NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1959, when it was an eight-team tournament. Since then, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams, in which every Division I conference tournament champion is allocated a berth. Among the most successful programs, Saint Louis won 10 titles during dynasty years between 1959 and 1973. Indiana has won 8 titles beginning in 1982, whereas Virginia has won 7 titles beginning in 1989. Syracuse won its first national title in its first appearance in 2022.

Men's Division I soccer tournament
Organising bodyNCAA
Founded1959
RegionUnited States
Number of teams48
Current championsSyracuse
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Saint Louis
(10 titles)
Television broadcastersESPNU
ESPN+[1]
Websitencaa.com/soccer
2022

Although the tournament is frequently referenced as the "College Cup", the NCAA applies the title only to the semifinal and championship rounds of the tournament proper. Since the tournament began, the semifinal and final fixtures have been held at a neutral site predetermined by the NCAA prior to the start of the regular season.

Format

The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is a 48-team, single-elimination tournament. Currently, 23 spots are reserved for the winners of automatic bids.

As of the next NCAA men's soccer season in 2023, the following conferences are expected to be granted automatic qualification:

Each conference determines the format for its conference championship, which determines the school that receives its automatic bid. Many use conference tournaments, although three conferences award the championship and automatic bid to the regular-season champion. The remaining 26 teams receive at-large bids. The at-large teams are selected by a committee consisting of representatives from each of the eight regions the NCAA has divided the country into. The committee uses a number of criteria, the most influential supposedly being the Ratings Percentage Index, a mathematical formula designed to objectively compare the results and strength of schedule of all Division I teams.[2]

The top 16 teams are seeded into the bracket and receive first round byes. The other 32 are grouped by geographical proximity. The first four rounds are played on campus sites, with matches being hosted by the higher seed. The College Cup, comprising the semifinal and final matches, is played at a predetermined site.

Syracuse is the current champion, defeating Indiana 7–6 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time in the 2022 final.

List of champions

Below is a complete list of winning teams and finals held:[3]

NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Ed. Year Final Third-place match/semifinalists City Stadium
Champion Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1
1959Saint Louis (1)
5–2
BridgeportCCNY
–
West ChesterStorrs Memorial Stadium
2
1960Saint Louis (2)
3–2
 Maryland West Chester
–
Connecticut [n 1] Brooklyn Brooklyn College Field
3
1961 West Chester (1)
2–0
 Saint Louis Bridgeport
–
Rutgers St. Louis Public Schools Stadium
4
1962 Saint Louis (3)
4–3
 Maryland Springfield
–
Michigan State St. Louis Francis Field
5
1963Saint Louis (4)
3–0
 Navy Maryland
–
Army Piscataway Rutgers Stadium
6
1964 Navy (1)
1–0
 Michigan State Saint Louis
–
Army Providence Brown Stadium
7
1965 Saint Louis (5)
1–0
 Michigan State Navy
–
Army St. Louis Francis Field
8
1966 San Francisco (1) 5–2 LIU [n 2] Michigan State
–
Army Berkeley California Memorial
9
1967 Michigan State (1)
Saint Louis (6)
[n 3]
0–0
 — Navy
–
LIU [n 2] St. Louis Francis Field
10
1968 Maryland (1)
Michigan State (2)
[n 4]
2–2
 — Brown
–
San Jose State Atlanta Grant Field
11
1969 Saint Louis (7)
4–0
 San Francisco Maryland
–
Harvard San Jose Spartan Stadium
12
1970 Saint Louis (8) 1–0 UCLA Hartwick
–
Howard [n 5] Edwardsville Cougar Field, SIUE
13
1971 Howard (0) [n 5] 3–2 Saint Louis Harvard
–
San Francisco Miami Orange Bowl
14
1972 Saint Louis (9)
4–2
 UCLA Howard
–
Cornell Miami Orange Bowl
15
1973 Saint Louis (10)
3–2 (a.e.t.)
UCLA Brown
–
Clemson Miami Orange Bowl
15
1974 Howard (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Saint Louis Hartwick 3–1 UCLA St. Louis Busch Memorial Stadium
16
1975 San Francisco (2) 4–0 SIU Edwardsville Brown 2–0 Howard Edwardsville Cougar Field
17
1976 San Francisco (3) 1–0 Indiana Hartwick 4–3 Clemson Philadelphia Franklin Field
18
1977 Hartwick (1) 2–1 San Francisco SIU Edwardsville 3–2 Brown Berkeley California Memorial
19
1978 San Francisco (0) [n 5] 2–0 Indiana Clemson 6–2 Philadelphia Textile [n 6] Tampa Tampa Stadium
20
1979 SIU Edwardsville (1) 3–2 Clemson Penn State 2–1 Columbia Tampa Tampa Stadium
21
1980 San Francisco (4)
4–3 (a.e.t.)
 Indiana Hartwick
–
Alabama A&M Tampa Tampa Stadium
22
1981 Connecticut [n 1] (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
 Alabama A&M Eastern Illinois [n 5]
–
Philadelphia Textile [n 6] Palo Alto Stanford Stadium
23
1982 Indiana (1)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
 Duke Connecticut [n 1]
–
SIU Edwardsville Fort Lauderdale Lockhart Stadium
24
1983 Indiana (2)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
 Columbia Connecticut [n 1]
–
Virginia Fort Lauderdale Lockhart Stadium
25
1984 Clemson (1) 2–1 Indiana Hartwick
–
UCLA Seattle Kingdome
26
1985 UCLA (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
 American Hartwick
–
Evansville Seattle Kingdome
27
1986 Duke (1) 1–0 Akron Harvard
–
Fresno State Tacoma Tacoma Dome
28
1987 Clemson (2) 2–0 San Diego State Harvard
–
North Carolina Clemson Riggs Field
29
1988 Indiana (3) 1–0 Howard Portland
–
South Carolina Bloomington Bill Armstrong
30
1989 Santa Clara (1)
Virginia (1)
[n 4]
1–1 (a.e.t.)
 — Indiana
–
Rutgers Piscataway Rutgers Stadium
31
1990 UCLA (2)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Rutgers Evansville
–
NC State Tampa USF Soccer Stadium
32
1991 Virginia (2)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
 Santa Clara Indiana
–
Saint Louis Tampa USF Soccer Stadium
33
1992 Virginia (3)
2–0
 San Diego Duke
–
Davidson Davidson Richardson Stadium
34
1993 Virginia (4) 2–0 South Carolina Cal State Fullerton
–
Princeton Davidson Richardson Stadium
35
1994 Virginia (5) 1–0 Indiana UCLA
–
Rutgers Davidson Richardson Stadium
36
1995 Wisconsin (1) 2–0 Duke Virginia
–
Portland Richmond Richmond Stadium
37
1996 St. John's (1)
4–1
 FIU Creighton
–
UNC Charlotte[n 7] Richmond Richmond Stadium
38
1997 UCLA (3) 2–0 Virginia Indiana
–
Saint Louis Richmond Richmond Stadium
39
1998 Indiana (4) 3–1 Stanford Maryland
–
Santa Clara Richmond Richmond Stadium
40
1999 Indiana (5) 1–0 Santa Clara Connecticut [n 1]
–
UCLA Charlotte Ericsson Stadium
41
2000 Connecticut [n 1] (2) 2–0 Creighton Indiana
–
SMU Charlotte Ericsson Stadium
42
2001 North Carolina (1) 2–0 Indiana Stanford
–
St. John's Columbus Columbus Crew Stadium
43
2002 UCLA (4) 1–0 Stanford Maryland
–
Creighton University Park Gerald J. Ford Stadium
44
2003 Indiana (6) 2–1 St. John's Maryland
–
Santa Clara Columbus Columbus Crew Stadium
45
2004 Indiana (7)
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
 UC Santa Barbara Maryland
–
Duke Carson Home Depot Center
46
2005 Maryland (2) 1–0 New Mexico SMU
–
Clemson Cary SAS Soccer Park
47
2006 UC Santa Barbara (1)
2–1
 UCLA Wake Forest
–
Virginia St. Louis Hermann Stadium
48
2007 Wake Forest (1) 2–1 Ohio State Virginia Tech
–
Massachusetts Cary SAS Soccer Park
49
2008 Maryland (3) 1–0 North Carolina St. John's
–
Wake Forest Frisco Pizza Hut Park
50
2009 Virginia (6)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
 Akron Wake Forest
–
North Carolina Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
51
2010 Akron (1) 1–0 Louisville North Carolina
–
Michigan Santa Barbara Harder Stadium
52
2011 North Carolina (2) 1–0 Charlotte UCLA
–
Creighton Hoover Regions Park
53
2012 Indiana (8) 1–0 Georgetown Maryland
–
Creighton Hoover Regions Park
54
2013 Notre Dame (1) 2–1 Maryland New Mexico
–
Virginia Chester PPL Park
55
2014 Virginia (7)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
 UCLA Providence
–
UMBC Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
56
2015 Stanford (1)
4–0
 Clemson Akron
–
Syracuse Kansas Children's Mercy Park
57
2016 Stanford (2)
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
 Wake Forest Denver
–
North Carolina Houston BBVA Compass Stadium
58
2017 Stanford (3)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
 Indiana North Carolina
–
Akron Chester Talen Energy Stadium
59
2018 Maryland (4)
1–0
 Akron Indiana
–
Michigan State Santa Barbara Harder Stadium
60
2019 Georgetown (1)
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
 Virginia Stanford
–
Wake Forest Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
61
2020 Marshall (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Indiana North Carolina
–
Pittsburgh Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
62
2021 Clemson (3)
2–0
 Washington Notre Dame
–
 Georgetown Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
63
2022 Syracuse (1)
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
Indiana Pittsburgh
–
 Creighton Cary WakeMed Soccer Park
64
2023LouisvilleLynn Family Stadium
65
2024SacramentoRailyards Stadium
66
2025CaryWakeMed Soccer Park
Notes
  1. The University of Connecticut did not adopt "UConn" as its sole athletic brand until 2013.
  2. This team represented the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University. In 2019, LIU merged the Brooklyn athletic program with the NCAA Division II program of its Post campus. The merged men's soccer team, which now plays as the LIU Sharks, inherited the history and records of the Brooklyn program.
  3. Title game was suspended due to bad weather conditions, with both teams sharing the title.
  4. Title shared after the game ended in a tie, with no extra time played.
  5. Disqualified at a later time so the title was declared vacated.
  6. The "Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science", known for sports purposes as "Philadelphia Textile", changed its name to 'Philadelphia University' (PhilaU) in 1999. In 2017, PhilaU merged with Thomas Jefferson University, a healthcare-only institution also in Philadelphia that had no athletic program. The merged university adopted the Thomas Jefferson name and inherited the PhilaU athletic program, which now competes as "Jefferson".
  7. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte did not adopt its current athletic brand name of "Charlotte" until 2000.

Most successful schools
See also: NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament cumulative results

Team titles
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is located in the United States
Akron
Akron
Duke
Duke
Hartwick
Hartwick
Marshall
Marshall
NotreDame
Notre
Dame
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
SIUE
SIUE
St. John's
St. John's
UCSB
UCSB
Wake Forest
Wake Forest
West Chester
West Chester
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
SaintLouis
Saint
Louis
Indiana
Indiana
Virginia
Virginia
San Francisco
San Francisco
UCLA
UCLA
Stanford
Stanford
Clemson
Clemson
MichiganState
Michigan
State
North Carolina
North Carolina
UConn
UConn
Syracuse
Syracuse
DC/Maryland schools Maryland Georgetown Howard Navy
DC/Maryland schools
Maryland
Georgetown
Howard
Navy

Teams that have won the National Championship: 10, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2, 1
Team Titles Years won
Saint Louis
10
 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967[n 1], 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973
Indiana
8
 1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012
Virginia
7
1989[n 2], 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014
Maryland
4
 1968[n 2], 2005, 2008, 2018
UCLA
4
 1985, 1990, 1997, 2002
San Francisco
4
 1966, 1975, 1976, 1980
Clemson
3
 1984, 1987, 2021
Stanford
3
 2015, 2016, 2017
North Carolina
2
 2001, 2011
UConn
2
 1981, 2000
Michigan State
2
 1967[n 1], 1968[n 2]
Syracuse
1
 2022
Marshall
1
 2020
Georgetown
1
 2019
Notre Dame
1
 2013
Akron
1
 2010
Wake Forest
1
 2007
UC Santa Barbara
1
 2006
St. John's
1
 1996
Wisconsin
1
 1995
Santa Clara
1
 1989[n 2]
Duke
1
 1986
SIU Edwardsville
1
 1979
Hartwick
1
 1977
Howard
1
 1974
Navy
1
 1964
West Chester
1
 1961
Notes
  1. Title game was suspended due to bad weather conditions, with both teams sharing the title.
  2. Title shared after the final ended in a tie, with no extra time played.

Appearances
See also: NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament appearances by school

This list consists of the top 25 men's college soccer teams in terms of appearances in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Top 25 rankings as of 10 December 2017[4]
RankLogoTeamAppearances
1 Saint Louis48
2 UCLA44
3 Indiana43
4 Virginia39
5 UConn35
5 Maryland35
7 Penn State32
8 Clemson31
8 San Francisco31
8 SMU31
11 Akron28
12 Brown27
13 Duke26
14 Hartwick25
14 North Carolina25
16 Creighton24
17 Washington23
18 South Carolina22
19 Wake Forest21
20 Notre Dame20
20 Santa Clara20
20 South Florida20
20 St. John's20
24 California19
24 Michigan State19

See also

Highest attendances

The highest recorded attendance for championship games are listed below:[5]

  • 22,512 – Saint Louis (5) vs. SIU Edwardsville (1), Busch Stadium, St. Louis Oct. 30 1980
  • 21,319 – Wisconsin (1) vs. Portland (0) / Duke (3) vs. Virginia (2), Richmond, Virginia (NCAA semifinals) Dec. 8, 1995
  • 20,874 – St. John's (NY) (4) vs. FIU (1), Richmond, Virginia (NCAA final) Dec. 15, 1996
  • 20,703 – Wisconsin (2) vs. Duke (0), Richmond, Virginia (NCAA final) Dec. 10, 1995
  • 20,269 – St. John's (NY) (2) vs. Creighton (1) / FIU (4) vs. Charlotte (0), Richmond, Virginia (NCAA semifinals) Dec. 13, 1996
  • 20,143 – UCLA (2) vs. Virginia (0), Richmond, Virginia (NCAA final) Dec. 14, 1997
  • 20,112 – Saint Louis (1) vs. SIU Edwardsville (0), Busch Stadium, St. Louis Nov. 9, 1973

Numbers in parenthesis indicate goals scored by participating teams.

References
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  3. Men's Soccer - Championship history Archived 2022-10-08 at the Wayback Machine at NCAA
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