2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 59th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 25 and continued into the first weekend of November 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship and the four-team College Cup finals at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 8–10. There were 205 teams in men's Division I competition. The two-time defending champions, the Stanford Cardinal, won their third consecutive championship by downing the previously undefeated Indiana Hoosiers 1–0 in double overtime.
Changes from 2016
Coaching changes
New programs
The California Baptist Lancers have been approved to begin the transition from Division II to Division I and the Western Athletic Conference in 2018–19.Discontinued programs
discontinued men's soccer and three other sports in April 2017 for financial reasons.Conference realignment
- † = The SIU Edwardsville Cougars were initially announced as replacing Buffalo for 2018 and beyond, but less than a week after the first announcement, the timetable for SIU Edwardsville's entry was accelerated to 2017.
- The 2017 season will be the last for Belmont as an associate in Horizon League men's soccer. The team will join the Southern Conference for 2018 and beyond.
NCAA Top 10 Ranking
The ranking is to be based on the same criteria used to select and seed the 48 teams for the Division I Men's Soccer Championship, including strength of schedule, Rating Percentage Index, head-to-head competition, results versus common opponents, significant wins and losses, and locations of contests with additional input provided by the regional advisory committees.
Season overview
Pre-season polls
Regular season
The regular season will begin on August 25, 2017 and end in early November 2017.#1
Top 10 Ranking
On Sunday, October 29 during halftime of the nationally televised game between Indiana and Michigan State, the Division I Men's Soccer Committee announced its first-ever NCAA Top 10 Ranking.Conference standings
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.| Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
| September 1 | @ UNC Wilmington | 1–0 | #3 North Carolina |
| September 1 | Furman | 1–0 | @ #4 Denver |
| September 5 | Georgia State | 2–1 | @ #2 Wake Forest |
| September 8 | @ NC State | 1–0 | #3 Clemson |
| September 8 | @ UC Irvine | 1–0 | #9 Denver |
| September 9 | Tulsa | 2–0 | @ #1 Stanford |
| September 9 | @ Northeastern | 2–1 | #12 UMass Lowell |
| September 10 | @ Cal State Northridge | 2–0 | #9 Denver |
| September 12 | Cincinnati | 1–0 | @ #13 Kentucky |
| September 15 | #17 Louisville | 2–1 | @ #7 Syracuse |
| September 15 | @ Northern Illinois | 1–0 | #10 Omaha |
| September 15 | @ UC Santa Barbara | 1–0 | #14 Pacific |
| September 19 | Cornell | 1–0 | @ #7 Syracuse |
| September 19 | @ South Carolina | 1–0 | #15 Furman |
| September 22 | @ Virginia Tech | 2–1 | #1 Notre Dame |
| September 22 | Duke | 2–1 | @ #11 Syracuse |
| September 23 | @ Saint Louis | 2–0 | #5 Stanford |
| September 23 | Gardner–Webb | 5–4 | @ #13 Furman |
| September 27 | @ Akron | 4–1 | #4 Michigan State |
| September 29 | @ Portland | 4–1 | #9 Western Michigan |
| September 30 | @ UMBC | 1–0 | #12 New Hampshire |
| September 30 | @ Old Dominion | 2–0 | #13 Kentucky |
| September 30 | VCU | 1–0 | @ #15 UNC Wilmington |
| October 3 | Pittsburgh | 1–0 | @ #14 Columbia |
| October 11 | @ West Virginia | 1–0 | #6 Michigan State |
| October 11 | Charleston | 2–1 | @ #15 UNC Wilmington |
| October 13 | Pittsburgh | 1–0 | @ #7 Notre Dame |
| October 14 | @ James Madison | 2–0 | #15 UNC Wilmington |
| October 17 | Radford | 1–0 | @ #10 Virginia |
| October 20 | Coastal Carolina | 1–0 | @ #3 Maryland |
| October 21 | NC State | 3–2 | @ #5 Louisville |
| October 23 | VCU | 3–0 | @ #9 Maryland |
| October 28 | @ St. John's | 1–0 | #10 Georgetown |
| October 29 | #19 Michigan | 2–1 | @ #9 Maryland |
| November 5 | Ohio State | 2–1 | @ #8 Michigan State |
| November 5 | #21 Notre Dame | 2–1 | @ #3 North Carolina |
| November 10 | Charlotte | 3–1 @ Old Dominion | #8 FIU |
| November 10 | Wisconsin | 4–0 @ Grand Park | #10 Michigan |
| November 10 | San Jose State | 1–0 @ UNLV | #12 Air Force |
Conference winners and tournaments
Statistics
Individuals
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- Individual statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.
Teams
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- 'Team statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.
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Awards and honors
Hermann Trophy
- The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. Finalists:
- * Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
- * Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford
- * Grant Lillard, Indiana
Senior CLASS Award
- The Senior CLASS Award is presented each year to the most outstanding senior NCAA Division I. Finalists:
- * Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
- * Fraser Colmer, Radford
- * Jimmy Fiscus, Michigan State
- * Foster Langsdorf, Stanford
- * Wyatt Omsberg, Dartmouth
All-Americans
♦ = Additionally, the United Soccer Coaches named Western Michigan's Brandon Bye as the 2017 NCAA Men's Soccer Division I Scholar Player of the Year. .
Coaches
- United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year: Jeremy Gunn, Stanford