# 2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Maryland entered the season as both the regular season champion and the Big Ten tournament champion.

## Preseason

Defending regular season and tournament champions Maryland were selected as the favorite ahead of the 2015 season.

### Preseason poll

| Projected Rank | School | 2014 Finish |
| 1 | Maryland | 1st |
| 2 | Indiana | T-6th |
| 3 | Penn State | T-2nd |
| 4 | Michigan State | 5th |
| 5 | Ohio State | T-2nd |
| 6 | Northwestern | T-2nd |
| 7 | Michigan | T-6th |
| 8 | Rutgers | 8th |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 9th |

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Indiana Hoosiers | Bloomington, Indiana | Armstrong Stadium | 6,000 |
| Maryland Terrapins | College Park, Maryland | Ludwig Field | 7,500 |
| Michigan Wolverines | Ann Arbor, Michigan | U-M Soccer Stadium | 2,200 |
| Michigan State Spartans | East Lansing, Michigan | DeMartin Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| Northwestern Wildcats | Evanston, Illinois | Lakeside Field | 2,500 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | Columbus, Ohio | Owens Memorial Stadium | 10,000 |
| Penn State Nittany Lions | State College, Pennsylvania | Jeffrey Field | 5,000 |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Piscataway, New Jersey | Yurcak Field | 5,000 |
| Wisconsin Badgers | Madison, Wisconsin | McClimon Stadium | 2,000 |
* Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

### Personnel

| Team | Head Coach | Shirt supplier |
| Indiana | Todd Yeagley | Adidas |
| Maryland | Sasho Cirovski | Under Armour |
| Michigan | Chaka Daley | Adidas |
| Michigan State | Damon Rensing | Nike |
| Northwestern | Tim Lenahan | Under Armour |
| Ohio State | John Bluem | Nike |
| Penn State | Bob Warming | Nike |
| Rutgers | Dan Donigan | Adidas |
| Wisconsin | John Trask | Adidas |

## Regular season
### Results

| Home \ Away | IND | UMD | MIC | MSU | NOR | OSU | PSU | RUT | WIS |
| Indiana | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Maryland | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Michigan State | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | — | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| Northwestern | 0–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | — |
| Ohio State | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Penn State | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| Rutgers | — | — | — | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Wisconsin | — | 1–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | — |

### Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| Indiana | C | 14 | 18 | 10 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| Maryland | C | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | 12 | 7 |
| Michigan | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan State | C | 9 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Northwestern | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ohio State | C | RV | RV | NR | | | | | RV | 18 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Penn State | C | 23 | 25 | NR | 13 | 21 | NR | | | | | | | | |
| Rutgers | C | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
| Wisconsin | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### Big Ten tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ohio State | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Rutgers | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Rutgers | 0 | 1 | Ohio State | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Maryland | 2 |
| 3 | Maryland (pen.) | 1 (3) | 3 | Maryland | 2 |
| 2 | Indiana | 1 (2) | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals |
| 9 | 1 | Ohio State | BYE | T, 1–1 $^{W,4–3pen.}$ vs. Dayton – (Columbus) | L, 1–3 vs. Stanford – (Stanford) | |
| 10 | 4 | Maryland | BYE | W 1–0 vs. Charlotte – (College Park) | W 2–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame) | T, 1–1 $^{L,1–3pen.}$ vs. Clemson – (Clemson) |
| 16 | 1 | Indiana | BYE | W 1–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington) | L, 0–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem) | |
| — | 2 | Rutgers | T, 1–1 $^{W,3–2pen.}$ vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway) | L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron) | | |