2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Penn State and Northwestern tied for first in the regular season, while Michigan State won the Big Ten Tournament.[1][2] Indiana won the NCAA Tournament, winning their eighth title.[3]

Big Ten Conference

Season	2012
Champions	Michigan State
Premiers	Penn State
NCAA Tournament	Indiana Michigan Michigan State Northwestern
← 2011 2013 →

2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn State	3	–	1	–	2			9	–	5	–	3
No. 18 Northwestern	3	–	1	–	2			13	–	6	–	4
Michigan	3	–	2	–	1			11	–	10	–	1
No. 1 Indiana	3	–	2	–	1			16	–	5	–	3
Michigan State†	3	–	3	–	0			11	–	10	–	1
Wisconsin	1	–	3	–	2			6	–	8	–	5
Ohio State	0	–	4	–	2			6	–	10	–	3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA

Preseason

Northwestern and eventual national champions Indiana were picked to tie as the conference regular season champions.[4]

Preseason poll

Projected Rank	School	2011 Finish
T-1	Northwestern	1st
T-1	Indiana	4th
3	Michigan State	5th
4	Ohio State	T-2nd
5	Penn State	7th
6	Wisconsin	T-2nd
7	Michigan	6th

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
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	900
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey 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
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Adidas
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Nike
Northwestern	Tim Lenahan	Under Armour
Ohio State	John Bluem	Nike
Penn State	Bob Warming	Nike
Wisconsin	John Trask	Adidas

Regular season

Results

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

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

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

	Semifinal					Final
	1	Penn State	1
	5	Michigan State	3
						5	Michigan State (OT)	2
						3	Michigan	1
	2	Northwestern	0
	3	Michigan	3

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
16	1	Indiana	BYE	W 4–1 vs. Xavier – (Bloomington)	W, 2–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)	W, 1–0 vs. North Carolina – (Chapel Hill)	W, 1–0 vs. Creighton – (Hoover)	W, 1–0 vs. Georgetown – (Hoover)
N/A	1	Michigan State	W, 2–1 vs. Cleveland State – (East Lansing)	L, 0–3 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)
N/A	2	Michigan	W, 3–1 vs. Niagara – (Ann Arbor)	L, 1–2 vs. Akron – (Akron)
N/A	4	Northwestern	W 1–0 vs. Western Illinois – (Evanston)	W, 1–0 vs. Marquette – (Milwaukee)	L, 1–2 vs. Louisville – (Louisville)

Statistics

See also

• Big Ten Conference
• 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2012 in American soccer

References

1. "Northwestern and Penn State Share Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship". Big Ten. November 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
2. "Michigan State Claims Men's Soccer Big Ten Tournament Crown". Big Ten. November 9, 2012. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
3. "Indiana Claims Record Eighth National Title". Big Ten. December 9, 2012. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
4. "Indiana and Northwestern Top Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll". Big Ten. August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.