2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 32nd season of college soccer play for the Big Ten Conference and part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. This was the Big Ten's eleventh season with eight men's soccer teams, as in 2024, UCLA and Washington will join the conference.^[1][2]

2023 Big Ten Conference men' soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 24 – December 15, 2023
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Fox/FS2, BTN)
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Kimani Stewart-Baynes, 4th overall
Picked by	Colorado Rapids
Regular season
Champions	Indiana
Season MVP	Peter Mangione, Penn State
Tournament
Champions	Indiana
Runners-up	Penn State
Finals MVP	Offensive: Samuel Sarver Defensive: Kris Shakes

2023 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Indiana  ‍†‍‡‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			15	–	4	–	5		.729
Penn State  ‍†‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			10	–	4	–	5		.658
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	3	–	1	–	4		.625			7	–	2	–	7		.656
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	4	–	3	–	1		.563			10	–	4	–	3		.676
Michigan  ‍‍‍	2	–	1	–	5		.563			5	–	5	–	7		.500
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	2	–	2	–	4		.500			6	–	5	–	6		.529
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			6	–	6	–	5		.500
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			5	–	8	–	3		.406
Maryland  ‍‍‍	0	–	6	–	2		.125			4	–	8	–	3		.367
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Big Ten tournament champion y – Invited to the 2023 NCAA Tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The Maryland Terrapins were the defending champions,^[3] and Indiana were the regular season and tournament champions. Indiana was the only NCAA berth into the tournament, making it the first time since the conference began sponsoring men's soccer that the Big Ten did not receive an at-large berth.

Kimani Stewart-Baynes of Maryland was the first Big Ten player selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, selected fourth overall by the Colorado Rapids.

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Rutgers won the Big Ten men's soccer tournament for the first time in program history,^[4] and won their first conference tournament championship since 1997.^[5] Maryland won their first Big Ten Conference regular season championship since 2016. MD Myers of Rutgers won both the regular season and tournament Player of the Year award.^[6]

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.^[7] Maryland and Ohio State reached the second round of the tournament before being eliminated, while Rutgers was eliminated in the first round.^[8] Indiana reached their NCAA-record 17th NCAA National Championship game, but lost in penalty kicks to Syracuse in the final.^[9]

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.^[10]

Coaching changes

There were no coaching changes during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's soccer offseason.

Coaches

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

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	B1G record	Ref.
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Wisconsin	12	143–58–43 (.674)	136–49–41 (.692)	38–16–22 (.645)	[11]
Maryland	Sasho Cirovski	Hartford	29	423–160–65 (.703)	397–147–58 (.708)	28–9–11 (.698)	[12]
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Providence	10	155–175–51 (.474)	65–64–24 (.503)	24–26–10 (.483)	[13][14]
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Michigan State (asst.)	13	123–75–32 (.604)	123–75–32 (.604)	34–30–14 (.526)	[15]
Northwestern	Russell Payne	Army	3	311–218–74 (.577)	175–149–53 (.534)	39–64–21 (.399)
Ohio State	Brian Maisonneuve	Indiana (asst.)	5	28–44–11 (.404)	28–44–11 (.404)	10–26–5 (.305)	[16]
Penn State	Jeff Cook	Philadelphia Union II (asst.)	5	226–166–61 (.566)	46–28–12 (.605)	24–9–7 (.688)	[17]
Rutgers	Jim McElderry	Fordham	4	157–157–49 (.500)	34–34–13 (.500)	14–22–4 (.400)	[18]
Wisconsin	Neil Jones	Loyola	2	87–60–28 (.577)	6–6–4 (.500)	3–4–1 (.438)

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released on August 21, 2023. Maryland was voted to win the conference.^[19]

Big Ten preseason poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	Maryland
2	Indiana
3	Ohio State
4	Rutgers
5	Penn State
6	Wisconsin
7	Michigan State
8	Northwestern
9	Michigan

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2023.^[20]

	United Soccer	CSN	Top Drawer Soccer
Indiana	2	2	2
Maryland	14	11	17
Michigan	—	—	—
Michigan State	—	—	—
Northwestern	—	—	—
Ohio State	RV	—	—
Penn State	—	—	—
Rutgers	RV	—	—
Wisconsin	—	—	—

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

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

Preseason All Big Ten

Big Ten Players to Watch:

• Indiana: Patrick McDonald, Collins Oduro, Samuel Sarver
• Maryland: Stefan Copetti, Alex Nitzl, Bjarne Thiesen
• Michigan: Bryce Blevins, Jason Bucknor, Louis Rogers
• Michigan State: Greyson Mercer, Jake Spadafora, Jonathan Stout
• Northwestern: Ugo Achara, Jason Gajadhar, Justin Weiss
• Ohio State: Anthony Samways, Deylen Vellios, Laurence Wootton
• Penn State: Femi Awodesu, Peter Mangione, Kris Shakes
• Rutgers: Matthew Acosta, Jason Bouregy, Joey Zalinsky
• Wisconsin: Tim Bielic, Nate Crockford, Maxwell Keenan

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Week 1 (Aug. 22 – Aug. 28)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	5:00 p.m.	St. Thomas (MN)	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 2–1	103
	7:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 1–1	504
		Loyola Chicago	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	No contest[a]
		CSUN	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		T 1–1	1,419
		Penn State	No. 5 Pittsburgh	Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ACCNX	T 1–1	2,000
		Rutgers	Delaware	Stuart and Grant Stadium • Newark, DE	ESPN+	L 2–3	370
	8:00 p.m.	No. 2 Indiana	No. 18 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ACCNX	T 1–1	2,092
		Purdue Fort Wayne	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI		W 1–0	309
	8:15 p.m.	No. 25 Missouri State	No. 14 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	L 0–1	1,823
August 27	1:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	W 2–0	773
	2:00 p.m.	Drake	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 2–0	757
	2:30 p.m.	NJIT	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 1–0	476
	4:00 p.m.	Le Moyne	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 4–0	1,288
	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 UNCG	No. 14 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	W 2–0	2,229
		UC Davis	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		L 1–2	2,000
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 3–0	2,098
	7:30 p.m.	St. John's	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	T 2–2	1,337

Week 2 (Aug. 29 – Sep. 4)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:00 p.m.	DePaul	No. 10 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 2–0	2,104
September 1	4:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Seton Hall	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 0–1	300
	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Syracuse	No. 21 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	FS2	T 1–1	2,684
	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Akron	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+	T 1–1	1,973
		Michigan State	Army	Malek Stadium • West Point, NY	ESPN+	W 2–1	1,250
		Rutgers	Princeton	Roberts Stadium • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	WPVI	L 1–2	1,202
	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Wake Forest	No. 20 Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 0–0	4,644
	8:00 p.m.	No. 9 Washington	No. 10 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 0–1	3,408
		Northwestern	Milwaukee	Engelmann Stadium • Milwaukee, WI	ESPN+	W 2–1	1,012
		No. 2 Kentucky	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	W 1–0	827
September 4	11:00 a.m.	Michigan State	Villanova	Higgins Soccer Complex • Philadelphia, PA	BEDN	T 1–1	841
	3:00 p.m.	Michigan	Bowling Green	Mickey Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		L 1–2	2,012
		Northwestern	DePaul	Wish Field • Chicago, IL	FloSports	T 1–1	672
	5:00 p.m.	St. John's	No. 21 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 2–0	1,135
	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Maryland	No. 15 Virginia	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ACCNX	L 1–2	2,139
		No. 9 Washington	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		T 1–1	1,062
		Saint Peter's	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		W 2–0	743
	8:00 p.m.	Seton Hall	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 1–0	2,480
		Wisconsin	UIC	Flames Field • Chicago, IL	ESPN+	L 0–2	964

Week 3 (Sep. 5 – Sep. 11)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Dayton	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	W 1–0	1,611
September 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Indiana	South Florida	Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL		L 0–1	1,022
		Georgetown	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	WMUC	Canceled[b]
		Penn	No. 14 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		L 0–3	1,605
	8:00 p.m.	Michigan	Creighton	Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE	FloSports	L 1–3	4,092
		Northern Illinois	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 2–1	324
		Mercer	No. 21 Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI		T 0–0	553
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Butler	Sellick Bowl • Indianapolis, IN		W 1–0	1,081
		Rutgers	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12NLA	L 0–4	626
September 11	8:00 p.m.	UIC	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 4–1	252
		No. 21 Wisconsin	No. 13 Marquette	Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI	BEDN	L 1–3	610

Week 4 (Sep. 12 – Sep. 18)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 10 Notre Dame	Alumni Stadium • South Bend, IN	ACCN	W 1–0	532
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Columbia	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	B1G+	W 2–0	437
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	T 2–2	2,637
September 15	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH		PSU 3–0	1,739
	7:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 23 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	T 0–0	3,053
	8:00 p.m.	UC Riverside	No. 19 Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+	W 2–0	802
September 17	2:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		T 1–1	633

Week 5 (Sep. 19 – Sep. 25)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Maryland	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	BTN	PSU 1–0	951
		Michigan	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester Hills, MI	ESPN+	L 1–2	724
		No. 24 Kentucky	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH	B1G+	W 3–0	747
	7:30 p.m.	Butler	No. 25 Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	B1G+	W 1–0	2,072
	8:00 p.m.	No. 12 Northwestern	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	BTN	T 2–2	482
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI		MICH 3–2	1,213
		Indiana	No. 22 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	MSU 2–1	2,979
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Penn State	UNCG	UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC		W 2–0	342
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Maryland	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI	B1G+	WIS 1–0	541
	2:00 p.m.	Ohio State	No. 12 Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN	NW 4–2	711

Week 6 (Sep. 26 – Oct. 2)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Oakland	No. 13 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	T 2–2	2,122
	7:30 p.m.	Michigan	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN	FS2	T 0–0	2,066
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Howard	No. 25 Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA		W 3–1	630
September 29	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Northwestern	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD	B1G+	NW 2–0	3,473
		Ohio State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ		OSU 2–0	137
October 1	3:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	T 1–1	1,083
		No. 25 Penn State	No. 13 Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI	B1G+	T 0–0	3,274

Week 7 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 9)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Kentucky	Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
October 3	7:00 p.m.	Xavier	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 3	8:00 p.m.	Green Bay	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 6	7:00 p.m.	Michigan	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH (rivalry)
October 6	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
October 7	12:00 p.m.	Indiana	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 9	7:00 p.m.	Bradley	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI

Week 8 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 16)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 10	7:00 p.m.	Villanova	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
		Michigan State	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
		Ohio State	Louisville	Lynn Stadium • Louisville, KY
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Evansville	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Northwestern	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA	B1G+
	7:00 p.m.	Wisconsin	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
October 15	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
	2:00 p.m.	Maryland	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI

Week 9 (Oct. 17 – Oct. 23)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 17	6:00 p.m.	Penn State	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Indiana	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
		Ohio State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
	8:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	B1G+
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Northeastern	Parsons Field • Brookline, MA
October 22	TBA	Michigan	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA

Week 10 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)

Date	Time (ET)	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 24	6:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI
	7:00 p.m.	Navy	Maryland	Ludwig Field • College Park, MD (rivalry)
	8:00 p.m.	Indiana	Northwestern	Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium • Evanston, IL	BTN
		Milwaukee	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI
October 25	6:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy	Penn State	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
	7:00 p.m.	Cleveland State	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI
October 27	6:30 p.m.	Trine	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
	7:00 p.m.	Drake	Michigan State	DeMartin Soccer Complex • East Lansing, MI
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Indiana	Bill Armstrong Stadium • Bloomington, IN
		Maryland	Ohio State	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
		Northwestern	Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	B1G+
		Penn State	Wisconsin	McClimon Soccer Complex • Madison, WI

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Main article: 2023 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

The Big Ten Tournament was played from November 3–12.^[23][24] Indiana won the Big Ten tournament title over Penn State.^[25]

	Quarterfinals November 3					Semifinals November 8					Championship November 12
	1	Indiana	2
	8	Wisconsin	1
						1	Indiana	4
						5	Michigan	3
	4	Northwestern	0
	5	Michigan	1
											1	Indiana	1
											2	Penn State	0
	3	Michigan State	0
	6	Ohio State	1
						6	Ohio State	1 (3)
						2	Penn State (p)	1 (4)
	2	Penn State	3
	7	Rutgers	1

All-Tournament team

Source:^[26]

Player	Team
Hugo Bacharach	Indiana
Maouloune Goumballe
Samuel Sarver[c]
Jason Bucknor	Michigan
Elijah Howe	Michigan State
Nigel Prince	Northwestern
Deylen Vellios	Ohio State
Peter Mangione	Penn State
Kris Shakes[d]
Ola Maeland	Rutgers
Max Keenan	Wisconsin

NCAA Tournament

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

The NCAA Tournament began on November 15, 2023 and conclude on December 17, 2019. For the first time in Big Ten history, only one team made the NCAA tournament.

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	4	Indiana	W 2–1 vs. Lipscomb – (Bloomington)	W 3–2 at (10) Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)	TBD at (7) Virginia – (Charlottesville)
W–L–T (%):			1–0–0 (1.000)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–) Total: 1–0–0 (1.000)

Rankings

Main article: 2022 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
Indiana	USC	2	10	15	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	None released
	TDS	2	3	7	21	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	16
	CSN	2	3	13	25	25	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	25	10
Maryland	USC	14	20	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	11	11	12	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	17	19	22	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan State	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	22	13	23	19	20	16	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	18	12	22	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	14	14	11	9	8	20	RV	NV
Northwestern	USC	NV	NV	NV	19	13	16	12	12	21	RV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	20	23	17	18	23	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	RV	30	20	16	10	10	12	22	27	RV	NV
Ohio State	USC	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Penn State	USC	NV	21	14	RV	RV	25	19	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	23	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	27	NV	22	22	21	22	19	27	26	24	27
Rutgers	USC	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Wisconsin	USC	NV	NV	21	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released
	TDS	NV	NV	15	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	CSN	NV	NV	15	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

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.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11
Indiana	1	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	3	3	2
Maryland	4	2	4	9	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan	7	8	10	10	9	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Michigan State	NV	6	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	1	4
Northwestern	5	7	2	2	2	1	1	1	5	5	5
Ohio State	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Penn State	2	3	5	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	3
Rutgers	NV	NV	NV	8	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Wisconsin	3	1	6	4	4	6	5	7	6	6	6

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			Defensive
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Aug. 29)[27]	Maxwell Keenan	MF	WIS	Kris Shakes	GK	PSU
Week 2 (Sep. 5)[28]	Alex Stevenson	MF	PSU	Kris Shakes (2)	GK	PSU
Week 3 (Sep. 12)[29]	Justin Weiss	FW	NW	Zac Kelly	GK	MSU
Week 4 (Sep. 19)[30]	Liam Butts	FW	PSU	Zac Kelly (2)	GK	MSU

Postseason honors

Unanimous selections in bold.

2023 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards[31]
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Peter Mangione, Penn State
Midfielder of the Year	Laurence Wootton, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year	Femi Awodesu, Penn State
Goalkeeper of the Year	Kris Shakes, Penn State
Coach of the Year	Jeff Cook, Penn State
Freshman of the Year	Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Maryland

2023 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[31]
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	All-Freshman Team Honorees	Sportsmanship Team Honorees
Joey Maher, D, Indiana Patrick McDonald, M, Indiana Samuel Sarver, F, Indiana Jonathan Stout, M, Michigan State Collin McCamy, M, Northwestern Nigel Prince, D, Northwestern Justin Weiss, F, Northwestern Laurence Wooton, M, Ohio State Femi Awodesu, D, Penn State Peter Mangione, F, Penn State Kris Shakes, GK, Penn State Jackson Temple, F, Rutgers	Hugo Bacharach, M, Indiana JT Harms, GK, Indiana William Kulvik, D, Maryland Bryce Blevins, M, Michigan Nolan Miller, D, Michigan Jeremy Sharp, D, Michigan State Jake Spadafora, F, Michigan State Ugo Achara Jr., F, Northwestern Michael Adedokun, M, Ohio State Siggi Magnusson, D, Ohio State Luciano Pechota, M, Ohio State Matthew Acosta, M, Rutgers Birgir Baldvinsson, D, Wisconsin Tim Bielic, M, Wisconsin	Collins Oduro, Indiana Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Maryland Matthew Fisher, Michigan Isaiah Goldson, Michigan Will Eby, Michigan State Fritz Volmar, Northwestern Andre Roberts, Ohio State Caden Grabfelder, Penn State Nick Collins, Rutgers Trip Fleming, Wisconsin Ryan Quintos, Wisconsin	Maouloune Goumballe, RS-Sr., Indiana Kento Abe, Sr., Maryland Bode Saul, Sr., Michigan Jack Zugay, Sr., Michigan State Jackson Weyman, Gr., Northwestern Luciano Pechota, So., Ohio State Samuel Ovesen, So., Penn State Cole Cruthers, So., Rutgers Tim Bielec, Sr., Wisconsin

See also

• 2023 Big Ten Conference women's soccer season

Notes

1. Match was abandoned in the 54th minute due to severe weather. Michigan State was leading 1–0 at the time of play stoppage. NCAA officials declared the game a no contest.^[21]
2. Match was canceled due to inclement weather.^[22]
3. Offensive MVP
4. Defensive MVP