2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	48
Matches	47
Site	Lynn Family Stadium (Semifinal and Final) Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Clemson (4th title)
Winning coach	Mike Noonan (2nd title)
MVP	Ousmane Sylla (Offensive) Pape Mar Boye (Defensive) (Clemson)
Broadcast	ESPN+, ESPNU
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament «2022  2024»

The 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 65th edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament that determined the national champion of 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The College Cup was played on December 8 and December 11 at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky and televised on ESPNU.^[1]

Syracuse is the defending national champion.^[2] Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they lost to New Hampshire in the Second Round. Clemson went on to defeat Notre Dame in the final by a score of 2–1. This was Clemson's second title in three years, and it was the third straight year that a team from the ACC won the title.^[3]

Qualification

Of the 211 Division I men's soccer programs, 202 were eligible to qualify for the tournament. Nine programs were ineligible due to the reclassification process. Twenty-one teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, two teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (the Pac-12 Conference and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 25 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Seeded teams

The top 16 teams are seeded and earn a bye to the second round of the tournament.

Seeded teams
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	United Soccer Coaches ranking[5]	RPI ranking[6]
1	Marshall	Sun Belt	17–2–0	Automatic	1st	1st
2	Notre Dame	ACC	11–2–4	At-Large	4th	3rd
3	North Carolina	ACC	10–3–6	At-Large	7th	5th
4	Georgetown	Big East	12–2–3	At-Large	3rd	2nd
5	West Virginia	Sun Belt	14–2–4	At-Large	5th	6th
6	SMU	American	13–2–2	At-Large	2nd	4th
7	Virginia	ACC	10–3–4	At-Large	11th	9th
8	New Hampshire	America East	12–2–4	At-Large	10th	7th
9	Clemson	ACC	10–3–5	Automatic	14th	17th
10	Wake Forest	ACC	11–2–5	At-Large	6th	15th
11	Portland	West Coast	12–4–0	At-Large	13th	10th
12	UCF	Sun Belt	10–3–2	At-Large	12th	12th
13	UCLA	Pac-12	9–3–5	Automatic	21st	18th
14	Hofstra	CAA	13–3–4	Automatic	17th	8th
15	Duke	ACC	11–3–3	At-Large	8th	20th
16	Stanford	Pac-12	9–3–5	At-Large	22nd	19th

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 13, 2023. First round games will be played on November 16 at campus sites.^[7]

Region 1

	First Round November 16					Second Round November 19					Third Round November 25–26					Quarterfinals December 2
						1	Marshall*	3
							Cal Baptist	0
		San Diego*	1 (2)
		Cal Baptist (p)	1 (3)
											1	Marshall*	0
											16	Stanford	3
		Missouri State*	1
		Omaha	0
						16	Stanford*	3
							Missouri State	1
																16	Stanford	0
																9	Clemson*	2
						9	Clemson*	3
							Charlotte	0
		Charlotte*	1
		High Point	0
											9	Clemson	1
											8	New Hampshire*	0
		Syracuse*	3
		Boston University	1
						8	New Hampshire*	3
							Syracuse	0

Host Institution*

Region 2

	First Round November 16					Second Round November 19					Third Round November 25–26					Quarterfinals December 2
						5	West Virginia*	1
							Louisville	0
		Louisville*	4
		Dayton	3
											5	West Virginia*	2
												Vermont	1
		Vermont*	3
		Rider	1
						12	UCF*	2
							Vermont (a.e.t.)	3
																5	West Virginia*	3
																	Loyola Marymount	1
						13	UCLA*	0
							Loyola Marymount	1
		Loyola Marymount*	4
		UC Irvine	2
												Loyola Marymount	1
												James Madison	0
		Pittsburgh*	2
		James Madison	3
						4	Georgetown*	0
							James Madison	1

Host Institution*

Region 3

	First Round November 16					Second Round November 19					Third Round November 25–26					Quarterfinals December 2
						3	North Carolina*	2
							Memphis	0
		Memphis*	2
		SIU Edwardsville	1
											3	North Carolina* (p)	2 (5)
											14	Hofstra	2 (3)
		Bryant*	0
		Yale	1
						14	Hofstra*	2
							Yale	0
																3	North Carolina*	0
																	Oregon State	1
						11	Portland*	0
							Oregon State	3
		Oregon State* (a.e.t.)	2
		Seattle	1
												Oregon State	7
											6	SMU*	1
		Denver*	2
		LIU	1
						6	SMU*	2
							Denver	1

Host Institution*

Region 4

	First Round November 16					Second Round November 19					Third Round November 25–26					Quarterfinals December 2
						7	Virginia* (a.e.t.)	2
							FIU	1
		FIU*	1
		Mercer	0
											7	Virginia*	0
												Indiana	1
		Indiana*	2
		Lipscomb	1
						10	Wake Forest*	2
							Indiana (a.e.t.)	3
																	Indiana	1 (4)
																2	Notre Dame*	1 (5)
						15	Duke*	1
							Western Michigan	2
		Western Michigan*	3
		Green Bay	0
												Western Michigan	0 (2)
											2	Notre Dame* (p)	0 (4)
		Xavier*	0
		Kentucky	2
						2	Notre Dame*	2
							Kentucky	0

Host Institution*

2023 Men's College Cup

	Semifinals December 8 Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky					Championship December 11 @ 6:00pm EST Lynn Family Stadium Louisville, Kentucky
	9	Clemson	1
	5	West Virginia	0
						9	Clemson	2
						2	Notre Dame	1
		Oregon State	0
	2	Notre Dame	1

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Men's College Cup Semifinals

Men's College Cup Final

Records by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	E8	F4	CG	NC
ACC	9	11–8–3	.568	8	4	3	2	2	1
Pac-12	3	5–3–0	.625	3	2	2	1	–	–
Sun Belt	5	6–5–0	.545	5	3	1	1	–	–
WCC	3	4–2–1	.643	2	1	1	–	–	–
Big Ten	1	3–0–1	.875	1	1	1	–	–	–
America East	3	3–3–0	.500	2	2	–	–	–	–
American	4	4–4–0	.500	4	1	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	2	3–2–0	.600	2	1	–	–	–	–
CAA	1	1–1–0	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	0–1–0	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Summit	2	1–2–0	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
WAC	2	1–2–0	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Ivy	1	1–1–0	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Others	11	0–10–1	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: ASUN, Atlantic 10, Big South, Big West, Horizon, MAAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, and SoCon. The conference's records have been consolidated in the other row.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.72 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: NCAA

See also

• 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Notes

References

External links

• Bracket