# 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

| Program | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| Buffalo Program terminated on April 3 | Stu Riddle | Hired by Northern Kentucky | January 9, 2017 | Davie Carmichael | January 31, 2017 |
| Cleveland State | Ali Kazemaini | Resigned | November 5, 2016 | Kirk Harwat | October 27, 2016, effective November 6, 2016 |
| Elon | Chris Little | Hired by Seattle Sounders FC Academy | February 7, 2017 | Marc Reeves | February 22, 2017 |
| Florida Atlantic | Kos Donev | Was not announced | Was not announced | Joey Worthen | February 14, 2017 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | Bob Butehorn | Hired by South Florida | December 18, 2016 | Jesse Cormier | January 23, 2017 |
| Florida International (FIU) | Scott Calabrese | Hired by Central Florida | December 6, 2016 | Kevin Nylen | December 16, 2016 |
| Houston Baptist | Steve Jones | Was not announced | Was not announced | Ryan Pratt | June 13, 2017 |
| Marshall | Bob Gray | Retired | November 11, 2016 | Chris Grassie | January 10, 2017 |
| Mount St. Mary's | Program dormant since 2012 | Will return in 2018 | August 26, 2016 | Bryan Cunningham | January 13, 2017 |
| NC State | Kelly Findley | Not Retained/To Sporting Kansas City Academy | November 22, 2016 | George Kiefer | November 22, 2016 |
| Northern Illinois (NIU) | Eric Luzzi | Was not announced | Was not announced | Ryan Swan | January 23, 2017 |
| Northern Kentucky | John Basalyga | Retired | December 6, 2016 | Stu Riddle | January 9, 2017 |
| Radford | Marc Reeves | Hired by Elon | February 22, 2017 | Bryheem Hancock | March 28, 2017 |
| South Florida | George Kiefer | Hired by NC State | November 22, 2016 | Bob Butehorn | December 18, 2016 |
| Stetson | Jared Vock | Interim not retained | December 21, 2016 | Kyle Gookins | December 22, 2016 |
| UC Irvine | Chris Volk | Not Retained | January 19, 2017 | Yossi Raz | January 19, 2017 |
| USC Upstate | Greg Hooks | Retired | July 20, 2017 | Scott Halkett | July 20, 2017 |
| Central Florida (UCF) | Bryan Cunningham | Not Retained/To Mount St. Mary's | November 15, 2016 | Scott Calabrese | December 6, 2016 |
| Vermont | Jesse Cormier | Hired by FGCU | January 23, 2017 | Rob Dow | February 17, 2017 |

### 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

Buffalo discontinued men's soccer and three other sports in April 2017 for financial reasons.

### Conference realignment

| School | Previous Conference | New Conference |
| SIU Edwardsville † | Missouri Valley Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Valparaiso | Horizon League | Missouri Valley Conference |
| IUPUI | Summit League | Horizon League |
* † = 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

On October 11, the NCAA announced that, for the first time, the Division I Men's Soccer Committee would announce a Top 10 Ranking well ahead of the announcement of the tournament field and seeding. The announcement was scheduled for Sunday, October 29 during halftime of the nationally televised game between Indiana and Michigan State and is to designed give the public a sneak peek of the committee's thought process. Bill Wnek, chair of the committee and associate director of athletics at Loyola Maryland stated that, “With 75 percent of the season complete by that point, this will be a great exercise for our committee as we prepare for selection Monday.”
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

United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Wake Forest |
| 3 | Denver |
| 4 | North Carolina |
| 5 | Clemson |
| 6 | Maryland |
| 7 | Indiana |
| 8 | Syracuse |
| 9 | Louisville |
| 10 | Notre Dame |
| 11 | Washington |
| 12 | Providence |
| 13 | Virginia |
| 14 | Creighton |
| 15 | Charlotte |
| 16 | Akron |
| 17 | Virginia Tech |
| 18 | UMass Lowell |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina |
| 20 | New Mexico |
| 21 | UCLA |
| 22 | Michigan State |
| 23 | FGCU |
| 24 | Connecticut |
| 25 | Butler |
College Soccer News :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Wake Forest |
| 3 | Maryland |
| 4 | Denver |
| 5 | North Carolina |
| 6 | Clemson |
| 7 | Louisville |
| 8 | Virginia Tech |
| 9 | Providence |
| 10 | Virginia |
| 11 | Indiana |
| 12 | Syracuse |
| 13 | Washington |
| 14 | Creighton |
| 15 | FGCU |
| 16 | Charlotte |
| 17 | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Akron |
| 19 | Albany |
| 20 | Butler |
| 21 | SIU Edwardsville |
| 22 | Loyola-Chicago |
| 23 | Michigan State |
| 24 | Portland |
| 25 | Wisconsin |
| 26 | New Mexico |
| 27 | Coastal Carolina |
| 28 | UMass Lowell |
| 29 | Connecticut |
| 30 | Pacific |
Soccer America :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Maryland |
| 3 | North Carolina |
| 4 | Indiana |
| 5 | Wake Forest |
| 6 | Clemson |
| 7 | Denver |
| 8 | Virginia |
| 9 | Notre Dame |
| 10 | Louisville |
| 11 | Syracuse |
| 12 | Providence |
| 13 | Akron |
| 14 | Washington |
| 15 | UCLA |
| 16 | Creighton |
| 17 | Charlotte |
| 18 | Connecticut |
| 19 | Pacific |
| 20 | Utah Valley |
| 21 | UMass Lowell |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina |
| 23 | Portland |
| 24 | Virginia Tech |
| 25 | FGCU |
Top Drawer Soccer :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Maryland |
| 3 | Wake Forest |
| 4 | North Carolina |
| 5 | Indiana |
| 6 | Denver |
| 7 | Syracuse |
| 8 | Clemson |
| 9 | Creighton |
| 10 | UMass Lowell |
| 11 | Providence |
| 12 | Louisville |
| 13 | Akron |
| 14 | Virginia |
| 15 | Portland |
| 16 | Utah Valley |
| 17 | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Washington |
| 19 | New Mexico |
| 20 | Virginia Tech |
| 21 | Loyola-Chicago |
| 22 | FGCU |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina |
| 24 | Butler |
| 25 | Charlotte |
Hero Sports :
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Stanford |
| 2 | Wake Forest |
| 3 | North Carolina |
| 4 | Syracuse |
| 5 | Clemson |
| 6 | Louisville |
| 7 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Maryland |
| 9 | Washington |
| 10 | Creighton |
| 11 | Virginia |
| 12 | Butler |
| 13 | Providence |
| 14 | UCLA |
| 15 | Virginia Tech |
| 16 | Indiana |
| 17 | Charlotte |
| 18 | Denver |
| 19 | San Diego State |
| 20 | Akron |
| 21 | Portland |
| 22 | FGCU |
| 23 | Wisconsin |
| 24 | Oregon State |
| 25 | Albany |
| 26 | Harvard |
| 27 | UMass Lowell |
| 28 | Loyola-Chicago |
| 29 | Pacific |
| 30 | New Mexico |

## Regular season

The regular season will begin on August 25, 2017 and end in early November 2017.

### #1

Weekly United Soccer Coaches #1 ranked team :
| Date | Team | Date | Team | Date | Team | Date | Team |
| August 3 (preseason) | Stanford | None until after season starts | None until after season starts | August 29 | Stanford | September 5 | Stanford |
| September 12 | Indiana | September 19 | Notre Dame | September 26 | Indiana | October 3 | Indiana |
| October 10 | Indiana | October 17 | Indiana | October 24 | Wake Forest | October 31 | Wake Forest |
| November 7 | Wake Forest | November 14 | Wake Forest | None until after tournament | None until after tournament | December 12 | Stanford |

### 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. (See details above.)
2) Indiana (13-0-3)
3) North Carolina (13-2-1)
4) Clemson (11-3-0)
5) Michigan State (11-2-2)
6) Duke (10-3-2)
7) Notre Dame (9-4-2)
8) Western Michigan (13-2-1)
9) Georgetown (11-2-1)
10) Akron (10-3-1)

### Conference standings

2017 America East Conference men's soccer standings :
| 2017 America East Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Vermont 5 –1 –110 –8 –1 UMass Lowell 5 –2 –010 –7 –1 Albany ‡ 4 –2 –114 –5 –3 No. 14 New Hampshire + 4 –2 –113 –4 –5 UMBC 2 –4 –17 –6 –5 Stony Brook 1 –3 –37 –6 –5 Binghamton 1 –4 –25 –10 –3 Hartford 1 –5 –15 –10 –3 ‡ – 2017 Am. East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA tournamentAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 8 SMU ‡ 5 –1 –117 –3 –1 UCF 4 –2 –18 –6 –2 Connecticut 4 –3 –08 –8 –2 Temple 4 –3 –09 –8 –1 South Florida 3 –2 –26 –6 –4 Tulsa 3 –4 –06 –8 –1 Memphis 2 –3 –24 –8 –4 Cincinnati 0 –7 –07 –9 –1 ‡ – 2017 American Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T UMass ‡ 6 –1 –115 –4 –3 VCU + 6 –2 –013 –7 –0 George Washington 6 –2 –09 –7 –2 Dayton 6 –2 –09 –8 –2 No. 11 Fordham + 5 –2 –114 –6 –3 Rhode Island 4 –3 –110 –6 –3 St. Bonaventure 4 –4 –08 –9 –2 Saint Louis 4 –4 –07 –9 –1 Davidson 3 –4 –18 –7 –2 LaSalle 3 –5 –08 –9 –1 Saint Joseph's 1 –6 –13 –11 –4 Duquesne 1 –7 –03 –13 –1 George Mason 0 –7 –15 –9 –2 ‡ – 2017 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 ACC men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Atlantic No. 5 Wake Forest ‡ 7 –0 –119 –2 –2 No. 7 Louisville + 5 –2 –113 –2 –5 No. 17 Clemson + 4 –4 –012 –6 –1 NC State + 3 –3 –28 –6 –4 Boston College 1 –6 –16 –10 –1 Syracuse 0 –6 –26 –8 –4 Coastal No. 4 North Carolina + 6 –1 –117 –4 –1 No. 13 Duke + 4 –3 –113 –4 –3 No. 19 Virginia + 3 –2 –313 –4 –5 No. 18 Notre Dame + 3 –3 –211 –7 –2 Virginia Tech + 3 –5 –010 –10 –0 Pittsburgh 2 –6 –08 –10 –0 ‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Stetson 4 –0 –27 –7 –2 Florida Gulf Coast 4 –1 –18 –6 –3 NJIT 3 –2 –18 –7 –4 North Florida 2 –3 –13 –10 –2 Jacksonville 2 –3 –16 –10 –1 Lipscomb ‡ 2 –4 –011 –8 –2 USC Upstate 1 –5 –03 –10 –2 ‡ – 2017 ASUN tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Big East Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 12 Butler + 8 –1 –014 –5 –2 No. 16 Georgetown ‡ 6 –2 –114 –4 –2 Saint John's 5 –2 –29 –7 –3 Xavier 5 –4 –011 –6 –3 Providence 2 –2 –55 –8 –5 Creighton 3 –4 –29 –7 –2 Marquette 3 –5 –13 –11 –2 Seton Hall 3 –6 –06 –10 –1 DePaul 2 –6 –15 –11 –2 Villanova 2 –7 –07 –11 –0 ‡ – 2017 Big East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Big South Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T High Point 7 –1 –010 –5 –4 Radford 5 –1 –210 –4 –4 Campbell 5 –2 –19 –7 –3 Liberty 5 –3 –011 –6 –1 Gardner–Webb 4 –3 –18 –7 –2 Presbyterian ‡ 3 –3 –26 –9 –5 UNC Asheville 1 –6 –12 –15 –1 Longwood 1 –6 –11 –15 –2 Winthrop 1 –7 –03 –13 –1 ‡ – 2017 Big South Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 11 Michigan + 6 –1 –112 –6 –2 No. 2 Indiana + 5 –0 –318 –1 –6 No. 6 Michigan State + 5 –0 –313 –3 –4 Maryland + 5 –1 –210 –5 –4 No. 10 Wisconsin ‡ 4 –3 –112 –5 –5 Ohio State 3 –5 –08 –10 –1 Penn State 2 –6 –05 –10 –2 Northwestern 1 –7 –07 –12 –0 Rutgers 0 –8 –04 –13 –1 ‡ – 2017 Big Ten Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Big West Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T North UC Davis 7 –2 –111 –7 –3 UC Santa Barbara 4 –3 –36 –8 –5 Sacramento State 4 –4 –28 –9 –2 Cal Poly 3 –6 –17 –10 –1 South CSU Fullerton ‡ 4 –4 –210 –8 –4 CSU Northridge 4 –4 –210 –9 –2 UC Riverside 4 –5 –15 –13 –1 UC Irvine 3 –5 –28 –8 –3 ‡ – 2017 Big West Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T James Madison 5 –1 –29 –7 –3 UNC Wilmington + 5 –3 –012 –8 –0 Charleston 3 –1 –48 –6 –4 Hofstra 3 –1 –46 –6 –6 William & Mary ‡ 3 –2 –311 –5 –5 Elon 3 –2 –37 –5 –6 Delaware 2 –4 –25 –7 –4 Northeastern 1 –6 –13 –12 –3 Drexel 1 –6 –12 –14 –1 ‡ – 2017 CAA Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 19, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Conference USA men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 20 FIU + 6 –0 –212 –2 –4 Old Dominion ‡ 6 –2 –013 –6 –2 Kentucky 4 –2 –28 –6 –4 New Mexico 3 –3 –28 –6 –4 Charlotte 2 –1 –58 –5 –6 Marshall 3 –5 –08 –10 –1 South Carolina 2 –4 –26 –9 –2 Florida Atlantic 2 –6 –02 –14 –0 UAB 1 –6 –15 –7 –4 ‡ – 2017 CUSA Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Horizon League men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Green Bay 7 –1 –19 –5 –3 UIC ‡ 6 –2 –111 –6 –3 Milwaukee 6 –3 –010 –5 –4 Wright State 6 –3 –010 –7 –1 Cleveland State 4 –3 –27 –10 –2 Detroit 4 –4 –17 –8 –4 Northern Kentucky 3 –4 –27 –6 –4 Oakland 3 –5 –16 –10 –1 Belmont 2 –7 –05 –9 –2 IUPUI 0 –9 –00 –15 –2 ‡ – 2017 Horizon Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Ivy League men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 23 Dartmouth ‡ 6 –0 –112 –3 –2 No. 25 Columbia + 5 –1 –112 –3 –3 Brown 2 –3 –28 –6 –3 Princeton 2 –3 –26 –7 –4 Yale 2 –3 –25 –9 –2 Cornell 2 –4 –17 –8 –2 Penn 2 –4 –14 –12 –1 Harvard 1 –4 –22 –10 –4 ‡ – Conference champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Fairfield ‡ 7 –1 –212 –5 –3 Rider 6 –2 –212 –5 –2 Canisius 5 –1 –412 –4 –4 Manhattan 6 –3 –19 –8 –1 Quinnipiac 6 –4 –08 –9 –2 Iona 4 –4 –25 –7 –4 Monmouth 4 –5 –17 –9 –2 Siena 2 –4 –44 –7 –7 Marist 3 –6 –17 –10 –1 Saint Peter's 2 –8 –03 –11 –2 Niagara 1 –8 –12 –14 –2 ‡ – 2017 MAAC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 9 Western Michigan + 5 –0 –017 –4 –1 No. 3 Akron ‡ 4 –1 –018 –4 –2 SIU Edwardsville 2 –3 –07 –10 –1 West Virginia 1 –2 –29 –6 –4 Bowling Green 1 –3 –17 –9 –1 Northern Illinois 0 –4 –13 –11 –1 ‡ – 2017 MAC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Missouri State 5 –2 –19 –5 –3 Central Arkansas ‡ 5 –3 –09 –11 –1 Bradley 4 –3 –110 –7 –3 Evansville 3 –4 –111 –8 –2 Loyola Chicago 3 –4 –17 –8 –3 Valparaiso 3 –5 –08 –9 –1 Drake 2 –4 –26 –10 –2 ‡ – 2017 MVC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ 6 –0 –114 –5 –1 LIU Brooklyn 4 –2 –16 –9 –3 Fairleigh Dickinson 3 –2 –210 –5 –3 Robert Morris 3 –3 –14 –11 –3 Saint Francis (PA) 3 –4 –010 –8 –0 Central Connecticut 2 –3 –25 –8 –4 Bryant 2 –3 –22 –10 –3 Sacred Heart 0 –6 –13 –14 –1 ‡ – 2017 NEC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 1 Stanford ‡ 9 –0 –119 –2 –2 California + 6 –4 –011 –7 –0 Washington + 5 –4 –112 –7 –1 UCLA 4 –6 –07 –10 –1 Oregon State 4 –6 –07 –11 –0 San Diego State 1 –9 –06 –13 –0 ‡ – Conference champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Patriot League men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Loyola Maryland 7 –2 –011 –6 –1 Boston U. 6 –2 –17 –8 –4 Lehigh 5 –3 –111 –7 –1 Bucknell 5 –3 –17 –8 –4 Holy Cross 4 –3 –27 –9 –4 No. 21 Colgate ‡ 4 –4 –112 –11 –1 Army 3 –4 –29 –6 –2 American 3 –6 –04 –12 –1 Lafayette 3 –6 –04 –14 –0 Navy 0 –7 –22 –13 –2 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Southern Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T East Tenn. State 6 –0 –49 –2 –7 UNC Greensboro 6 –3 –110 –7 –3 Furman 5 –2 –312 –5 –3 Mercer ‡ 4 –4 –27 –9 –6 Wofford 4 –6 –04 –15 –0 VMI 0 –10 –00 –16 –2 ‡-2017 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Summit League men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Denver 5 –0 –011 –6 –2 Western Illinois 3 –2 –05 –10 –0 Omaha ‡ 2 –1 –210 –6 –3 Eastern Illinois 2 –2 –14 –9 –6 Oral Roberts 1 –4 –04 –11 –1 Fort Wayne 0 –4 –15 –9 –4 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 17, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
| 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T No. 15 Coastal Carolina ‡ 4 –1 –014 –7 –1 Georgia State 3 –1 –112 –7 –1 Georgia Southern 3 –2 –09 –8 –1 Hartwick 2 –2 –17 –9 –2 Appalachian State 0 –3 –25 –8 –6 Howard 0 –3 –22 –15 –3 ‡-Sun Belt Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T San Francisco ‡ 6 –1 –010 –9 –0 Pacific + 4 –2 –113 –4 –2 Portland 4 –2 –19 –7 –1 Saint Mary's 3 –2 –26 –6 –5 Santa Clara 3 –3 –13 –13 –1 San Diego 2 –3 –28 –6 –3 Loyola Marymount 2 –5 –04 –12 –2 Gonzaga 0 –6 –16 –9 –2 ‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 19, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | 2017 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Air Force + 8 –0 –214 –3 –3 No. 24 Seattle ‡ 6 –1 –315 –4 –4 UNLV 7 –3 –011 –9 –1 San Jose State 5 –4 –19 –11 –1 UTRGV 4 –4 –27 –7 –3 Grand Canyon 4 –5 –17 –11 –1 Cal St. Bakersfield 4 –5 –16 –11 –1 Utah Valley 3 –5 –26 –10 –2 UMKC 3 –7 –05 –10 –3 Incarnate Word 3 –7 –05 –11 –1 Houston Baptist 2 –8 –05 –10 –0 ‡-Tournament Champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer ChampionshipAs of November 19, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |

### 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$^{(2ot)}$ | @ #4 Denver |
| September 5 | Georgia State | 2–1$^{(ot)}$ | @ #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$^{(ot)}$ | @ #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$^{(2ot)}$ | @ #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$^{(2ot)}$ | @ #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

| Conference | Regular season winner | Conference Player of the Year | Conference Coach of the Year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (city) | Tournament champion |
| America East Conference | Vermont | None named– 4 position awards | New Hampshire staff (Marc Hubbard, HC) | 2017 America East Tournament | Campus sites | Albany |
| American Athletic Conference | SMU | None named– 4 position awards | SMU staff (Kevin Hudson,HC) | 2017 American Athletic Tournament | Westcott Field (University Park, TX) | SMU |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | UMass | None named– 3 position awards | Fran O'Leary (UMass) | 2017 A-10 Tournament | Baujan Field (Dayton, OH) | UMass |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | Atlantic–Wake Forest Coastal–North Carolina | None named– 3 position awards | Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest) | 2017 ACC Tournament | MUSC Health Stadium (Charleston, SC) | Wake Forest |
| Atlantic Sun Conference | Stetson | Mamadou Guirassy (NJIT) | Kyle Gookins (Stetson) | 2017 ASUN Tournament | Campus sites | Lipscomb |
| Big East Conference | Butler | None named– 4 position awards | Butler staff (Paul Snape, HC) | 2017 Big East Tournament | Campus sites | Georgetown |
| Big South Conference | High Point | None named– 2 position awards | EJ O’Keeffe (High Point) | 2017 Big South Tournament | Campus sites | Presbyterian |
| Big Ten Conference | Michigan | None named– 4 position awards | Chaka Daley (Michigan) | 2017 B1G Tournament | Grand Park (Westfield, IN) | Wisconsin |
| Big West Conference | N–UC Davis S–CSU Fullerton & CSU Northridge (tie) | None named– 4 position awards | Dwayne Shaffer (UC Davis) | 2017 Big West Tournament | Campus sites | CSU Fullerton |
| Colonial Athletic Association | James Madison | Antonio Bustamante (William & Mary) | Tom Foley (James Madison) | 2017 CAA Tournament | James Madison Soccer Complex (Harrisonburg, VA) | William & Mary |
| Conference USA | FIU | Santiago Patino (FIU) | Kevin Nylen (FIU) | 2017 C-USA Tournament | Old Dominion Soccer Complex (Norfolk, VA) | Old Dominion |
| Horizon League | Green Bay | AJ Paterson (Wright State) | Jeremy Bonomo (Green Bay) | 2017 Horizon League Tournament | Alumni Field (Dayton, OH) | UIC |
| Ivy League | Dartmouth | None named– 2 position awards | Chad Riley (Dartmouth) | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Fairfield | None named– 3 position awards | Carl Rees (Fairfield) | 2017 MAAC Tournament | Campus sites | Fairfield |
| Mid-American Conference | Western Michigan | Brandon Bye (Western Michigan) | Chad Wiseman (Western Michigan) | 2017 MAC Tournament | WMU Soccer Complex (Kalamazoo, MI) | Akron |
| Missouri Valley Conference | Missouri State | Niklas Brodacki (Central Arkansas) | Central Arkansas staff (Ross Duncan, HC) | 2017 MVC tournament | Shea Stadium (Peoria, IL) | Central Arkansas |
| Northeast Conference | St. Francis Brooklyn | Rasmus Hansen (LIU Brooklyn) | St. Francis Brooklyn staff (Tom Giovatto, HC) | 2017 NEC Tournament | Campus sites | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| Pac-12 Conference | Stanford | Foster Langsdorf (Stanford) | Jeremy Gunn (Stanford) | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| Patriot League | Loyola Maryland | None named– 4 position awards | Steve Nichols (Loyola Maryland) | 2017 Patriot League Tournament | Hosted by season champion | Colgate |
| Southern Conference | East Tennessee State | Laurence Wyke (Furman) | Bo Oshoniyi (East Tennessee State) | 2017 SoCon Tournament | Eugene Stone Soccer Stadium (Greenville, SC) | Mercer |
| The Summit League | Denver | None named– 3 position awards | Jamie Franks (Denver) | 2017 Summit League Tournament | Al F. Caniglia Field {Omaha, NE} | Omaha |
| Sun Belt Conference | Coastal Carolina | Frantzdy Pierrot (Coastal Carolina) | Shaun Docking (Coastal Carolina) | 2017 Sun Belt Tournament | Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field (Conway, SC) | Coastal Carolina |
| West Coast Conference | San Francisco | Leon Schwarzer (San Francisco) | Eddie Soto (San Francisco) | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| Western Athletic Conference | Air Force | None named– 2 position awards | Doug Hill (Air Force) | 2017 WAC Tournament | Peter Johann Memorial Field (Las Vegas, NV) | Seattle |

## Statistics
### Individuals

GOALS :
| Rank | Scorer | School | Games | Goals |
| 1 | Niklas Brodacki | Central Arkansas | 20 | 17 |
| 2 | Mamadou Guirassy | NJIT | 19 | 16 |
| | Jon Bakero | Wake Forest | 23 | 16 |
| 4 | Danny Musovski | UNLV | 17 | 15 |
| | Santiago Patino | FIU | 18 | 15 |
| | Joshua "JJ" Donnelly | Campbell | 18 | 15 |
| | Mark Forrest | Lehigh | 19 | 15 |
| | Antonio Bustamante | William & Mary | 21 | 15 |
| 9 | Jamie O'Grady | Hartwick | 18 | 14 |
| | Garrett McLaughlin | SMU | 21 | 14 |
| | Foster Langsdorf | Stanford | 23 | 14 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE :
| Rank | Keeper | School | Games | Minutes | GA | GAA |
| 1 | Trey Muse | Indiana | 25 | 2419 | 7 | .260 |
| 2 | Nico Corti | Stanford | 23 | 2098 | 9 | .386 |
| 3 | Dylan Castanheira | Columbia | 18 | 1692 | 8 | .425 |
| 4 | Andreu Cases Mundet | Wake Forest | 22 | 2018 | 11 | .491 |
| 5 | Liam Priestley | Missouri State | 17 | 1615 | 9 | .501 |
| 6 | Danny Vitiello | Albany | 15 | 1433 | 8 | .502 |
| 7 | Matthew Keller | Evansville | 12 | 1039 | 6 | .520 |
| 8 | Andrew Pesci | New Hampshire | 22 | 2107 | 13 | .555 |
| 9 | Matthew Jegier | Elon | 18 | 1740 | 11 | .569 |
| 10 | Christopher Palacios | Dartmouth | 16 | 1414 | 9 | .573 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
ASSISTS :
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Assists |
| 1 | Chris Mueller | Wisconsin | 21 | 20 |
| 2 | Jon Bakero | Wake Forest | 23 | 14 |
| 3 | Rey Ortiz | Portland | 17 | 13 |
| | Cameron Lindley | North Carolina | 22 | 13 |
| | Jared Stroud | Colgate | 24 | 13 |
| 6 | Brandon Servania | Wake Forest | 21 | 11 |
| | Zach Wright | North Carolina | 21 | 11 |
| 8 | Doyle Tuvesson | Lehigh | 18 | 10 |
| | Aaron Lombardi | San Francisco | 19 | 10 |
| | Declan McCabe | Georgetown | 19 | 10 |
| | Bjarki Benediktsson | Canisius | 20 | 10 |
| | Ryder Bell | William & Mary | 21 | 10 |
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SAVE PERCENTAGE :
| Rank | Keeper | School | Games | Minutes | Saves | GA | Save % |
| 1 | Trey Muse | Indiana | 25 | 2419 | 65 | 7 | .903 |
| 2 | Nico Corti | Stanford | 23 | 2098 | 73 | 9 | .890 |
| 3 | Danny Vitiello | Albany | 15 | 1433 | 56 | 8 | .879 |
| 4 | Liam Priestley | Missouri State | 17 | 1615 | 63 | 9 | .875 |
| 5 | Matthew Keller | Evansville | 12 | 1039 | 40 | 6 | .870 |
| 6 | Tom McMahon | Stony Brook | 10 | 901 | 46 | 7 | .868 |
| 7 | Marcellin Gohier | Manhattan | 14 | 1301 | 53 | 9 | .855 |
| 8 | Brandon Barnes | Bradley | 21 | 1966 | 103 | 18 | .851 |
| 9 | Dylan Castanheira | Columbia | 18 | 1692 | 44 | 8 | .846 |
| 10 | Nate Himes | Marshall | 13 | 1125 | 59 | 11 | .843 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
TOTAL POINTS :
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1 | Jon Bakero | Wake Forest | 23 | 16 | 14 | 46 |
| 2 | Mark Forrest | Lehigh | 19 | 15 | 8 | 38 |
| | Niklas Brodacki | Central Arkansas | 21 | 17 | 4 | 38 |
| | Chris Mueller | Wisconsin | 21 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 5 | Danny Musovski | UNLV | 17 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Santiago Patino | FIU | 18 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| | Mamadou Guirassy | NJIT | 19 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| | Antonio Bustamante | William & Mary | 21 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Foster Langsdorf | Stanford | 23 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Kieran Roberts | Radford | 18 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| | Sivert Daehlie | Radford | 18 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| | Brandon Bye | Western Michigan | 21 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| | Brandon Guhl | Butler | 21 | 13 | 5 | 31 |
| | Garrett McLaughlin | SMU | 21 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
TOTAL SAVES :
| Rank | Keeper | School | Games | Saves |
| 1 | Jacob Jordan | Drexel | 17 | 110 |
| 2 | Ben Lundgaard | Virginia Tech | 20 | 108 |
| 3 | Brandon Barnes | Bradley | 21 | 103 |
| 4 | Rafael Pereira | Rutgers | 18 | 97 |
| 5 | Winter Fondi | Robert Morris | 18 | 96 |
| 6 | Thor Arne Hofs | George Washington | 18 | 93 |
| | Philipp Schilling | Wisconsin | 22 | 93 |
| 8 | Mac Burke | Navy | 17 | 92 |
| 9 | Mike Novotny | Eastern Illinois | 18 | 91 |
| | Eric Dick | Butler | 20 | 91 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
* Individual statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.

### Teams

SCORING OFFENSE :
| Rank | School | Games | Goals | Goals/Game |
| 1 | FIU | 18 | 50 | 2.778 |
| 2 | Wake Forest | 23 | 58 | 2.522 |
| 3 | Gardner–Webb | 17 | 42 | 2.471 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 22 | 53 | 2.409 |
| 5 | Canisius | 20 | 45 | 2.250 |
| 6 | Clemson | 19 | 41 | 2.158 |
| | VCU | 19 | 41 | 2.158 |
| 8 | Radford | 18 | 38 | 2.111 |
| | Saint Francis (PA) | 18 | 38 | 2.111 |
| 10 | Stanford | 23 | 48 | 2.087 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average) :
| Rank | School | Games | Minutes | GA | Team GAA |
| 1 | Indiana | 25 | 2419 | 7 | .260 |
| 2 | Stanford | 23 | 2122 | 9 | .382 |
| 3 | Columbia | 18 | 1692 | 8 | .425 |
| 4 | Missouri State | 17 | 1615 | 9 | .501 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 23 | 3137 | 13 | .547 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 22 | 2107 | 13 | .555 |
| 7 | Akron | 24 | 2229 | 14 | .565 |
| 8 | Elon | 18 | 1740 | 11 | .569 |
| 9 | SMU | 21 | 1963 | 13 | .596 |
| 10 | Michigan St. | 20 | 1889 | 13 | .619 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE :
| Rank | School | Games | Shutouts | Shutout % |
| 1 | Indiana | 25 | 18 | .720 |
| 2 | Stanford | 23 | 16 | .696 |
| 3 | Missouri State | 17 | 11 | .647 |
| 4 | Western Michigan | 22 | 14 | .636 |
| 5 | Columbia | 18 | 11 | .611 |
| 6 | Louisville | 20 | 12 | .600 |
| 7 | Dartmouth | 17 | 10 | .588 |
| 8 | SMU | 21 | 12 | .571 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 23 | 13 | .565 |
| 10 | Elon | 18 | 10 | .556 |
Last update on 13 December 2017
* Team statistics are through the games of 10 December 2017.
WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE :
| Rank | School | Wins | Loses | Ties | W-L-T % |
| 1 | Stanford | 19 | 2 | 2 | .870 |
| | Wake Forest | 17 | 2 | 2 | .870 |
| 3 | Indiana | 18 | 1 | 6 | .840 |
| 4 | SMU | 17 | 3 | 1 | .833 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 17 | 4 | 1 | .795 |
| | Western Michigan | 17 | 4 | 1 | .795 |
| 7 | Akron | 18 | 4 | 2 | .792 |
| 8 | FIU | 12 | 2 | 4 | .778 |
| 9 | Air Force | 14 | 3 | 3 | .775 |
| | Louisville | 13 | 2 | 5 | .775 |
Last update on 13 December 2017

## Awards and honors
### Hermann Trophy

* The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. Finalists:
** Jon Bakero (FW), Wake Forest
** Tomas Hilliard-Arce (DF), Stanford
** Grant Lillard (DF), Indiana

### Senior CLASS Award

* The Senior CLASS Award is presented each year to the most outstanding senior NCAA Division I. Finalists:
** Jon Bakero (FW), Wake Forest
** Fraser Colmer (DF), Radford
** Jimmy Fiscus (DF), Michigan State
** Foster Langsdorf (FW), Stanford
** Wyatt Omsberg (DF), Dartmouth

### All-Americans

On December 7, 2017, United Soccer Coaches announced their All-America teams, broken into three starting XI's.
| Position | 1st Team | 1st Team | 2nd Team | 2nd Team | 3rd Team | 3rd Team |
| Position | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| GK | Eric Dick | Butler | Drew Shepherd | Western Michigan | Jonny Sutherland | East Tennessee State |
| DF | Tomas Hilliard-Arce Tim Kübel Grant Lillard João Moutinho | Stanford Louisville Indiana Akron | Jimmy Fiscus Andrew Gutman Wyatt Omsberg | Michigan State Indiana Dartmouth | Nathan Aune Jordan Cano Oscar Chacon Kevin Politz | Seattle U SMU Air Force Wake Forest |
| MF | Tucker Bone Mauro Cichero Cameron Lindley | Air Force SMU North Carolina | Jose Aguinaga Christopher Lema Rafael Santos | Rider Georgetown VCU | Antonio Bustamante Daniel Krutzen Paul Marie Eryk Williamson | William & Mary Albany FIU Maryland |
| FW | Jon Bakero Brandon Bye ♦ Foster Langsdorf Santiago Patino | Wake Forest Western Michigan Stanford FIU | Arthur Bosua Jon Gallagher Chris Mueller Robin Schmidt Alan Winn | Columbia Notre Dame Wisconsin New Hampshire North Carolina | Mark Forrest Garrett McLaughlin Davis Smith Brian White | Lehigh SMU UMass Duke |
♦ = 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