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2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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.

Conference realignment

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

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.

Conference standings

Postseason

Conference winners and tournaments

Awards and honors

TopDrawerSoccer.com Player/Team of the Week

  • Bold denotes TDS Player of the Week.

Major player of the year awards

Other major awards

Conference players and coaches of the year

See also

References