2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Number of teams	206
Preseason No. 1	Stanford
TV partner/s	ESPNU, BTN, P12N, ACCN
Hermann Trophy	Ian Harkes, Wake Forest
Top goalscorer	Albert Ruiz, Florida Gulf Coast (22)
Statistics
Biggest home win	Buffalo 9–0 Daemen (Aug. 26)
Biggest away win	Akron 7–0 NIU (Oct. 15)
Highest scoring	FGCU 6–5 Rutgers (Sept. 27)
Longest winning run	15 – Maryland (Sept. 13–Nov. 13)
Longest unbeaten run	23 – Denver (Aug. 26–Dec. 9)
Longest winless run	52 – VMI (Since 09/12/2014)
Longest losing run	49 – VMI (Since 09/23/2014)
Highest attendance	Home field–11,424 @ UCSB vs Cal Poly (October 22) 1st game–11,075 @ Cal Poly vs UCSB (October 15) Neutral field–10,092 Army vs Navy @ Chester, PA (September 23)
Lowest attendance	Home field & Neutral field Several reported as 0– Probably incorrect, but official
Tournament
Duration	November 17 – December 11, 2016
Most conference bids	ACC (9)
College Cup
Date	December 9 – 11, 2016
Site	BBVA Compass Stadium
Champions	Stanford
Runners-up	Wake Forest
Seasons
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The 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 58th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 26 and continued into the first weekend of November 2016. The season culminated with the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in December 2016. There were 206 teams in men's Division I competition. The defending champions were Stanford who defeated Clemson 4–0 to win its first NCAA soccer title. The season concluded with Stanford defending its title by defeating Wake Forest 5–4 in a penalty kick shootout following a 0–0 double-overtime draw.

Changes from 2015

Coaching changes

Program	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Appalachian State	Matt Nelson	Not retained	November 17, 2015	Jason O’Keefe	January 26, 2016
Cornell	Jaro Zawislan	Not retained	Was not announced	John Smith	March 8, 2016
Georgia Southern	Kevin Kennedy	Not retained	Was not announced	John Murphy	July 26, 2016
Iona	Fernando Barboto	Head coach at NJIT	January 24, 2016	James Hamilton	April 26, 2016
IUPUI	Isang Jacob	Resigned	July 18, 2016	Brian Barnett	August 7, 2016
La Salle	Pat Farrell	Retired	June 28, 2016	Rob Irvine	July 28, 2016
Navy	Dave Brandt	To Pittsburgh Riverhounds	May 23, 2016	Tim O'Donohue	July 1, 2016
NJIT	Didier Orellana	Resigned	Was not announced	Fernando Barboto	January 24, 2016
Niagara	Eric Barnes	Not retained	November 9, 2015	Bill Boyle	January 15, 2016
Northeastern	Brian Ainscough	Resigned	November 13, 2015	Chris Gbandi	January 11, 2016
Pittsburgh	Joe Luxbacher	Retired	November 3, 2015	Jay Vidovich	December 5, 2016
Portland	Bill Irwin	Retired	November 24, 2015	Nick Carlin-Voigt	January 12, 2016
Presbyterian	Bret Boulware	Not retained	December 15, 2015	Jonathan Potter	December 15, 2015
Stetson	Ernie Yarborough	Not retained	June 27, 2016	Jared Vock (Interim)	June 27, 2016
VMI	Jon Freeman	Resigned	April 6, 2016	Michael Bonelli	May 17, 2016
Winthrop	Rich Posipanko	Retired	December 18, 2015	Daniel Ridenhour	December 18, 2015

New programs

Chicago State was initially budgeted to finally start competition in the Western Athletic Conference this season. However, the ongoing State of Illinois budgetary crisis and the school's own critical financial problems have set this back once more.

Mount St. Mary's University announced that their soccer program, which has been dormant since the end of the 2012 season, will be reinstated for the 2018 season.

Discontinued programs

None.

Conference realignment

School	Previous Conference	New Conference
Coastal Carolina	Big South Conference	Sun Belt Conference
NJIT	Sun Belt Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference

Video review

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved voluntary video review for the 2016 season. Video may be used to determine whether a goal has been scored, to identify players for disciplinary matters, and to determine whether a fight occurred and identify the participants.

Use of video review in both men's and women's soccer is strictly voluntary, with coaches for both teams agreeing to its use before the game. The home team is responsible for the equipment and for making review possible either at the scorer's table or at another ground-level location. As in other NCAA sports, the video review must display indisputable evidence for a call to be overturned.

Proposed Division I season change

After many months of extended unofficial discussion, on August 22, 2016, NCAA Division I men's coaches and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) officially began an "informational campaign" to build support for a proposed change of the playing schedule for Division I men's soccer. Under the proposed changes of the "Academic Year Season Model", the number of games on the Fall schedule and the number of mid-week games would be reduced, with games added in the Spring following a Winter break, and the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship tournament would be moved from November and December to May and June. In addition to more closely matching the professional season, the changes address issues of player health and safety and of the time demands on student-athletes. The proposal concerns only Division I men's soccer. While a large majority of men's coaches and players support the changes, only a small minority of women's coaches and players currently do so. At this time, there is only the "informational campaign" "...to educate our Athletic Directors, NCAA leadership, student athletes, coaches and fans on the advantages of this Academic Year Model,” said Sasho Cirovski, NSCAA D1 Men's committee chair and University of Maryland head coach. No formal proposal has been made to the NCAA, and once proposed, could not come into effect any earlier than the 2017–18 academic year.

Season overview

Pre-season polls

NSCAA Rank Team 1 Stanford 2 Akron 3 Clemson 4 Maryland 5 Wake Forest 6 Syracuse 7 Creighton 8 North Carolina 9 Notre Dame 10 Georgetown 11 Boston College 12 SMU 13 UC Santa Barbara 14 Seattle 15 Indiana 16 UCLA 17 Virginia 18 Ohio State 19 South Florida 20 Denver 21 Coastal Carolina 22 Charlotte 23 FIU 24 South Carolina 25 Rutgers

College Soccer News Rank Team 1 Stanford 2 Akron 3 Maryland 4 Clemson 5 Wake Forest 6 North Carolina 7 Georgetown 8 Boston College 9 Creighton 10 SMU 11 Syracuse 12 Seattle 13 UCLA 14 Indiana 15 Denver 16 UC Santa Barbara 17 Notre Dame 18 Ohio State 19 South Florida 20 Virginia 21 South Carolina 22 Connecticut 23 Kentucky 24 Charlotte 25 FIU

Soccer America Rank Team 1 Akron 2 Stanford 3 UCLA 4 Maryland 5 North Carolina 6 Clemson 7 Wake Forest 8 Boston College 9 Creighton 10 Syracuse 11 UC Santa Barbara 12 Georgetown 13 Indiana 14 SMU 15 Notre Dame 16 Denver 17 Seattle 18 Ohio State 19 Washington 20 Virginia 21 South Florida 22 Xavier 23 California 24 Kentucky 25 Connecticut

Top Drawer Soccer Rank Team 1 North Carolina 2 Maryland 3 Akron 4 Stanford 5 Syracuse 6 UCLA 7 Georgetown 8 SMU 9 Seattle 10 Clemson 11 Wake Forest 12 Denver 13 Indiana 14 Creighton 15 Boston College 16 Connecticut 17 South Florida 18 Coastal Carolina 19 Notre Dame 20 Washington 21 Kentucky 22 Dartmouth 23 UC Santa Barbara 24 Utah Valley 25 South Carolina

Regular season

#1

See also: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

Weekly NSCAA #1 ranked team
Date	Team		Date	Team		Date	Team		Date	Team
August 2 (preseason)	Stanford		None until after season starts			August 30	Akron		September 6	Notre Dame
September 13	Notre Dame		September 20	Maryland		September 27	Maryland		October 4	Maryland
October 11	Maryland		October 18	Maryland		October 25	Maryland		November 1	Maryland
November 8	Maryland		November 15	Maryland		None until after tournament			December 13	Stanford

Conference standings

2016 America East Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 19 UMass Lowell # 5 – 1 – 1 13 – 1 – 2 No. 17 Albany ‡ 4 – 2 – 1 13 – 6 – 2 Stony Brook 4 – 2 – 1 9 – 6 – 3 New Hampshire 4 – 3 – 0 12 – 7 – 0 Vermont + 4 – 3 – 0 14 – 7 – 1 Hartford 2 – 3 – 2 9 – 10 – 3 Binghamton 1 – 3 – 3 7 – 6 – 6 UMBC 0 – 7 – 0 5 – 9 – 3 ‡ - Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship #-Ineligible (In transition) As of 13 December 2116 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T South Florida + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 6 – 4 Tulsa ‡ 4 – 2 – 1 10 – 5 – 5 Connecticut 3 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 1 Cincinnati 3 – 4 – 0 9 – 7 – 1 UCF 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 11 – 0 Temple 2 – 3 – 2 10 – 6 – 2 Memphis 2 – 4 – 1 8 – 8 – 1 SMU 2 – 4 – 1 6 – 9 – 1 ‡ – Tournament champion + – Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Saint Louis 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 8 – 3 Fordham ‡ 5 – 2 – 1 10 – 7 – 4 LaSalle 5 – 3 – 0 10 – 8 – 1 UMass 4 – 2 – 2 7 – 9 – 3 VCU 4 – 3 – 1 8 – 9 – 4 Rhode Island 4 – 4 – 0 8 – 11 – 1 Duquesne 3 – 2 – 3 8 – 5 – 5 Dayton 3 – 3 – 2 7 – 9 – 3 George Washington 3 – 3 – 2 8 – 5 – 5 St. Bonaventure 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 12 – 2 Saint Joseph's 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 11 – 1 Davidson 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 12 – 1 George Mason 0 – 7 – 1 2 – 12 – 2 ‡- 2016 Atlantic 10 Tournament +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 ACC men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Atlantic No. 2 Wake Forest ‡ 5 – 1 – 2 19 – 2 – 4 No. 6 Louisville + 5 – 2 – 1 14 – 6 – 2 No. 5 Clemson + 4 – 1 – 3 14 – 4 – 5 No. 11 Syracuse + 4 – 2 – 3 12 – 4 – 4 Boston College + 3 – 3 – 3 9 – 9 – 3 NC State 1 – 8 – 0 5 – 12 – 0 Coastal No. 4 North Carolina + 5 – 1 – 2 14 – 3 – 4 No. 13 Virginia + 4 – 2 – 3 11 – 4 – 5 No. 14 Notre Dame + 4 – 3 – 2 12 – 7 – 2 No. 8 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 2 13 – 5 – 4 Duke 2 – 6 – 1 7 – 8 – 2 Pittsburgh 0 – 7 – 2 2 – 13 – 3 ‡-2016 ACC Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North Florida 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 4 – 2 No. 20 FGCU ‡ 4 – 1 – 1 14 – 4 – 3 Lipscomb 3 – 2 – 1 10 – 6 – 2 NJIT 3 – 2 – 1 8 – 6 – 4 Jacksonville 2 – 4 – 0 8 – 10 – 0 Stetson 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 10 – 2 USC Upstate 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 10 – 0 ‡-2016 ASUN Tournament champion +- Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Big East Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 10 Providence + 7 – 2 – 0 15 – 7 – 0 No. 18 Butler ‡ 6 – 3 – 0 13 – 5 – 2 No. 15 Creighton + 5 – 3 – 1 13 – 7 – 3 Villanova + 5 – 3 – 1 10 – 8 – 2 Xavier 4 – 4 – 1 8 – 8 – 3 DePaul 4 – 5 – 0 9 – 7 – 3 Georgetown 3 – 4 – 2 6 – 9 – 2 Saint John's 2 – 5 – 2 6 – 7 – 4 Marquette 2 – 5 – 2 5 – 7 – 4 Seton Hall 2 – 6 – 1 4 – 11 – 2 ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Big South Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Radford ‡ 7 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 2 High Point 5 – 1 – 2 11 – 4 – 4 UNC Asheville 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 13 – 0 Liberty 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 9 – 2 Presbyterian 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 10 – 3 Longwood 3 – 5 – 0 8 – 12 – 1 Gardner–Webb 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 11 – 1 Winthrop 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 10 – 2 Campbell 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 11 – 1 ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 7 Maryland ‡ 7 – 0 – 1 18 – 1 – 2 No. 9 Indiana + 3 – 0 – 5 12 – 2 – 7 Wisconsin 4 – 2 – 2 11 – 4 – 4 No. 25 Michigan State + 4 – 3 – 1 13 – 5 – 2 Penn State 4 – 4 – 0 8 – 8 – 2 Ohio State 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 13 – 1 Northwestern 3 – 4 – 1 6 – 11 – 1 Michigan 1 – 6 – 1 4 – 11 – 4 Rutgers 0 – 6 – 2 1 – 14 – 2 ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Big West Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North UC Santa Barbara 6 – 1 – 3 10 – 7 – 3 Sacramento State 4 – 5 – 1 9 – 8 – 3 UC Davis 4 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 2 Cal Poly 3 – 5 – 2 5 – 9 – 3 South CSU Northridge ‡ 5 – 2 – 3 9 – 7 – 5 Cal St. Fullerton 4 – 3 – 3 11 – 9 – 3 UC Riverside 4 – 5 – 1 8 – 10 – 2 UC Irvine 3 – 5 – 1 5 – 13 – 1 ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Hofstra 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 8 – 1 Delaware ‡ 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 8 – 1 UNC Wilmington 3 – 2 – 3 8 – 6 – 3 Elon 3 – 2 – 3 7 – 7 – 4 William & Mary 3 – 3 – 2 13 – 7 – 2 Charleston 3 – 3 – 2 6 – 9 – 3 James Madison 3 – 3 – 2 5 – 9 – 3 Northeastern 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 11 – 0 Drexel 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 14 – 2 - ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Conference USA men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 16 Charlotte + 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 4 – 2 South Carolina + 5 – 2 – 1 11 – 8 – 1 Fla. International 5 – 2 – 1 10 – 7 – 2 No. 23 Kentucky + 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 5 – 3 New Mexico ‡ 4 – 3 – 1 12 – 7 – 3 UAB 2 – 5 – 1 6 – 9 – 3 Old Dominion 2 – 5 – 1 6 – 9 – 2 Florida Atlantic 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 10 – 1 Marshall 1 – 6 – 1 6 – 11 – 1 ‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Horizon League men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Wright State 7 – 1 – 1 11 – 6 – 3 Milwaukee 5 – 3 – 1 8 – 8 – 2 UIC ‡ 5 – 3 – 1 9 – 8 – 3 Oakland 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 10 – 1 Valparaiso 4 – 3 – 2 12 – 4 – 3 Cleveland State 4 – 3 – 2 7 – 8 – 2 Green Bay 4 – 3 – 2 5 – 9 – 2 Belmont 2 – 5 – 2 3 – 12 – 3 Detroit 1 – 6 – 2 3 – 10 – 4 Northern Kentucky 1 – 7 – 1 1 – 12 – 4 ‡-Tournament champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Date= 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Ivy League men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Columbia ‡x 5 – 1 – 1 12 – 3 – 1 Dartmouth ‡ 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 5 – 5 Brown 3 – 3 – 1 8 – 8 – 1 Penn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 6 Princeton 1 – 3 – 2 7 – 7 – 2 Yale 1 – 4 – 2 3 – 10 – 2 Cornell 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 13 – 2 Harvard # 4 – 0 – 1 10 – 3 – 2 ‡-Conference champion x- Not invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship #- Ineligible (self-imposed sanctions) As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Quinnipiac 8 – 2 – 0 13 – 7 – 0 Rider ‡ 7 – 1 – 2 13 – 4 – 3 Siena 6 – 3 – 1 8 – 8 – 5 Marist 6 – 4 – 0 11 – 7 – 1 Canisius 4 – 3 – 3 9 – 8 – 3 Monmouth 5 – 5 – 0 6 – 9 – 2 Iona 4 – 6 – 0 5 – 13 – 0 Fairfield 3 – 6 – 1 5 – 9 – 3 Niagara 3 – 6 – 1 4 – 11 – 2 Manhattan 2 – 6 – 2 2 – 12 – 3 Saint Peter's 2 – 8 – 0 3 – 13 – 2 ‡-Tournament Champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 24 Akron ‡ 3 – 1 – 1 13 – 6 – 3 Bowling Green 2 – 0 – 3 9 – 6 – 4 Buffalo 2 – 1 – 2 12 – 4 – 3 Western Michigan 1 – 1 – 3 9 – 6 – 4 Northern Illinois 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 10 – 4 West Virginia 1 – 4 – 0 8 – 7 – 1 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Tournament As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 21 Loyola Chicago + 6 – 1 – 1 14 – 4 – 1 No. 22 SIUE ‡ 4 – 1 – 3 10 – 5 – 7 Evansville 4 – 2 – 2 9 – 8 – 3 Central Arkansas 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 7 – 3 Missouri State 3 – 4 – 1 9 – 8 – 2 Drake 2 – 5 – 1 6 – 12 – 1 Bradley 0 – 7 – 1 2 – 15 – 3 ‡-MVC Tournament Champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ 6 – 0 – 1 12 – 6 – 3 Saint Francis (PA) 4 – 1 – 2 12 – 6 – 2 LIU Brooklyn 4 – 2 – 1 10 – 6 – 2 Sacred Heart 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 11 – 2 Bryant 2 – 2 – 3 3 – 10 – 3 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 – 3 – 3 3 – 11 – 3 Robert Morris 1 – 5 – 1 4 – 11 – 2 Central Connecticut 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 12 – 3 ‡-Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 1 Stanford ‡ 8 – 1 – 1 14 – 3 – 6 No. 12 Washington + 6 – 4 – 0 14 – 7 – 0 San Diego State + 4 – 3 – 3 9 – 4 – 6 UCLA + 4 – 5 – 1 10 – 8 – 2 Oregon State 3 – 5 – 2 7 – 8 – 3 California 1 – 8 – 1 5 – 10 – 2 ‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Patriot League men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T American 7 – 1 – 1 11 – 5 – 5 Loyola Maryland 6 – 1 – 2 8 – 7 – 3 Colgate ‡ 5 – 3 – 1 13 – 7 – 2 Boston U. 4 – 3 – 2 9 – 6 – 3 Army 4 – 4 – 1 9 – 8 – 2 Bucknell 4 – 4 – 1 7 – 11 – 3 Lafayette 3 – 5 – 1 7 – 9 – 2 Lehigh 3 – 6 – 0 7 – 10 – 1 Holy Cross 1 – 5 – 3 5 – 10 – 3 Navy 1 – 6 – 2 5 – 9 – 4 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Southern Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T East Tenn. State+ 7 – 1 – 3 12 – 5 – 3 Mercer ‡ 7 – 3 – 1 13 – 7 – 1 Wofford 6 – 4 – 0 12 – 7 – 0 UNC Greensboro 6 – 4 – 0 11 – 7 – 2 Furman 2 – 6 – 2 6 – 9 – 3 VMI 0 – 10 – 0 0 – 17 – 0 ‡-2016 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Summit League men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 3 Denver ‡ 5 – 0 – 1 20 – 1 – 3 Omaha 5 – 0 – 1 10 – 5 – 4 Western Illinois 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 10 – 1 Eastern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 12 – 1 Fort Wayne 2 – 4 – 0 9 – 9 – 0 Oral Roberts 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 10 – 2 IUPUI 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 15 – 1 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Coastal Carolina ‡ 3 – 1 – 1 10 – 7 – 3 Georgia Southern 3 – 1 – 1 8 – 8 – 3 Georgia State 3 – 2 – 0 15 – 7 – 0 Hartwick 2 – 2 – 1 9 – 6 – 4 Appalachian State 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 9 – 4 Howard 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 14 – 3 ‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Portland ‡ 6 – 1 – 0 12 – 5 – 2 Pacific + 4 – 1 – 2 13 – 4 – 2 Loyola Marymount 4 – 3 – 0 10 – 8 – 0 Saint Mary's 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 8 – 3 San Francisco 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 9 – 0 San Diego 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 9 – 3 Gonzaga 2 – 4 – 1 8 – 8 – 2 Santa Clara 0 – 6 – 1 5 – 10 – 1 ‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA	2016 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Utah Valley 8 – 1 – 1 15 – 4 – 1 Seattle 7 – 1 – 2 11 – 6 – 2 Air Force 6 – 3 – 1 14 – 7 – 1 UNLV ‡ 5 – 4 – 1 10 – 12 – 2 Grand Canyon # 4 – 3 – 3 7 – 10 – 3 UTRGV 4 – 4 – 2 4 – 6 – 8 Cal St. Bakersfield 4 – 6 – 0 6 – 13 – 0 San Jose State 3 – 6 – 1 4 – 13 – 2 Incarnate Word # 2 – 5 – 3 4 – 9 – 4 Houston Baptist 3 – 7 – 0 5 – 11 – 1 UMKC 1 – 7 – 2 2 – 12 – 2 ‡-Tournament Champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship #-Ineligible (In transition) As of 21 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

Major upsets

In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.

Date	Winner	Score	Loser
August 26	St. Louis	1–0	@ #5 Wake Forest
August 26	Michigan State	2–1	@ #12 SMU
August 28	West Virginia	1–0 @ Akron	#10 Georgetown
September 2	@ #23 San Diego State	1–0	#1 Akron
September 2	Duke	1–0	@ #9 UCLA
September 2	Louisville	2–0	@ #14 Connecticut
September 4	Villanova	2–1	@ #11 Boston College
September 9	#19 Butler	4–2 @ Akron	#7 UC Santa Barbara
September 9	Loyola Chicago	2–0 @ NIU	#12 Utah Valley
September 13	East Tennessee State	1–0 (OT)	@ #2 North Carolina
September 16	@ Louisville	1–0	#1 Notre Dame
September 20	@ UNC Wilmington	2–0	#5 Charlotte
September 23	@ Cal Poly	1–0	#6 UCLA
September 23	Pacific	2–0	@ #11 San Diego State
October 4	@ Albany	2–1	#3 Syracuse
October 7	Virginia	2–1	@ #4 North Carolina
October 8	@ UAB	2–1	#15 Kentucky
October 11	@ Tulsa	2–1	#6 Creighton
October 14	@ #21 Virginia	1–0	#2 Notre Dame
October 18	@ Northwestern	2–1 (OT)	#4 Notre Dame
October 18	North Florida	3–2	@ #11 FGCU
October 21	@ Duke	2–1 (2 OT)	#4 Notre Dame
October 22	@ Villanova	1–0	#10 Creighton
October 23	@ New Hampshire	2–1	#14 UMass Lowell
October 26	@ DePaul	1–0	#15 Butler
October 29	@ SIUE	1–0	#11 Loyola Chicago
November 6	Boston College	1–0	@ #2 North Carolina
November 10	Oregon State	1–0	@ #14 Washington
November 11	New Mexico	2–1 @ West Virginia	#5 Charlotte
November 11	@ Missouri State	2–1 (OT)	#13 Loyola Chicago

Early season tournaments

Several universities hosted early season soccer tournaments.

Name	Dates	Location	No. teams	Champion
Akron Classic	August 26–28	FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field (Akron, OH)	4	Akron (2–0)
Carolina Nike Classic	August 26–28	Fetzer Field (Chapel Hill, NC)	4	North Carolina (2–0)
Central New York Classic	August 26–28	SU Soccer Stadium (Syracuse, NY)	4	Syracuse (2–0) Colgate (2–0)
Fairfield Inn by Marriot JMU Invitational	August 26–28	University Park (Harrisonburg, VA	4	Radford (2–0)
Gonzaga Soccer Tournament	August 26–28	Luger Field (Spokane, WA)	4	Gonzaga (1–0–1) San Diego State (1–0–1)
Hensor–Zaher Classic	August 26–28	Lorenz Field (Corvallis, OR)	4	Oregon State (1–0–1)
John Rennie Nike Invitational	August 26–28	Koskinen Stadium (Durham, NC)	4	Duke (1–0–1) San Diego (1–0–1)
Marriott Houston Westchase Invitaitonal	August 26–28	Sorrels Field (Houston, TX)	4	UTRGV (1–0–1)
Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	August 26–28	Alumni Stadium (Notre Dame, IN)	4	Notre Dame (2–0) Indiana (2–0)
Mike Gibbs Memorial Tournament	August 26–28	Hodges Stadium (Jacksonville, FL)	4	North Florida (1–0–1) UNC Greensboro (1–0–1)
Nike/Aaron Olitsky Memorial Soccer Classic	August 26–28	Patriots Point Athletics Complex (Mount Pleasant, SC)	4	Furman (1–0–1)
Stihl Soccer Classic & VCU Tournament	August 26–28	ODU Soccer Complex & Sports Backers Stadium (Norfolk, VA) & (Richmond, VA)	4	Old Dominion (1–0–1) Stetson (1–0–1)
Wolstein Classic	August 26–28	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Columbus, OH)	4	UC Santa Barbara (2–0) Virginia Tech (2–0)
Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	September 2–4	Bill Armstrong Stadium (Bloomington, IN)	4	Notre Dame (2–0)
Chicago Classic	September 2–4	Loyola Soccer Park & Wish Field (Chicago. IL)	4	DePaul (2–0) Loyola Chicago (2–0)
Elon/High Point Classic	September 2–4	Vert Stadium & Rudd Field (High Point, NC) & (Elon, NC)	4	Elon (2–0)
The Grange & Ashwill Memorial Invitational	September 2–4	UNM Soccer Complex (Albuquerque, NM)	4	New Mexico (2–0)
The Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic	September 2–4	Shea Stadium (Peoria, IL))	4	Utah Valley (2–0)
Johann Memorial Classic	September 2–4	Peter Johann Memorial Field (Las Vegas, NV)	4	UC Riverside (1–1) Santa Clara (1–1) Cal State Fullerton (1–1) UNLV (1–1)
The Courtyard by Marriott Central San Diego Tournament	September 9–11	SDSU Sports Deck (San Diego, CA)	4	Cal State Fullerton (2–0) San Diego State (2–0)
Duquesne Invitational	September 9–11	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (Pittsburgh, PA)	4	Duquesne (2–0)
NIU/Adidas Invitational	September 9–11	NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex (DeKalb, IL)	4	Loyola Chicago (2–0)
ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic	September 9–11	Arad McCutchan Stadium (Evansville, IN)	4	Evansville (1–0–1) Portland (1–0–1)
R.I. Capital City Classic	September 9–11	Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium (Providence, RI)	4	Brown (2–0) Providence (2–0)
The TLC Plumbing and Utility Invitational	September 9–11	UNM Soccer Complex (Albuquerque, NM)	4	New Mexico (2–0)
UAB Soccer For A Cure Classic	September 9–11	BBVA Compass Field (Birmingham, AL)	4	Tulsa (1–0–1)
UNCW Courtyard by Marriott Wilmington-Wrightsville Beach Classic	September 9–11	UNCW Soccer Stadium (Wilmington, NC)	4	Marist (2–0) UNC Wilmington (2–0)
University of Akron Tournament	September 9–12	FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field (Akron, OH)	4	Akron (2–0) Butler (2–0)

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference	Regular season winner	Conference Player of the Year	Conference Coach of the Year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)	Tournament winner
America East Conference	UMass Lowell	None named– 4 position awards	Christian Fiegueroa & staff (UML)	2016 America East Tournament	Campus sites	Albany
American Athletic Conference	South Florida	None named– 4 position awards	George Kiefer & staff (USF)	2016 American Athletic Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Tulsa
Atlantic 10 Conference	Saint Louis	None named– 3 position awards	Mike McGinty, Saint Louis	216 A-10 Tournament	Alumni Soccer Stadium (Davidson, NC)	Fordham
Atlantic Coast Conference	Atlantic–Wake Forest Coastal–North Carolina	None named– 3 position awards	Bobby Muuss, Wake Forest	2016 ACC Tournament	MUSC Health Stadium (Charleston, SC)	Wake Forest
Atlantic Sun Conference	North Florida	Albert Ruiz, Florida Gulf Coast	Adrian Nunez & staff (UNF)	2016 A-SUN Tournament	Campus sites	Florida Gulf Coast
Big East Conference	Providence	None named– 4 position awards	Craig Stewart & staff (Providence)	2016 Big East Tournament	Campus sites	Butler
Big South Conference	Radford	None named– 2 position awards	Marc Reeves, Radford	2016 Big South Tournament	Bryan Park (Greensboro, NC)	Radford
Big Ten Conference	Maryland	None named– 4 position awards	Sasho Cirovski, Maryland	2016 B1G Tournament	Grand Park (Westfield, Indiana)	Maryland
Big West Conference	N-UC Santa Barbara S-Cal State Northridge	None named– 4 position awards	Terry Davila, Cal State Northridge	2016 Big West Tournament	Campus sites	Cal State Northridge
Colonial Athletic Association	Hofstra	Guillermo Delgado, Delaware	Richard Nuttall, Hofstra	2016 CAA Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Delaware
Conference USA	Charlotte	Brandt Bronico, Charlotte	Kevin Langan, Charlotte	2016 C-USA Tournament	Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex (Huntington, West Virginia)	New Mexico
Horizon League	Wright State	Peguy Ngatcha, Wright State	Bryan Davis, Wright State	2016 Horizon League Tournament	Hosted by season champion	UIC
Ivy League	Columbia & Dartmouth (tie)	None named– 2 position awards	Kevin Anderson, Columbia	No tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Quinnipiac	None named– 3 position awards	Eric Da Costa, Quinnipiac	2016 MAAC Tournament	Campus sites	Rider
Mid-American Conference	Akron	Adam Najem, Akron	Eric Nichols, Bowling Green	2016 MAC Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Akron
Missouri Valley Conference	Loyola Chicago	Austin Ledbetter, SIUE	Neil Jones & staff, Loyola Chicago	2016 MVC tournament	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Springfield, MO)	SIUE
Northeast Conference	St. Francis Brooklyn	Simen Hestnes, LIU Brooklyn	Tom Giovatto, St. Francis Brooklyn	2016 NEC Tournament	Hosted by season champion	St. Francis Brooklyn
Pac-12 Conference	Stanford	Foster Langsdorf, Stanford & Jose Hernandez, UCLA	Jeremy Gunn, Stanford	No tournament
Patriot League	American	None named– 4 position awards	Steve Nichols, Loyola Maryland	2016 Patriot League Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Colgate
Southern Conference	East Tennessee State	Will Bagrou, Jr., Mercer	Bo Oshoniyi, ETSU	2016 SoCon Tournament	UNCG Soccer Stadium (Greensboro, NC)	Mercer
The Summit League	Denver & Omaha (tie)	None named– 3 position awards	Jamie Franks, Denver	2016 Summit League Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Denver
Sun Belt Conference	Coastal Carolina & Georgia Southern (tie)	Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State	John Murphy, Georgia Southern	2016 Sun Belt Tournament	Hosted by season champion	Coastal Carolina
West Coast Conference	Portland	Eddie Sanchez, Portland	Ryan Jorden. Pacific & Nick Carlin-Voigt, Portland	No tournament
Western Athletic Conference	Utah Valley	None named– 2 position awards	Greg Maas, Utah Valley	2016 WAC Tournament	Hosted by season champion	UNLV

Statistics

Individuals

GOALS
Rank	Scorer	School	Games	Goals
1	Albert Ruiz	FGCU	20	22
2	Cameron Harr	Marist	19	17
	Gordon Wild	Maryland	21	17
4	Chris Arling	New Hampshire	19	15
	Julian Gressel	Providence	22	15
	Foster Langsdorf	Stanford	21	15
7	Russell Cicerone	Buffalo	19	14
	Jon Gallagher	Notre Dame	21	14
	Jorge Gomez Sanchez	Temple	18	14
	Brian Wright	Vermont	22	14

Last update on 13 December 2016

GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE
Rank	Keeper	School	Games	Minutes	GA	GAA
1	Dylan Castanheira	Columbia	10	929	3	.291
2	James Pyle	North Carolina	21	1998	10	.450
3	Mitch Jensen	Utah Valley	12	945	5	.476
4	Alec Ferrell	Wake Forest	15	1411	8	.510
4	Nick Gardner	Denver	23	2158	13	.542
6	Hendrik Hilpert	Syracuse	20	1905	12	.567
7	Andrew Chekadanov	Loyola Chicago	19	1726	11	.574
8	Andrew Epstein	Stanfrord	22	2096	14	.601
9	Thor Arne Hofs	George Washington	17	1644	12	.611
10	Aitor Pouseu Blanco	Radford	19	1766	13	.633

Last update on 13 December 2016

ASSISTS
Rank	Player	School	Games	Assists
1	Dan Campos	Longwood	21	12
	Jonathan Lewis	Akron	22	12
	Cameron Woodfin	ETSU	19	12
	Brian Wright	Vermont	22	12
5	Tim Kübel	Louisville	21	11
	Christopher Mueller	Wisconsin	19	11
	Arion Sobers-Assue	FGCU	20	11
	Jackson Yueill	UCLA	20	11
8	Zac Blaydes	Evansville	21	10
	Brody Kraussel	Loyola Chicago	19	10
	Charlie Reymann	Kentucky	19	10
	Adam Wilson	Cincinnati	17	10

Last update on 13 December 2016

SAVE PERCENTAGE
Rank	Keeper	School	Games	Saves	GA	Save %
1	Dylan Castanheira	Columbia	10	28	3	.903
2	Alec Ferrell	Wake Forest	15	53	8	.869
3	Thor Arne Hofs	George Washington	17	68	11	.861
4	Adam Allmaras	San Diego St.	19	77	13	.856
5	Colin Miller	Providence	15	62	11	.849
6	Sebastian Kalk	Cleveland State	12	56	10	.848
7	Eric Klenofsky	Monmouth	11	53	10	.841
8	Andrew Withers	St. John's	17	63	12	.840
9	Kyle Dal Santo	SIUE	22	88	17	.838
10	Mitch Jensen	Utah Valley	12	25	5	.833

Last update on 13 December 2016

TOTAL POINTS
Rank	Player	School	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Albert Ruiz	FGCU	20	22	5	49
2	Brian Wright	Vermont	22	14	12	40
3	Gordon Wild	Maryland	21	17	5	39
4	Russell Cicerone	Buffalo	19	14	9	37
5	Julian Gressel	Providence	22	15	6	36
6	Jon Gallagher	Notre Dame	21	14	7	35
	Cameron Harr	Marist	19	17	1	35
8	Arion Sobers-Assue	FGCU	20	11	11	33
9	Guillermo Delgado	Delaware	19	12	8	32
10	Chris Arling	New Hampshire	19	15	1	31
	Jorge Gomez Sanchez	Temple	18	14	3	31

Last update on 13 December 2016

TOTAL SAVES
Rank	Keeper	School	Games	Saves
1	Mertcan Akar	Belmont	18	109
2	Kenneth Hersey	Howard	18	105
3	David Greczek	Rutgers	17	101
4	Chris Katt	UNC Asheville	18	100
5	Kevin Marquez	CSUN	21	99
6	Robert Allen	VMI	14	98
7	Vincent Morales	UC Riverside	20	96
8	Paul Ladwig	Stetson	16	91
9	Winter Fondi	Robert Morris	16	90
	Will Steiner	Villanova	21	90

Last update on 13 December 2016

• NOTE: Niki Jackson of Grand Canyon was among the
  national leaders in both Goals (16) and Total Points (34),
  but his school was in its final year of transition from
  Division II to Division I, making the school and its athletes
  ineligible for consideration for statistical placement.

• Individual statistics are through the games of 11 December 2016.

Teams

SCORING OFFENSE
Rank	School	Games	Goals	Goals/Game
1	FGCU	21	62	2.952
2	Maryland	21	53	2.524
3	LIU Brooklyn	18	39	2.167
4	High Point	19	41	2.158
5	Charlotte	18	37	2.056
6	Akron	22	45	2.045
	Air Force	22	45	2.045
8	William & Mary	21	41	1.952
9	UNC Greensboro	20	39	1.950
10	North Florida	15	29	1.933

Last update on 13 December 2016

SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average)
Rank	School	Games	Minutes	GA	Team GAA
1	North Carolina	21	2016	10	.446
2	Wake Forest	25	2345	12	.461
3	Denver	24	2268	13	.516
4	Stanford	24	2241	14	.562
5	Syracuse	20	1905	12	.567
6	Loyola Chicago	19	1745	11	.567
7	St. Francis Brooklyn	20	1952	13	.596
8	George Washington	18	1734	12	.623
9	Radford	20	1856	13	.630
10	San Diego St.	19	1845	13	.634

Last update on 13 December 2016

SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE
Rank	School	Games	Shutouts	Shutout %
1	North Carolina	21	14	.667
2	Loyola Chicago	19	12	.632
3	Denver	24	14	.583
4	San Diego State	19	11	.579
5	Charlotte	18	10	.556
6	St. Francis Brooklyn	20	11	.550
	Syracuse	20	11	.550
8	Stanford	22	12	.545
9	Wake Forest	24	13	.542
10	Columbia	17	9	.529

Last update on 13 December 2016

• Team statistics are through the games of 11 December 2016.

WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE
Rank	School	Wins	Loses	Ties	W-L-T %
1	Maryland	18	1	2	,905
2	Denver	20	1	3	.896
3	Wake Forest	19	2	4	.840
4	Columbia	13	3	1	.794
5	Utah Valley	15	4	1	775
6	Loyola Chicago	14	4	1	.763
7	North Carolina	14	3	4	,762
8	Radford	14	4	2	.750
9	Stanford	14	3	6	,739
10	FGCU	14	4	3	,738
	Indiana	12	2	7	,738

• NOTE: UMass Lowell finished its season 13–1–2 (.875)
  but was in its final year of transition from Division II to
  Division I, making the school ineligible for consideration
  for both statistical placement and postseason play.

Last update on 13 December 2016

See also

• College soccer
• List of NCAA Division I men's soccer programs
• 2016 in American soccer
• 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
• 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season