2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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.

Big Ten Conference
Season2015
ChampionsMaryland
PremiersOhio State
NCAA TournamentOhio State
Indiana
Maryland
Rutgers
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Ohio State + 4 –2 –1  13 –7 –3
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

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 — — 3–1 —
Michigan — — — 1–0 3–0 — — 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 3–1 — — — 1–1 — 2–0
Penn State 1–0 3–4 2–0 — 1–2 — — — —
Rutgers — — — 1–3 — 1–0 0–2 — 0–1
Wisconsin — 1–4 — 0–0 2–1 — 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
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
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)
N/A 2 Rutgers T, 1–1 W, 3–2 pen. vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway) L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron)

Statistics
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See also

References
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