2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 24 – December 10, 2023
Number of teams	6
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Logan Farrington, Oregon State
Picked by	FC Dallas
Regular season
Season MVP	Logan Farrington, Oregon State
Top scorer	Logan Farrington, Oregon State
Finals champions	UCLA
Runners-up	Oregon State

2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 21 UCLA †	6	–	0	–	4			9	–	4	–	5
No. 4 Oregon State +	4	–	1	–	5			11	–	6	–	5
California	3	–	4	–	3			7	–	6	–	5
No. 5 Stanford +	3	–	2	–	5			11	–	4	–	5
Washington	2	–	4	–	4			5	–	6	–	7
San Diego State	0	–	7	–	3			6	–	7	–	5
† – Conference champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Pac-12

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 24th and final season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will began play in August 2023 and concluded in November 2023.

The champions for the 2023 season were UCLA, winning their 31st overall conference championship, and their ninth Pac-12 title. By being champions, UCLA earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Oregon State and Stanford earned at-large bids into the tournament.

Oregon State striker, Logan Farrington was the conference's top scorer of the 2023 season, with 15 goals, securing him the title of Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year.[1] Additionally, Farrington was the first Pac-12 player drafted in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by FC Dallas with the third overall pick.[2]

The 2023 season was the final season in the Pac-12 for California,[3] Stanford,[4] UCLA,[5] and Washington.[6] The two former schools departied for the Atlantic Coast Conference while the two latter schools will be departing for the Big Ten Conference, both of which sponsor men's soccer.

The remaining Pac-12 men's soccer schools were Oregon State and San Diego State. Oregon State joined the West Coast Conference, while San Diego State joined the Western Athletic Conference as affiliate members.[7][8]

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
California Golden Bears	Berkeley, California	Edwards Stadium	22,000
		Witter Rugby Field	5,000
Oregon State Beavers	Corvallis, Oregon	Lorenz Field	2,200
San Diego State Aztecs[a]	San Diego, California	SDSU Sports Deck	3,000
Stanford Cardinal	Stanford, California	Cagan Stadium	4,000
UCLA Bruins	Los Angeles, California	Wallis Annenberg Stadium	3,000
Washington Huskies	Seattle, Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium	1,640

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Oregon State head coach, Terry Boss, resigned at the end of the 2022 season to pursue professional level coaching. Boss was replaced by Greg Dalby, who had previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2022 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Pac–12 record
California	Leonard Griffin	2	3–8–6 (.353)	3–8–6 (.353)	1–6–3 (.250)
Oregon State	Greg Dalby	1	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)
San Diego State	Ryan Hopkins	4	209–115–42 (.628)	14–23–8 (.400)	4–20–3 (.204)
Stanford	Jeremy Gunn	12	337–108–88 (.715)	150–65–46 (.663)	71–26–23 (.688)
UCLA	Ryan Jorden	5	120–89–21 (.567)	29–29–8 (.500)	11–20–6 (.378)
Washington	Jamie Clark	13	199–69–28 (.720)	160–54–25 (.722)	77–30–13 (.696)

Preseason

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls was released on August 21, 2023. Washington was voted the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.[10]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Washington	23 (4)
2	Stanford	21 (1)
3	UCLA	17 (1)
4	Oregon State	15
5	California	8
6	San Diego State	6

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away	CAL	OSU	SDSU	STA	UCLA	UW
California	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Oregon State	1–0	—	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2
San Diego State	0–1	0–1	—	0–0	0–3	1–1
Stanford	2–1	1–2	5–0	—	1–3	1–1
UCLA	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	—	1–0
Washington	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–4	—

Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Washington	2	2
Stanford	3	5
California	6	6
Oregon State	1	1
UCLA	5	4
San Diego State	4	3

	Leader and 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Source: Pac-12.com

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

National rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		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	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
California	USC	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV								None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	29	RV	NV
Oregon State	USC	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV								None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV
San Diego State	USC	NV	NV	RV	18	21								None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	25	21
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	28	24
Stanford	USC	7	4	1	1	8								None released
	TDS	8	2	1	1	6
	CSN	9	5	2	1	6
UCLA	USC	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV								None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	27	RV	RV	RV	RV
Washington	USC	6	22	25	RV	20								None released
	TDS	3	9	4	14	7
	CSN	5	13	11	23	16

Regional rankings - USC Far West 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' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast Conferences.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
California	2	7	4	9
Oregon State	4	3	7	1
San Diego State	7	2	2	2
Stanford	1	1	1	3
UCLA	3	8	6	7
Washington	6	4	3	5

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week		Player	School	Pos.	Ref.
Aug. 28		Zach Bohane	Stanford	MF	[11]
Sep. 4		Sam Fowler	Washington	GK	[12]
Sep. 11		Austin Brummett	San Diego State	FW	[13]
Sep. 18		Logan Farrington	Oregon State	FW	[14]
Sep. 25		Richie Aman	Washington	MF	[15]
Oct. 2		Ryan Becher	UCLA	MF	[16]
Oct. 9		Jack Sarkos	UCLA	FW	[17]
Oct. 16		Tristan Viviani	San Diego State	D	[18]
Oct. 23		Shane de Flores	Stanford	MF	[19]
Oct. 30		Zach Bohane	Stanford	MF	[20]
Nov. 6		Jose Contell	UCLA	FW	[21]
Nov. 13		Mark Fisher	Stanford	MF	[22]

Postseason honors

Conference honors

2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Logan Farrington – Oregon State
Defensive Player of the Year	Wyatt Meyer – California
Coach of the Year	Leonard Griffin – California
Freshman of the Year	Reid Fisher – San Diego State

2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	Honorable Mention
Javier Armas – Oregon State Fletcher Bank – Stanford Zach Bohane – Stanford Kevin Carmichael – California Luis Castillo – Oregon State Evan Davila – California Logan Farrington – Oregon State Nate Jones – Washington Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington Tucker Lepley – UCLA Wyatt Meyer – California	Nonso Adimabua – California Noah Adnan – Stanford Jose Contell – UCLA Shane de Flores – Stanford Logan Erb – San Diego State Mark Fisher – Stanford Chris Meyers – Washington Jack Sarkos – UCLA Tommy Silva – UCLA Christian Soto – Washington Ellis Spikner – Oregon State	Richie Aman – Washington Khai Brisco – Washington Arnau Farnos – Oregon State Reid Fisher – San Diego State Bryan Iliohan – Washington Rommee Jaridly – San Diego State Sean Karani – UCLA Connor Lambe – California Andre Ochoa – UCLA Reid Sproat – San Diego State Dante Williams – Oregon State

National honors

Main article: 2023 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans

	USC 1st Team	USC 2nd Team	TDS 1st Team	TDS 2nd Team	CSN 1st Team	CSN 2nd Team

Notes

1. San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005.[9]

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External links

• Pac-12 Men's Soccer