The 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 55th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. There were 203 teams in men's Division I competition. The defending champions were the Indiana Hoosiers who defeated the Georgetown Hoyas in the 2012 College Cup. The season concluded with Notre Dame defeating Maryland 2–1 to win its first NCAA soccer title.
Changes from 2012 New programs Grand Canyon joined the WAC after previously playing in NCAA Division II. UMass Lowell joined the America East Conference after previously playing in NCAA Division II. Incarnate Word joined the Southland Conference, but is playing as an independent after having been an NCAA Division II member.
Discontinued programs Richmond dropped the sport, as well as men's track and field, following the school's decision to add men's lacrosse as a varsity sport. Mount St. Mary's dropped the sport, as well as men's and women's golf, for economic reasons. Towson dropped the sport due to budgetary concerns. Plans to cut baseball were delayed after late funding increases.
Programs leaving Division I Adelphi reclassified its men's soccer program to Division II, reuniting that team with the rest of its athletic program in the Northeast-10 Conference.
Conference realignment
SchoolPrevious ConferenceNew Conference Adelphi Independent Northeast-10 Conference (NCAA Division II) Air Force Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Boston University America East Conference Patriot League Butler Atlantic 10 Conference Big East Conference Charlotte Atlantic 10 Conference Conference USA Cincinnati Big East Conference (1979–2013) American Athletic Conference College of Charleston Southern Conference Colonial Athletic Association Connecticut Big East Conference (1979–2013) American Athletic Conference Creighton Missouri Valley Conference Big East Conference CSU Bakersfield Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Denver Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Summit League DePaul Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference Florida Atlantic Mid-American Conference Conference USA George Mason Colonial Athletic Association Atlantic 10 Conference Georgetown Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference Georgia State Colonial Athletic Association Independent Grand Canyon Pacific West Conference (NCAA Division II) Western Athletic Conference Houston Baptist Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Incarnate Word Lone Star Conference (NCAA Division II) Independent Louisville Big East Conference (1979–2013) American Athletic Conference Loyola (Chicago) Horizon League Missouri Valley Conference Loyola (MD) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Patriot League Marquette Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference Memphis Conference USA American Athletic Conference Monmouth Northeast Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference New Mexico Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference USA Notre Dame Big East Conference (1979–2013) Atlantic Coast Conference Oakland The Summit League Horizon League Old Dominion Colonial Athletic Association Conference USA Pittsburgh Big East Conference (1979–2013) Atlantic Coast Conference Providence Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference Quinnipiac Northeast Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rutgers Big East Conference (1979–2013) American Athletic Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference San Jose State Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Seattle Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Seton Hall Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference SMU Conference USA American Athletic Conference South Florida Big East Conference (1979–2013) American Athletic Conference Syracuse Big East Conference (1979–2013) Atlantic Coast Conference Temple Atlantic 10 Conference American Athletic Conference UCF Conference USA American Athletic Conference UMass Lowell Northeast-10 Conference (NCAA Division II) America East Conference UMKC The Summit League Western Athletic Conference UNLV Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Western Athletic Conference Villanova Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East Conference Xavier Atlantic 10 Conference Big East Conference
Conference changes The original Big East Conference split into two conferences. The schools that do not sponsor FBS football now operate as the Big East Conference under a new charter, while the FBS schools now operate under the original Big East charter with the new name of American Athletic Conference. Both conferences sponsor soccer. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation dropped men's soccer. The Western Athletic Conference added men's soccer, with several ex-MPSF teams joining the conference for 2013.
Season overview Pre-season polls Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2013. NSCAARankTeam1 Indiana2 Maryland3 Georgetown4 North Carolina5 Connecticut6 Creighton7 Notre Dame8 Akron9 UCLA10 Louisville11 New Mexico12 Marquette13 Coastal Carolina14 Tulsa15 Saint Louis16 San Diego17 Wake Forest18 Brown19 Northwestern20 Syracuse21 Charlotte22 Cornell23 Washington24 VCU25 Virginia College Soccer NewsRankTeam1 Indiana2 Georgetown3 Maryland4 Creighton5 North Carolina6 Connecticut7 UCLA8 Marquette9 Akron10 Saint Louis11 Notre Dame12 San Diego13 UC Santa Barbara14 Virginia15 Tulsa16 Northwestern17 Coastal Carolina18 Wake Forest19 Louisville20 New Mexico21 St. John's22 Xavier23 Washington24 Charlotte25 Michigan State Soccer AmericaRankTeam 1 Maryland 2 Indiana 3 Georgetown 4 Connecticut 5 Creighton 6 North Carolina 7 Notre Dame 8 Saint Louis 9 New Mexico 10 Marquette 11 Akron 12 Wake Forest 13 UCLA 14 Louisville 15 Coastal Carolina 16 Tulsa 17 Syracuse 18 Charlotte 19 St. John's 20 Virginia 21 San Diego 22 Northwestern 23 UC Santa Barbara 24 Michigan State 25 Xavier SoccerTimes.comRankTeam 1 Indiana 2 Maryland 3 Georgetown 4 North Carolina 5 Creighton 6 Connecticut 7 Notre Dame 8 Akron 9 Louisville 10 UCLA 11 New Mexico 12 Marquette 13 Tulsa 14t Saint Louis 14t Wake Forest 16 Coastal Carolina 17 Northwestern 18 San Diego 19 Syracuse 20 Charlotte 21 Brown 22 Washington 23 Virginia 24 St. John's 25 Xavier Top Drawer SoccerRankTeam 1 Indiana 2 Maryland 3 Georgetown 4 North Carolina 5 Connecticut 6 New Mexico 7 UCLA 8 Louisville 9 Marquette 10 Creighton 11 Akron 12 Wake Forest 13 Tulsa 14 Virginia 15 Michigan 16 Notre Dame 17 Coastal Carolina 18 Saint Louis 19 Northwestern 20 Stanford 21 Washington 22 Charlotte 23 VCU 24 Syracuse 25 Cornell College Sports MadnessRankTeam 1 Maryland 2 North Carolina 3 UCLA 4 Indiana 5 Georgetown 6 Creighton 7 Virginia 8 Wake Forest 9 Marquette 10 Notre Dame 11 Connecticut 12 Akron 13 St. Louis 14 Charlotte 15 Michigan 16 Tulsa 17 Northwestern 18 Coastal Carolina 19 New Mexico 20 St. John's 21 Stanford 22 Michigan State 23 Kentucky 24 VCU 25 Louisville
Regular season Standings
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.
Date Winner Score Loser August 30 @ California 2–0 #3 Georgetown August 30 @ Milwaukee 2–1 #12 Marquette September 1 @ California 3–2 (ot) #2 Maryland September 3 UNC Greensboro 1–0 @ #15 Charlotte September 5 Cal Poly 3–0 @ #6 UCLA September 6 @ #18 UAB 2–1 (ot) # 8 Indiana September 6 @ #23 St. John's 2–1 (2ot) #5 Akron September 7 Butler 1–0 @ #7 Louisville September 8 West Virginia 5–4 (2ot) @ #8 Indiana September 8 VCU 3–2 @ #13 Maryland September 11 @ Evansville 2–1 #6 Saint Louis September 13 #19 VCU 1–0 @ #7 Akron September 14 Bradley 1–0 @ #2 Connecticut September 15 @ William & Mary 3–2 (2ot) #1 Creighton September 15 ETSU 1–0 @ #8 UAB September 17 @ #24 Elon 1–0 #9 Wake Forest September 17 @ Syracuse 1–0 #12 Connecticut September 19 @ UC Irvine 3–0 #11 UCLA September 20 Drake 1–0 @ #14 New Mexico September 21 Coastal Carolina 1–0 @ #8 VCU September 24 William & Mary 1–0 @ #1 North Carolina September 28 Old Dominion 2–1 @ #15 Tulsa October 1 Delaware 1–0 (2 ot) @ #7 UMBC October 1 @ Fairleigh Dickenson 2–1 (ot) #14 St. John's October 2 @ #22 Saint Louis 1–0 #4 Creighton October 2 Bradley 3–2 (ot) @ #5 Northwestern October 5 Hartwick 2–0 @ #9 Akron October 5 Providence 1–0 @ #14 St. John's October 6 Michigan State 3–2 (2ot) @ #5 Northwestern October 11 UC Santa Barbara 2–1 @ #4 Cal State Northridge October 12 @ Marquette 1–0 #7 Creighton October 12 @ Xavier 2–1 #9 Georgetown October 12 Old Dominion 3–2 (ot) #10 UAB October 15 @ Michigan 1–0 #12 Creighton October 19 Villanova 1–0 @ #12 Creighton October 22 @ Charlotte 3–1 #14 Clemson October 23 @ Cincinnati 2–0 #6 Louisville October 23 @ Georgia State 2–0 #11 Furman October 25 San Diego 1–0 @ #1 California October 26 #23 Virginia 2–0 @ #2 Notre Dame October 26 UC Irvine 1–0 @ #5 Cal State Northridge October 29 @ Elon 2–1 #6 Coastal Carolina October 29 Georgia Southern 2–1 (ot) @ #14 Furman October 30 @ New Mexico 4–3 #10 UAB November 1 North Carolina 1–0 @ #15 Virginia November 2 @ St. John's 1–0 #5 Georgetown November 2 @ UNC Asheville 1–0 #6 Coastal Carolina November 2 @ Ohio State 1–0 (2ot) #9 Penn State November 2 UC Riverside 1–0 @ #13 Cal State Northridge November 2 Wofford 2–0 @ #14 Furman November 3 South Carolina 2–1 @ #10 UAB November 8 @ DePaul 2–1 #10 Marquette November 9 @ Rutgers 1–0 #7 Louisville November 13 @ Stanford 2–1 (ot) #5 California November 13 Northwestern 2–1 #13 Wisconsin November 13 @ Charlotte 2–1 #15 UAB November 15 Providence 0–0 (PKs) #7 Georgetown November 15 #25 Cal State Northridge 3–2 @ #10 UC Santa Barbara November 17 South Florida 0–0 (PKs) #11 UConn
Conference regular season and tournament winners