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.
Preseason Defending regular season and tournament champions Maryland were selected as the favorite ahead of the 2015 season.
Preseason poll
ProjectedRank School 2014Finish1Maryland1st2IndianaT-6th3Penn StateT-2nd4Michigan State5th5Ohio StateT-2nd6NorthwesternT-2nd7MichiganT-6th8Rutgers8th9Wisconsin9th
Teams
Stadia and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, Indiana Armstrong Stadium Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium Michigan State Spartans East Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex Northwestern Wildcats Evanston, Illinois Lakeside Field Ohio State Buckeyes Columbus, Ohio Owens Memorial Stadium Penn State Nittany Lions State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field Rutgers Scarlet Knights Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field Wisconsin Badgers Madison, Wisconsin McClimon Stadium
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
Rankings
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Final Indiana C 14 18 10 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 19 16Maryland C 13 6 4 10 11 13 25 18 20 RV RV RV 12 7Michigan C Michigan State C 9 22 RV RV RV NR Northwestern C Ohio State C RV RV NR RV 18 23 18 12 14 14Penn State C 23 25 NR 13 21 NR Rutgers C 21 16 18 23 25Wisconsin C
Postseason
Big Ten tournament
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals 9 1 Ohio State T, 1–1 W, 4–3 pen. vs. Dayton – (Columbus)L, 1–3 vs. Stanford – (Stanford) 10 4Maryland 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 W 1–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington)L, 0–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem) 2 Rutgers T, 1–1 W, 3–2 pen. vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway)L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron)
Statistics
See also
Big Ten Conference 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2015 in American soccer
References