The 2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 34th season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
Indiana and Ohio State were the defending regular season co-champions, while Ohio State was the defending Big East Conference men's soccer tournament champion.
The regular season for the 2025 season was won by Maryland, who won their 26th-ever regular season conference championship, and their fifth-ever Big Ten regular season title. UCLA went on to win the 2025 Big Ten Conference men's soccer tournament, making it UCLA's first-ever Big Ten tournament title for men's soccer.
Big Ten regular season runners-up, Washington won the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game, giving Washington their first ever men's soccer national title.
Previous season
Rutgers won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament for the first time in program history, and won their first conference tournament championship since 1997. 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.
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. Maryland and Ohio State reached the second round of the tournament before being eliminated, while Rutgers was eliminated in the first round. Indiana reached their NCAA-record 17th NCAA National Championship game, but lost in penalty kicks to Syracuse in the final.
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.
Teams Stadiums and locations 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
Head coaches TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordBig Ten recordBig Ten titlesBig Ten tournament titlesNCAA tournamentsNCAA College CupsNCAA ChampionshipsIndianaTodd Yeagley16551641Maryland32332993MichiganChaka DaleyProvidence1410400Michigan StateDamon Rensing1801810NorthwesternRussell Payne500000Ohio StateBrian Maisonneuve800000Penn StateJeff CookBethlehem Steel800000RutgersJim McElderryFordham700000UCLARyan JordenPacific700000WashingtonJamie ClarkCreighton1500000WisconsinNeil Jones400000 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.
Coaching changes There were no head coaching changes during the 2024–25 offseason.
Preseason Recruiting classes + Rankings Team TopDrawer Soccer Prep Soccer SigneesIndiana 8 24 4Maryland 3 5 6Michigan 30 16 8Michigan State 16 15 8Northwestern 46 41 7Ohio State 9 9 8Penn State 33 35 6Rutgers 30 40 7UCLA 1 2 17Washington 17 21 7Wisconsin 20 17 9 Note: College Soccer News did not release a recruiting rankings for the 2025 season.
Preseason poll Big Ten preseason poll 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
Preseason national polls UnitedSoccer CSN Top DrawerSoccerIndiana 11 12 18Maryland Michigan Michigan State Northwestern Ohio State 3 9 4Penn State Rutgers UCLA 24 Washington 25 Wisconsin
Preseason players to watch Defensive Players to Watch Egor Akulov DF Sr. Washington Drew Brown DF Sr. UCLA Nick Collins DF Jr. Rutgers Luca Costabile DF Sr. Maryland Ciaran Dalton GK Sr. Rutgers Matisse Hébert GK So. Wisconsin Ellis Jones DF Jr. Wisconsin Zac Kelly GK Sr. Michigan State Josh Maher DF So. Indiana Nolan Miller DF Sr. Michigan Brandon Munson DF So. Michigan State Nigel Prince DF Sr. Northwestern Fritz Volmar DF Jr. Northwestern Midfielders to Watch Malick Daouda So. Penn State Leon Koehl Jr. MarylandJason Gajadhar Sr. Northwestern Thomas Gilej Jr. Ohio StateCaden Grabfelder Jr. Penn StateMiles Merritt Jr. Michigan State Collins Oduro Jr. Indiana Luciano Pechota Sr. Ohio State Tamir Ratoviz So. UCLA Joschi Schelb Jr. Rutgers Matthew Zachemski So. Wisconsin Forwards to Watch Richie Aman Sr. Washington Palmer Ault Sr. Indiana Marko Borkovic Sr. Ohio State Charlie Kosakoff Jr. Washington Sadam Masereka Sr. Maryland Raymundo Mendez Gr. Michigan Kai Phillip Gr. Penn State Shuma Sasaki Gr. Michigan Sergi Solans Ormo So. UCLA
Hermann Trophy
The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 21, 2025. Three Big Ten players were selected the preseason watchlist.
Player Class Position School Indiana Ohio State UCLA
Regular season Home team listed second, Big Ten team listed in bold. Index to colors and formattingB1G member wonB1G member lostB1G member tiedB1G teams in bold Week 1 (Aug. 19 – Aug. 25)
Week 2 (Aug. 26 – Sep. 1)
Week 3 (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)
Week 4 (Sep. 9 – Sep. 15)
Week 5 (Sep. 16 – Sep. 22)
Week 6 (Sep. 23 – Sep. 29)
Week 7 (Sep. 30 – Oct. 6)
Week 8 (Oct. 7 – Oct. 13)
Rankings
National rankings
+ 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 252017 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 USC3—RV—————————— Not released— TDS41716—————————————— CSN9131625————————— Not released— Penn State USC————————————— Not released— TDS————————————————— CSN——RV—————————— Not released— Rutgers USC———————1813———— Not released— TDS———————1816———————— CSN——RV————RV2124——— Not released— UCLA USCRV———————————— Not released— TDS—————————————14——— CSN24RV——————————— Not releasedRV Washington USCRV——————222117141523 Not released1 (6) TDS———————212020141621241271 CSN25RV—————RV2520141621 Not releasedRV Wisconsin USC————————————— Not released— TDS————————————————— CSN————————————— Not released—
Regional rankings - USC North Region + 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 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Indiana 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 2Maryland — 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Michigan 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 4 3 4 3 3Michigan State 5 — — — — 5 8 8 — — — —Northwestern 4 7 7 7 5 9 9 7 6 7 6 7Ohio State — 6 9 — — — — — — — — —Penn State — — — — — — — — — — — —Rutgers 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 3 5 5 5 6UCLA — — — — — — — — — — — 5Washington — — — 6 8 7 4 5 4 2 2 4Wisconsin —9 10 — — — — — — — — —
Postseason B1G Tournament
All-Tournament team Source: Player Team Tristen Rose Chris Steinleitner Nicholas Cassiday Matthew Fisher Mitar Mitrovich Konstantinos Georgallides Ander Marticorena Shakir Nixon Sergi Solans Ormo (MOP) Joe Dale Connor Lofy
NCAA Tournament
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 T 1–1 (W 4–3 p) vs. North Carolina – (College Park) W 3–0 vs. UConn – (College Park) L 1–3 Washington – (College Park) — — 6 Princeton L 0–1 vs. Saint Louis – (Bloomington) — — — — Vermont L 0–1 vs. Grand Canyon – (Los Angeles) — — — — — Maryland W 3–2 at Oregon State – (Corvallis) W 1–0 at SMU – (Dallas) W 1–0 at Stanford – (Palo Alto) W 3–1 at Maryland – (College Park) W 3–1 Furman – (Cary) W 3–2 NC State – (Cary) Princeton L 0–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Ann Arbor) — — — — —W–L–D (%): Total:
Player statistics
Goals
RankPlayerCollegeGoals 1 Palmer AultIndiana 16 Sergi SolansUCLA3 Charlie KosakoffWashington114 Sadam MaserekaMaryland95 Zach RamseyWashington8 6 Stephane NjikeMaryland 7 Joschi SchelbRutgers8 Grayson ElmquistMichigan6
Assists RankPlayerCollegeAssists1 Richie AmanWashington142 Philip NaefUCLA113 Palmer AultIndiana104 Zach RamseyWashington8 Alex HallWashington Albi NdrenikaMaryland 7 Charlie KosakoffWashington 7 Stephane NjikeMaryland Joseph PicottoMaryland 10 Sergi SolansUCLA 6 Rocket RitaritaMaryland Collins OduroIndiana Thomas RaimbaultWisconsin Alejandro SantamariaNorthwestern Ander MarticorenaUCLA
Points Two points for a goal, one point for an assist. RankPlayerCollegePoints1 Palmer AultIndiana422 Sergi SolansUCLA383 Charlie KosakoffWashington294 Zach RamseyWashington245 Sadam MaserekaMaryland236 Richie AmanWashington227 Stephane NjikeMaryland218 Joschi SchelbRutgers18 Alex HallWashington10 Albi NdrenikaMaryland16
Awards and honors Player of the week honors 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) Jacopo Fedrizzi Indiana Fritz Volmar Northwestern Laurin Mack Maryland Aaron O'Reilly Northwestern Week 2 (Sep. 2) Palmer Ault Indiana Nick McHenry Ohio State Holden Brown Indiana Luke Spadafora Michigan State Joschi Schelb Rutgers Week 3 (Sep. 9) Collins Oduro Indiana Breckin Minzey Indiana Holden Brown Indiana Rocket Ritarita Maryland Week 4 (Sep. 16) Charlie Kosakoff Washington Nick McHenry Ohio State Ciaran Dalton Rutgers Kyle Pierson Michigan Week 4 (Sep. 23) Palmer Ault Indiana Josh Maher Indiana Isaiah Goldson Michigan Aaron Hurge Ohio State Week 5 (Sep. 30) Richie Aman Washington Harrison Bertos Washington Zac Kelly Michigan State Peter Soudan Michigan State Week 6 (Oct. 7) Alex Hall Washington Asher Hestad Washington Matisse Hebert Wisconsin Jonathan Evans Penn State Week 7 (Oct. 14) Leon Koehl Maryland Nick Collins Rutgers Laurin Mack Maryland Andrew Nohnson Northwestern Week 8 (Oct. 21) Palmer Ault Indiana Tristen Rose Maryland Laurin Mack Maryland Judewellin Michel Indiana Week 9 (Oct. 28) Sergi Solans Ormo UCLA Egor Akulov Washington Jadon Bowton Washington Ander Marticorena UCLA Week 10 (Nov. 4) Albi Ndrenika Maryland Lasse Kelp Maryland Rafael Ponce de Leon Northwestern Aaron O’Reilly NorthwesternWeek 11 (Nov. 11) Sadam Masereka MarylandAndrew JoshnsonNorthwesternJonathan EvansPenn StateColton SwanIndiana Sergi Solans Ormo UCLA
Postseason honors Unanimous selections in bold. 2025 Big Ten Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearPalmer Ault, IndianaMidfielder of the YearRichie Aman, WashingtonDefensive Player of the YearLasse Kelp, MarylandGoalkeeper of the YearLaurin Mack, MarylandCoach of the YearSasho Cirovski, MarylandFreshman of the YearPeter Soudan, Michigan State