2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season is the 24th and possibly final season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Part of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will began play in August 2023 and will conclude in November 2023.

2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 24 – December 10, 2023
Number of teams6
2024 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State 3 –1 –36 –5 –3
UCLA 3 –0 –26 –3 –3
Washington 2 –3 –25 –5 –5
No. 15 Stanford 1 –1 –47 –2 –4
California 2 –3 –16 –5 –3
San Diego State 0 –3 –26 –3 –4
As of October 24, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Pac-12

The 2023 season will be California,[1] Stanford,[2] UCLA,[3] and Washington's[4] final season in the Pac-12 Conference, as the two former schools are departing for the Atlantic Coast Conference while the two latter schools will be departing for the Big Ten Conference, both of which sponsor men's soccer. It is unclear at this time where Oregon State and San Diego State will play in 2024.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium 22,000
Witter Rugby Field 5,000
Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field 2,200
San Diego State Aztecs[lower-alpha 1] San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck 3,000
Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium 4,000
UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 3,000
Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 1,640

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. Oregon State head coach, Terry Boss, resigned at the end of the 2022 season to pursue professional level coaching. Boss was replaced by Greg Dalby, who had previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2022 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac–12 record
California Leonard Griffin 2 3–8–6 (.353) 3–8–6 (.353) 1–6–3 (.250)
Oregon State Greg Dalby 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–)
San Diego State Ryan Hopkins 4 209–115–42 (.628) 14–23–8 (.400) 4–20–3 (.204)
Stanford Jeremy Gunn 12 337–108–88 (.715) 150–65–46 (.663) 71–26–23 (.688)
UCLA Ryan Jorden 5 120–89–21 (.567) 29–29–8 (.500) 11–20–6 (.378)
Washington Jamie Clark 13 199–69–28 (.720) 160–54–25 (.722) 77–30–13 (.696)

Preseason

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls was released on August 21, 2023. Washington was voted the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 championship. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.[6]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Washington 23 (4)
2 Stanford 21 (1)
3 UCLA 17 (1)
4 Oregon State 15
5 California 8
6 San Diego State 6

Regular season
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away CAL OSU SDSU STA UCLA UW
California — 2–2 Nov 5 Oct 29 Nov 2 0–1
Oregon State Oct 22 — Oct 8 Oct 19 Oct 5 Nov 9
San Diego State Sep 28 Oct 26 — Oct 1 Nov 10 Oct 29
Stanford Nov 11 1–2 Nov 2 — Nov 5 1–1
UCLA Oct 1 Oct 29 Oct 20 Sep 28 — Oct 26
Washington Oct 19 Sep 30 Oct 5 Oct 22 Oct 8 —
Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round
Leader and 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Source: Pac-12.com

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

National rankings
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  PreWk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12		Wk
13		Wk
14		Wk
15		Final
California USC NV RV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV 29 RV NV
Oregon State USC RV NV RV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN NV NV NV NV RV
San Diego State USC NV NV RV 18 21 None released
TDS NV NV NV 25 21
CSN NV NV NV 28 24
Stanford USC 7 4 1 1 8 None released
TDS 8 2 1 1 6
CSN 9 5 2 1 6
UCLA USC RV RV RV RV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV
CSN 27 RV RV RV RV
Washington USC 6 22 25 RV 20 None released
TDS 3 9 4 14 7
CSN 5 13 11 23 16

Regional rankings - USC Far West Region
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received

The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and West Coast Conferences.

  Wk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12
California 2 7 4 9
Oregon State 4 3 7 1
San Diego State 7 2 2 2
Stanford 1 1 1 3
UCLA 3 8 6 7
Washington 6 4 3 5

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week Player School Pos. Ref.
Aug. 28 Zach BohaneStanfordMF[7]
Sep. 4 Sam FowlerWashingtonGK[8]
Sep. 11 Austin BrummettSan Diego StateFW[9]
Sep. 18 Logan FarringtonOregon StateFW[10]
Sep. 25
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 16
Oct. 23
Oct. 30
Nov. 6

Conference honors
2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Honorable Mention

National honors
USC 1st Team USC 2nd Team TDS 1st Team TDS 2nd Team CSN 1st Team CSN 2nd Team


Notes
  1. San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005.[5]

References
  1. Dubow, Josh (September 1, 2023). "Cal and Stanford believe move to ACC was needed for survival". Associated Press. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. Dodd, Dennis (September 1, 2023). "Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: Conference membership growing to 18 schools as latest realignment domino falls". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  3. Adelson, Andrea; Bonagura, Kyle; Rittenberg, Adam (July 11, 2022). "Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten -- and the chaos that followed". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  4. "University of Oregon and University of Washington to Join Big Ten Conference in 2024". Big Ten Conference. August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  5. "San Diego State Men's Soccer To Join Pac-10 Conference in 2005". goaztecs.com. October 7, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  6. "Washington voted 2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer favorite". pac-12.com. August 21, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  7. "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Aug. 28, 2023". pac-12.com. August 28, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  8. "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 4, 2023". pac-12.com. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  9. "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 11, 2023". pac-12.com. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  10. "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week - Sept. 18, 2023". pac-12.com. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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