2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Big Ten Conference

Season	2015
Champions	Maryland
Premiers	Ohio State
NCAA tournament	Ohio State Indiana Maryland Rutgers
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2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Ohio State +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	7	–	4
No. 19 Indiana +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	5	–	3
No. 12 Maryland ‡	3	–	2	–	3			12	–	5	–	6
No. 23 Rutgers +	4	–	4	–	0			12	–	7	–	2
Northwestern	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	9	–	2
Michigan	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
Wisconsin	2	–	3	–	3			5	–	11	–	3
Penn State	2	–	4	–	2			7	–	8	–	3
Michigan St.	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	9	–	2
‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 4, 2015 Rankings from NSCAA

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.[1]

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	—	—

Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2015 Top 25 coaches poll

		Pre[2]	Wk 1[3]	Wk 2[4]	Wk 3[5]	Wk 4[6]	Wk 5[7]	Wk 6[8]	Wk 7[9]	Wk 8[10]	Wk 9[11]	Wk 10[12]	Wk 11[13]	Wk 12[14]	Final[15]
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

Main article: 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

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

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals
9	1	Ohio State	BYE	T, 1–1 ^W, 4–3 pen. 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, 1–3 pen. 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, 3–2 pen. vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway)	L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron)

Statistics

See also

• Big Ten Conference
• 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2015 in American soccer

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