# 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

The 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 38th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer. The season was originally slated to begin on August 20, 2020 and conclude on November 9, 2020. The season was to culminate with the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, which was to be held from November 18 to December 13, 2020, with the four-team College Cup.
On August 13, 2020, the NCAA Tournament, along with all fall sport tournaments, was suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Leading up to the postseason tournament suspension, some conferences had planned to play conference-only matches during the fall season, while some conferences opted to postpone the season to Spring 2021 (February to May 2021). Ultimately, the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Southeastern Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference began play for the 2020 fall season; while a handful of programs scheduled competitive fixtures for the fall 2020 season: Navy, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, and UAB.
On September 16, 2020 the NCAA announced that the spring season would run from February 3 to April 17, 2021, culminating with the NCAA Tournament, which was reduced from 64 to 48 teams for this season only. The postponed NCAA Tournament began on April 30 and ended on May 17, 2021. The ACC, Big 12, SEC, and Sun Belt champions, who will be determined in November, will earn automatic bids into the tournament. Nevertheless, the season began on September 10, 2020, with Appalachian State hosting Pitt, with Pitt winning the match 4–0.

## Preseason
### New programs

On November 27, 2017, it was announced that, in 2020, the Tritons of the University of California, San Diego, located in the San Diego, California district of La Jolla, would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the Big West Conference.
On January 11, 2019, it was announced that the Trailblazers of Dixie State University of St. George, Utah would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
On June 17, 2019, it was announced that the Knights of Bellarmine University of Louisville, Kentucky would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the ASUN Conference.
On July 15, 2020, after months of consideration, the NCAA granted the highly unusual request of the University of St. Thomas to move directly from Division III to Division I. The school had already accepted an invitation to join the Summit League, and the Tommies will enter Division I and Summit League competition in 2021.

### Conference realignment

| School | Previous Conference | New Conference |
| Cal State Bakersfield | Western Athletic Conference (WAC) | Big West Conference |
| UC San Diego | California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) (Division II) | Big West Conference |
| Dixie State | Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) (Division II) | Western Athletic Conference (WAC) |
| Kansas City | Western Athletic Conference (WAC) | Summit League |
| Bellarmine | Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) (Division II) | ASUN Conference |
| UConn | American Athletic Conference | Big East Conference |
| Purdue Fort Wayne | Summit League | Horizon League |
| NJIT | ASUN Conference | America East Conference |
| Robert Morris | Northeast Conference | Horizon League |

### Impact of COVID-19 on season

For the 2020 season, several changes in how the season began, and how conference play was organized affected the 2020 season.
* The Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Tournament, for the 2020 season only, was reduced from eight teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.
* The Big East Conference divided into two divisions, the "East" and "Midwest" divisions to minimize travel and to regionalize conference play.
* The Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament, for the 2020 season only, will be reduced from six teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.
* The Mid-American Conference discontinued its women's soccer tournament.
* The Southern Conference women's soccer tournament, for the 2020 season only, will be reduced from six teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.
* On July 8, the Ivy League cancelled all intercollegiate sports for the 2020 Fall semester; this includes both men's and women's soccer.
* On July 10, the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences announced all teams would play the 2020 season with conference-only matches
* On July 13, the Patriot League announced that all fall sports, including women's soccer would be cancelled.
* On July 17, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced that all fall sports, including women's soccer, would be postponed to spring 2021.
* On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 announced the postponement of all sports through the end of 2020.
* On August 13, the Western Athletic Conference announced that all fall sports, including women's soccer, would be postponed to spring 2021. However, the league would allow non-conference games.
* On August 13, the Southern Conference announced that conference competition in all fall sports, including women's soccer, would be suspended through the end of the calendar year.
* On August 14, the ASUN Conference announced that all fall sports, including women's soccer, would be postponed with the intent to hold them in spring 2021.
* On August 15, the NCAA suspended the women's soccer championship for the fall season, with the possibility of being played in winter or spring 2021
* On August 27, four conferences confirmed to play in the fall, with individual programs allowed to play games in the fall. The ACC, Big 12, SEC, and the Sun Belt will play in fall 2020. The other conferences will play in spring 2021.

## Fall 2020 season
### Standings

2020 ACC women's soccer standings :
| 2020 ACC women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT No. 2 Florida State ‍†‍‡‍$^y$ 8–0–0 1.00013–0–3 .906 No. 3 North Carolina ‍†‍‍$^y$ 8–0–0 1.00018–2–0 .900 No. 4 Virginia ‍‍‍$^y$ 5–2–1 .68814–4–3 .738 No. 6 Clemson ‍‍‍$^y$ 5–3–0 .62512–5–2 .684 No. 7 Duke ‍‍‍$^y$ 4–2–2 .62512–5–4 .667 Louisville ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5005–7–0 .417 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5008–9–0 .471 Notre Dame ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5006–7–0 .462 Wake Forest ‍‍‍ 3–4–1 .4385–7–2 .429 Pittsburgh ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .37511–5–0 .688 Boston College ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .1253–10–1 .250 Syracuse ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .1251–7–0 .125 Miami ‍‍‍ 0–8–0 .0001–11–1 .115 NC State ‍‍‍ 0–0–0 –5–3–1 .611 † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season. | 2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT No. 15 South Florida †‡y ‍‍‍ 6–0–1 .9299–0–2 .909 Memphis y ‍‍‍ 6–1–0 .8578–3–0 .727 Cincinnati ‍‍‍ 3–3–1 .5005–5–1 .500 East Carolina ‍‍‍ 3–3–2 .5003–6–2 .364 Houston ‍‍‍ 3–4–0 .4296–4–1 .591 UCF ‍‍‍ 2–4–1 .3572–4–1 .357 Temple ‍‍‍ 2–5–1 .3134–5–1 .450 Tulsa ‍‍‍ 1–6–0 .1432–6–0 .250 SMU ‍‍‍ 1–1–0 .5001–1–0 .500 † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 18 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: American Athletic Conference |
| 2020 Big 12 Conference women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT No. 3 TCU† ‍‍‍ 8–0–1 .9448–0–1 .944 No. 4 West Virginia ‍‍‍ 7–2–0 .7787–2–0 .778 No. 11 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 6–2–1 .7226–2–1 .722 No. 15 Kansas ‍‍‍ 5–3–1 .6115–3–1 .611 Baylor ‍‍‍ 3–3–3 .5003–3–3 .500 Texas ‍‍‍ 4–5–0 .4444–5–0 .444 Kansas State ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .3333–6–0 .333 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 2–5–2 .3332–5–2 .333 Iowa State ‍‍‍ 2–6–1 .2782–6–1 .278 Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 0–8–1 .0560–8–1 .056 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source | 2020 SEC women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT East No. 10 South Carolina ‍‍‍ 6–2–0 .7507–3–0 .700 No. 13 Tennessee ‍‍‍ 4–3–1 .5637–4–1 .625 Vanderbilt ‍†‍‍ 4–4–0 .5008–4–0 .667 Missouri ‍‍‍ 3–2–2 .5715–3–2 .600 Georgia ‍‍‍ 2–3–2 .4293–4–2 .444 Kentucky ‍‍‍ 1–4–3 .3131–5–3 .278 Florida ‍‍‍ 1–6–1 .1883–7–2 .333 West No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍ 7–1–0 .87510–3–0 .769 No. 8 Texas A&M ‍‍‍ 7–1–0 .8758–2–0 .800 No. 14 Ole Miss ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5006–5–0 .545 Auburn ‍‍‍ 3–3–2 .5005–4–3 .542 Mississippi State ‍‍‍ 2–3–3 .4383–4–3 .450 Alabama ‍‍‍ 2–4–2 .3754–5–2 .455 LSU ‍‍‍ 0–6–2 .1254–7–3 .393 † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 SEC Tournament champion As of March 4, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SEC |
| 2020 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT East South Alabama ‍†‍‍ 8–2–0 .80010–3–1 .750 Georgia State ‍‍‍ 6–2–2 .70010–3–2 .733 Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍ 6–4–0 .6006–5–0 .545 Appalachian State ‍‍‍ 4–6–0 .4005–9–1 .367 Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ 3–6–1 .3503–10–1 .250 Troy ‍‍‍ 1–8–1 .1502–9–1 .208 West Arkansas State ‍†‍‍ 7–0–1 .93810–2–1 .808 Louisiana ‍‍‍ 4–3–1 .5639–5–1 .633 Texas State ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5004–9–1 .321 Little Rock ‍‍‍ 3–3–2 .5004–5–3 .458 Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ 0–8–0 .0000–10–0 .000 † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 Sun Belt Tournament champion As of November 12, 2020 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: Sun Belt Conference | 2020 WAC women's soccer standings vteConfOverall TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT Seattle ‍†‍‍ 10–2–2 .78612–5–2 .684 Utah Valley ‍‍‡‍$^y$ 10–2–2 .78612–5–2 .684 California Baptist ‍‍‍ 8–4–2 .64310–4–3 .676 Grand Canyon ‍‍‍ 7–4–1 .6258–9–1 .472 UTRGV ‍‍‍ 7–6–1 .53610–7–2 .579 New Mexico State ‍‍‍ 4–9–1 .3215–12–2 .316 Dixie State* ‍‍‍ 3–8–1 .2923–10–2 .267 Chicago State ‍‍‍ 0–14–0 .0000–17–0 .000 * ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division II † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 20, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC |

### Major upsets
## Spring 2021 season
### Standings

2020 WAC women's soccer standings :
* 2020 WAC women's soccer standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
* Seattle  ‍†‍‍
* 10–2–2 .78612–5–2 .684
* Utah Valley  ‍‍‡‍$^y$
* 10–2–2 .78612–5–2 .684
* California Baptist  ‍‍‍
* 8–4–2 .64310–4–3 .676
* Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍
* 7–4–1 .6258–9–1 .472
* UTRGV  ‍‍‍
* 7–6–1 .53610–7–2 .579
* New Mexico State  ‍‍‍
* 4–9–1 .3215–12–2 .316
* Dixie State*  ‍‍‍
* 3–8–1 .2923–10–2 .267
* Chicago State  ‍‍‍
* 0–14–0 .0000–17–0 .000
* * ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division II
* † – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 20, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

### Major upsets
## Statistics
### Individual statistics

Source: NCAA.com
Goals :
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Goals Against Average :
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Assists :
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Save Percentage :
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Points :
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Saves :
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* Individual statistics are through the games of September 28, 2020