The 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 65th edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament that determined the national champion of 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The College Cup was played on December 8 and December 11 at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky and televised on ESPNU.

is the defending national champion. Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they lost to in the Second Round. Clemson went on to defeat Notre Dame in the final by a score of 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it was the third straight year that a team from the ACC won the title.

Qualification

Of the 211 Division I men's soccer programs, 202 were eligible to qualify for the tournament. Nine programs were ineligible due to the reclassification process. Twenty-one teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, two teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (the Pac-12 Conference and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 25 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

+Automatic BidsConferenceTeamDate qualifiedRecordAppearanceLast Bid ACC Clemson November 11 10–3–5 36th 2022 America East Bryant November 12 16–1–2 1st None American Charlotte November 12 12–3–1 17th 2021 ASUN Lipscomb November 11 10–3–4 5th 2022 Atlantic 10 Dayton November 12 7–6–6 5th 2015 Big East Xavier November 12 8–3–6 5th 2014 Big South High Point November 11 10–3–5 4th 2022 Big Ten Indiana November 12 12–4–4 48th 2022 Big West UC Irvine November 11 9–6–4 7th 2018 CAA Hofstra November 11 13–3–4 8th 2022 Horizon Green Bay November 11 10–3–5 3rd 2009 Ivy Yale November 12 10–5–3 8th 2019 MAAC Rider November 12 12–3–4 6th 2018 Missouri Valley Western Michigan November 11 15–1–3 4th 2022 Northeast LIU November 12 10–5–3 17th 2021 Ohio Valley SIU Edwardsville November 11 16–0–3 16th 2016 Pac-12 UCLA November 10 9–3–5 48th 2022 Patriot Boston University November 11 12–3–4 16th 2015 SoCon Mercer November 12 7–5–8 6th 2021 Summit Omaha November 11 8–7–4 3rd 2020 Sun Belt Marshall November 12 17–2–0 5th 2022 West Coast San Diego November 10 11–4–3 16th 2022 WAC Cal Baptist November 11 9–5–4 2nd 2022

+At-Large Bids ConferenceTeamRecordAppearanceLast Bid Summit Denver 10–2–5 13th 2022 ACC Duke 11–3–3 30th 2022 American FIU 9–4–4 13th 2022 Big East Georgetown 12–2–3 14th 2022 Sun Belt James Madison 8–4–5 16th 2020 Sun Belt Kentucky 7–7–4 14th 2022 ACC Louisville 11–5–3 15th 2022 West Coast Loyola Marymount 7–4–6 9th 2020 American Memphis 10–5–2 4th 2022 Missouri Valley Missouri State 11–3–3 8th 2022 America East New Hampshire 12–2–4 8th 2022 ACC North Carolina 10–3–6 30th 2022 ACC Notre Dame 11–2–4 24th 2021 Pac-12 Oregon State 7–5–5 8th 2022 ACC Pittsburgh 6–6–4 7th 2022 West Coast Portland 12–4–0 19th 2022 WAC Seattle 12–3–3 6th 2021 American SMU 13–2–2 35th 2022 Pac-12 Stanford 9–3–5 21st 2022 ACC Syracuse 8–4–7 9th 2022 Sun Belt UCF 10–3–2 9th 2020 America East Vermont 11–5–2 13th 2022 ACC Virginia 10–3–4 43rd 2022 ACC Wake Forest 11–2–5 27th 2022 Sun Belt West Virginia 14–2–4 16th 2021

Seeded teams The top 16 teams are seeded and earn a bye to the second round of the tournament. Seeded teams Seed School Conference Record Berth type United SoccerCoachesranking RPI ranking1MarshallSun Belt17–2–0Automatic1st1st2Notre DameACC11–2–4At-Large4th3rd3North CarolinaACC10–3–6At-Large7th5th4GeorgetownBig East12–2–3At-Large3rd2nd5West VirginiaSun Belt14–2–4At-Large5th6th6SMUAmerican13–2–2At-Large2nd4th7VirginiaACC10–3–4At-Large11th9th8New HampshireAmerica East12–2–4At-Large10th7th9ClemsonACC10–3–5Automatic14th17th10Wake ForestACC11–2–5At-Large6th15th11PortlandWest Coast12–4–0At-Large13th10th12UCFSun Belt10–3–2At-Large12th12th13UCLAPac-129–3–5Automatic21st18th14HofstraCAA13–3–4Automatic17th8th15DukeACC11–3–3At-Large8th20th16StanfordPac-129–3–5At-Large22nd19th

Bracket The bracket was announced on Monday, November 13, 2023. First round games will be played on November 16 at campus sites.

Region 1

Host Institution*

Region 2

Host Institution*

Region 3

Host Institution*

Region 4

Host Institution*

2023 Men's College Cup

Results First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Men's College Cup Semifinals

Men's College Cup Final

Records by conference ConferenceBidsRecordPct.R32R16E8F4CGNCACC911–8–3843221Pac-1235–3–03221––Sun Belt56–5–05311––WCC34–2–1211–––Big Ten13–0–1111–––America East33–3–022––––American44–4–041––––Missouri Valley23–2–021––––CAA11–1–011––––Big East20–1–01–––––Summit21–2–01–––––WAC21–2–01–––––Ivy11–1–01––––– Others110–10–1––––––

The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively. The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: ASUN, Atlantic 10, Big South, Big West, Horizon, MAAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, and SoCon. The conference's records have been consolidated in the other row.

Statistics Goalscorers

See also 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Notes

References

External links Bracket