The 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 67th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The season began on August 21, 2025, concluded on December 15, 2025. Vermont were the defending national champion.
The Washington Huskies defeated the NC State Wolfpack, 3–2, in extra time in the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game. It was Washington's first ever National Championship.
Changes from 2024 Coaching changes The following coaching changes have occurred during the 2024–25 offseason. Program Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment References Air Force Doug Hill Retired July 24, 2024 Greg Dalby January 13, 2025 Central Arkansas Frank Kohlenstein Retired December 3, 2024 Kyle Segebart December 3, 2024 Coastal Carolina Shaun Docking Retired August 13, 2025 Chris Fidler August 13, 2025 Eastern Illinois Josh Oakley Resigned February 11, 2025 Ruy Vaz February 14, 2025 Florida Gulf Coast Jesse Cormier Contract not renewed December 2, 2024 Oliver Twelvetrees January 23, 2025 Gonzaga Aaron Lewis Resigned December 5, 2024 Chris McGaughey (Interim) December 5, 2024 Manhattan Jorden Scott Associate Director of Athletics June 19, 2025 Tom Giovatto July 10, 2025 Oregon State Greg Dalby Hired by Air Force January 13, 2025 Jarred Brookins February 13, 2025 Saint Joseph's Don D'Ambra Mutually Agreed to Part Ways November 4, 2024 Tim Mulqueen December 9, 2024 St. Bonaventure Kwame Oduro Resigned February 24, 2025 Mick Giordano April 2, 2025 UNC Asheville Mick Giordano Hired by St. Bonaventure April 2, 2025 Danny Frid May 6, 2025 USC Upstate Scott Halkett Contract not renewed November 8, 2024 Michael Antoniewicz December 13, 2024 Wofford Joel Tyson Hired by NC State January 23, 2025 Ryan Osborne March 5, 2025
Conference realignment
Team Conference in 2024 Conference in 2025 Delaware CAA Summit League Missouri State MVC American New Haven NE-10 (D-II) NEC Seattle WAC WCC UMass Atlantic 10 Summit League UTRGV WAC Independent
Team Conference in 2025 Conference in 2026 Air Force WAC MW Cal Poly Big West Pac-12 California Baptist WAC Pac-12 Denver Summit WCC Grand Canyon WAC MW Gonzaga WCC Pac-12 Liberty OVC SoCon Northern Illinois MVC Horizon Oregon State WCC Pac-12 Saint Francis NEC PAC (D-III) San Diego State WAC Pac-12 San Jose State WAC MW UC Davis Big West MW UC Riverside Big West Pac-12 UC San Diego Big West Pac-12 UNLV WAC MW UTRGV Independent OVC Utah Tech WAC MW Utah Valley WAC Big West
New programs
On May 6, the Northeast Conference announced that New Haven of the Division II Northeast-10 Conference had accepted an invitation to join the conference and begin the transition to Division I. The Chargers started play in the NEC this year, and will become full Division I members in the 2028–29 season.
Other news February 27 – The Horizon League announced that Northern Illinois, which had been a Horizon member from 1991–1994, would rejoin as a full member in 2026. Men's soccer will move from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). March 19 – The Big West Conference announced that California Baptist would join from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2026. March 25 – Saint Francis announced that its athletic programs would move to Division III at the conclusion of the 2025–26 academic year, and join the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). April 25 – The University of Kentucky (UK) board of trustees approved a proposal to transfer the UK athletic program to a separate though related non-profit company known as Champions Blue, LLC. Both UK and outside media characterized the move, believed to be the first of its type by a major university, as a reaction to the then-impending settlement of the House v. NCAA legal case, which ultimately led to a formal revenue-sharing arrangement between athletic programs and student-athletes. April 29 – The Southern Conference (SoCon) announced that current Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) affiliate Liberty would become a SoCon affiliate in 2026. April 30 – The OVC announced that UTRGV would become an OVC affiliate in 2026, after a single season as a men's soccer independent. June 4 – The Big West announced that Utah Valley would join from the WAC in 2026. June 26 – The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and WAC announced announced a strategic alliance under which the WAC will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference (UAC) in 2026. At that time, the WAC will rebrand as the UAC, with its future full membership consisting of all ASUN and WAC members that offer football scholarships plus non-football UT Arlington. The full ASUN membership going forward will consist of schools that either do not sponsor football or do not offer football scholarships. July 21 – The American Athletic Conference announced a name change to the American Conference as part of a comprehensive rebranding strategy. The conference no longer uses an initialism, opting for "American" as its short form. September 3 – The West Coast Conference (WCC) announced that UC San Diego would join from the Big West Conference in 2027. October 2 – The Northeast Conference adopted its longstanding abbreviation of NEC as its official name.\ October 29 – The Mountain West Conference (MW) announced it would sponsor men's soccer in the 2026 season. The inaugural lineup is: Current full members Air Force, Grand Canyon, San Jose State, and UNLV, all of which are moving men's soccer from the WAC. Incoming full member UC Davis, arriving from the Big West. Incoming affiliate Utah Tech, also moving men's soccer from the WAC. October 31 – The WCC announced that Denver would join from the Summit League in 2026.
Rankings
Preseason polls United Soccer CoachesRankTeam 1 2 3 4 5 SMU 6 Wake Forest 7 Pittsburgh 8 9 Clemson 10 11 12 13 Stanford 14 NC State 15 Duke 16 17 Virginia 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Top Drawer SoccerRankTeam 1 2 Wake Forest 3 4 5 Pittsburgh 6 7 SMU 8 9 10 Stanford 11 Clemson 12 13 14 15 Duke 16 17 Virginia 18 19 NC State 20 21 22 23 24 25 College Soccer NewsRankTeam 1 2 3 4 Wake Forest 5 Pittsburgh 6 SMU 7 Clemson 8 9 10 Stanford 11 12 13 Duke 14 15 16 NC State 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Regular season
Major upsets In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by an unranked team that defeats a ranked team, or a team ranked 10 spots lower than the other team.
All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Home team is shown in italics.
Date Winner Score Loser August 21 Virginia Tech 1–0 3 August 24 5 SMU August 28 4–1 11 Virginia 1–0 14 3–2 21 2–1 17 August 29 1–0 3 Pittsburgh September 1 2–0 15 North Carolina September 4 5–0 19 Florida Atlantic September 5 Louisville 1–0 1 Stanford September 6 20 UMass September 9 2–1 2 Clemson September 12 4–1 7 September 13 3–2 1 13 1–0 3 Virginia 6 Louisville 2–1 11 September 14 1–0 14 Virginia Tech September 16 14 Clemson College of Charleston 15 Furman September 19 Virginia 6–3 1 3–1 10 Akron Notre Dame 3–0 12 Louisville September 22 2–0 20 September 23 1–0 3 Indiana Akron 3–0 8 Saint Louis Georgetown 5–2 25 George Mason September 26 Michigan State 2–1 5 Michigan Clemson 4–3 13 Wake Forest September 27 SMU 2–0 21 Notre Dame 2–1 22 UConn 3–2 24 September 28 19 2–1 4 October 1 5–1 17 October 3 3–0 12 Indiana 2–1 19 Akron October 4 2–1 10 UNC Greensboro 2–1 17 Marist October 7 Denver 2–1 14 Georgetown October 8 23 UNC Greensboro 2–0 5 VCU 2–1 24 George Mason October 10 3–0 11 Georgia Southern October 11 2–0 25 SMU October 15 2–1 17 North Carolina October 17 Clemson 3–0 10 1–0 22 Florida Atlantic October 18 2–1 3 October 24 1–0 24 Charlotte October 25 1–0 5 Furman 2–0 18 UNC Greensboro Syracuse 1–0 22 North Carolina October 26 25 10 West Virginia October 31 1 Stanford 2–0 17 Indiana November 7 4–2 15 Washington UConn 2–1 21 November 9 Syracuse 3–0 5 SMU 1–0 7 Stanford 2–1 22 November 12 UCLA 2–0 1 UCF 1–0 18 Kentucky November 13 UConn 2–1 19 Akron November 15 Denver 4–2 25
Conference standings
Postseason
Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular Season Champion(s)Tournament WinnerConference TournamentTournamentDatesTournament Venue (City) ACC 2025 tournament November 5–17 First Round and Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedSemifinals and Final: WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina America East 2025 tournament November 8–16 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed American & 2025 tournament November 7–15 Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedSemifinals and final: Hosted by regular-season champion ASUN Gold – 2025 tournament November 8–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Graphite – Atlantic 10 2025 tournament November 7–16 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Big East East – 2025 tournament November 13–16 Maryland SoccerPlex • Boyds, Maryland Midwest – Big South 2025 tournament November 5–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Big Ten 2025 tournament November 12–16 Ludwig Field • College Park, Maryland Big West , , & 2025 tournament November 5–14 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed CAA North – 2025 tournament November 6–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed South – Horizon 2025 tournament November 9–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Ivy 2025 tournament November 14–16 Campus sites, hosted by No. 1 seed MAAC 2025 tournament November 9–16 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Missouri Valley , & 2025 tournament November 9–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed NEC 2025 tournament November 13–16 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed OVC 2025 tournament November 9–15 Harlen C. Hunter Stadium • St. Charles, Missouri Patriot 2025 tournament November 8–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed SoCon 2025 tournament November 7–16 Quarterfinals and semifinals: Campus sites, hosted by top two seedsFinal: Hosted by top remaining seed The Summit & 2025 tournament November 9–15 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Sun Belt 2025 tournament November 9–16 Quarterfinals and semifinals: Campus sites, hosted by top two seedsFinal: Hosted by top remaining seed WAC 2025 tournament November 9–15 CBU Soccer Stadium • Riverside, California WCC No tournament
Awards and honors TopDrawerSoccer.com Player/Team of the Week Bold denotes TDS Player of the Week.