The 2018 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd consecutive competition of men's college soccer in the Western Athletic Conference under the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The season will feature twelve teams, where five are affiliate members of the conference. Air Force, San Jose State, and UNLV will compete from the Mountain West Conference, while Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word come from the Southland Conference. Colleges in the WAC will begin competition on August 24, 2018, and conclude on November 9, 2018 after the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Prior to the NCAA Division I Tournament Championship, there will be a postseason conference tournament held in Seattle, Washington at the Championship Field, where the winner is guaranteed to represent the WAC in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The California Baptist Lancers are ineligible for postseason as they are in transition to the NCAA Division I level. Chicago State and New Mexico State have defunct programs in this season.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released Hermann Trophy Air Force Tucker Bone Forward Senior Seattle Nathan Aune Defender Senior
Media poll
Team
1 Seattle 119 (9) 2 UNLV 105 3 Air Force 104 (3) 4 San Jose State 84 5 Utah Valley 79 6 Grand Canyon 75 7 CSU Bakersfield 55 8 UTRGV 49 9 UMKC 38 10 California Baptist 30 11 Houston Baptist 28 12 Incarnate Word 26
Individual
Tucker Bone Senior Forward Air Force Austin Dewing Senior Forward Air Force Marco Gonzalez Sophomore Forward UNLV Josh Drack Sophomore Midfielder Grand Canyon Timo Mehlich Junior Midfielder UNLV Sergio Rivas Senior Midfielder Seattle Nathan Aune Senior Defender Seattle Anthony Ayala Senior Defender Seattle Adam Musovski Senior Defender UNLV Andy Rios Senior Defender San Jose State Josh Adachi Senior Goalkeeper Seattle
Rankings
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week Selected for NCAA Tournament Key: No. – Ranking, RV – Received votes, NR – Not ranked
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalAir Force RV NR RV California Baptist NR NR NR CSU Bakersfield NR NR NR Grand Canyon RV RV 24 Houston Baptist NR NR NR Incarnate Word NR NR NR San Jose State NR NR NR Seattle 22 NR NR UMKC NR NR NR UNLV NR NR RV UTRGV NR NR NR Utah Valley NR NR NR
Matches
Note: Results updated after the last game of each day in WAC competition, and games are added/updated weekly after each rankings release Rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll
Non–conference
Records against other conferences
Note: Conferences eligible for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship only
America East 0–0 American 0–0 Atlantic 10 0–0 ACC 0–0 Atlantic Sun 0–0 Big East 0–0 Big South 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 0–0 C–USA 0–0 Horizon 0–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 0–0 MAC 0–0 Missouri Valley 0–0 Northeast 0–0 Pac–12 0–0 Patriot 0–0 Southern 0–0 Summit 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 WCC 0–0
References