Alex Hall	Washington	Asher Hestad	Washington	Matisse Hebert	Wisconsin	Jonathan Evans	Penn State
Week 7 (Oct. 14)[23]	Leon Koehl	Maryland	Nick Collins	Rutgers	Laurin Mack	Maryland	Andrew Nohnson	Northwestern
Week 8 (Oct. 21)[24]	Palmer Ault	Indiana	Tristen Rose	Maryland	Laurin Mack	Maryland	Judewellin Michel	Indiana
Week 9 (Oct. 28)[25]	Sergi Solans Ormo	UCLA	Egor Akulov	Washington	Jadon Bowton	Washington	Ander Marticorena	UCLA
Week 10 (Nov. 4)[26]	Albi Ndrenika	Maryland	Lasse Kelp	Maryland	Rafael Ponce de Leon	Northwestern	Aaron O’Reilly	Northwestern
Week 11 (Nov. 11)[27]	Sadam Masereka	Maryland	Andrew Joshnson	Northwestern	Jonathan Evans	Penn State	Colton Swan	Indiana
	Sergi Solans Ormo	UCLA

Unanimous selections in bold.

2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards[28]
Award	Recipient(s)
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

2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[28]
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	All-Freshman Team Honorees	Sportsmanship Team Honorees
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

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
Indiana	–	1	–	1
Maryland	–	2	2	4
Michigan	1	–	–	1
Michigan State	–	–	–	–
Northwestern	–	–	–	–
Ohio State	–	–	–	–
Penn State	–	–	–	–
Rutgers	–	–	–	–
UCLA	–	3	–	3
Washington	2	2	1	5
Wisconsin	–	–	–	–
Total	3	8	3	14

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College
1	8	D.C. United	Richie Aman	FW	Washington
	9	Orlando City SC	Nolan Miller	DF	Michigan
	17	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Zach Ramsey	MF	Washington
2	33	Real Salt Lake	Tre Wright	DF	UCLA
	34	Sporting Kansas City	Sadam Masereka	FW	Maryland
	38	New England Revolution	Schinieder Mimy	DF	UCLA
	45	Portland Timbers	Colin Griffith	FW	Maryland
	49	Columbus Crew	Tarun Karumanchi	MF	UCLA
	51	Seattle Sounders FC	Joe Dale	MF	Washington
	56	Colorado Rapids	Asher Hestad	DF	Washington
	60	Inter Miami	Alex Barger	DF	Indiana
3	61	D.C. United	Stephane Njike	FW	Maryland
	85	D.C. United	Lasse Kelp	DF	Maryland
	89	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Connor Lofy	MF	Washington