# 2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season will be the 33rd season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This is Big Ten's first season with UCLA and Washington as conference members.
The Maryland Terrapins are the defending champions.

## 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 bother 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 |

## Preseason
### Recruiting classes

Rankings :
| Team | Rivals | Scout & 24/7 | On3 Recruits | Signees |
| Indiana | 64 | 65 | 63 | 17 |
| Maryland | 32 | 38 | 44 | 24 |
| Michigan | 13 | 16 | 15 | 26 |
| Michigan State | 44 | 42 | 43 | 20 |
| Northwestern | 81 | 80 | 74 | 17 |
| Ohio State | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| Penn State | 17 | 15 | 16 | 25 |
| Rutgers | 35 | 35 | 40 | 26 |
| UCLA | 85 | 90 | 69 | 11 |
| Washington | 56 | 47 | 49 | 16 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | 23 | 22 | 22 |

### Preseason poll

Big Ten preseason poll :
| Predicted finish | Team |

### Preseason national polls

* Indiana
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Northwestern
* Ohio State
* Penn State
* Rutgers
* UCLA
* Washington
* Wisconsin

### Preseason results
## Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Away team listed first, home team listed second. Teams in bold represent Big Ten teams.

### Week 11 (Oct. 28 – Nov. 3)
## Postseason
### NCAA Tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| | TBD | | | | | | |
| W–L–D (%): | W–L–D (%): | W–L–D (%): | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–0–0 (1.000) |

## Rankings
### National rankings

| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 |
| NV | No votes received |
| | | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 |
| Indiana | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Indiana | TDS | | | | |
| Indiana | CSN | | | | |
| Maryland | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Maryland | TDS | | | | |
| Maryland | CSN | | | | |
| Michigan | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Michigan | TDS | | | | |
| Michigan | CSN | | | | |
| Michigan State | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Michigan State | TDS | | | | |
| Michigan State | CSN | | | | |
| Northwestern | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Northwestern | TDS | | | | |
| Northwestern | CSN | | | | |
| Ohio State | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Ohio State | TDS | | | | |
| Ohio State | CSN | | | | |
| Penn State | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Penn State | TDS | | | | |
| Penn State | CSN | | | | |
| Rutgers | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Rutgers | TDS | | | | |
| Rutgers | CSN | | | | |
| UCLA | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| UCLA | TDS | | | | |
| UCLA | CSN | | | | |
| Washington | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Washington | TDS | | | | |
| Washington | CSN | | | | |
| Wisconsin | USC | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Wisconsin | TDS | | | | |
| Wisconsin | CSN | | | | |

### Regional rankings - USC North Region

| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10 |
| NV | No votes received |
The United Soccer Coaches' North region ranks teams across the Big Ten, Horizon, and Ohio Valley Conferences.
* Indiana
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Northwestern
* Ohio State
* Penn State
* Rutgers
* UCLA
* Washington
* Wisconsin

## 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 | Offensive | Offensive | Defensive | Defensive | Defensive |
| Week | Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team |

### Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.
2024 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
* Award
* Offensive Player of the Year
* Midfielder of the Year
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Goalkeeper of the Year
* Coach of the Year
* Freshman of the Year
2024 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | All-Freshman Team Honorees | Sportsmanship Team Honorees |