2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 54th season of NCAA men's college soccer in the United States. The defending champions were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels, who defeated sister school, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers in the previous College Cup championship.

NCAA Division I
Season2012
ChampionsIndiana
Highest scoring12: Tulsa 7–5 Oakland
Sept. 16, 2012[1]
← 2011
2013 →

Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1-0, in championship to win the title.

Changes from 2011

Coaching changes
College Outgoing coach Manner of departure Incoming coach Former position Ref.
Michigan Steve Burns Resigned Chaka Daley Providence head coach [2]
Providence Chaka Daley Took Michigan job Craig Stewart Franklin Pierce head coach [3]
Stanford Bret Simon Resigned Jeremy Gunn Charlotte head coach [4]

Season overview

Pre-season polls

Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2012.

NSCAA[5]
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 UCLA
3 Creighton
4 Connecticut
5 South Florida
6 New Mexico
7 Louisville
8 Charlotte
9 Maryland
10 Akron
11 UC Santa Barbara
12 Indiana
13 UC Irvine
14 Boston College
15 St. John's
16 SMU
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Saint Mary's
19 James Madison
20 Northwestern
21 UAB
22 Brown
23 Old Dominion
24 Furman
25 Bradley
Soccer America[6]
Ranking Team
1 Connecticut
2 Akron
3 Maryland
4 UC Santa Barbara
5 Charlotte
6 North Carolina
7 New Mexico
8 UCLA
9 Indiana
10 South Florida
11 Boston College
12 Old Dominion
13 St. John's
14 Coastal Carolina
15 Creighton
16 Louisville
17 Northwestern
18 Notre Dame
19 Wake Forest
20 Furman
21 Duke
22 Xavier
23 West Virginia
24 SMU
25 UC Irvine
Fox Soccer/SBI[7]
Ranking Team
1 Akron
2 Connecticut
3 North Carolina
4 Maryland
5 UC Santa Barbara
6 Indiana
7 UCLA
8 Duke
9 West Virginia
10 Boston College
11 South Florida
12 St. John's
13 Louisville
14 Virginia
15 Xavier
16 New Mexico
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Creighton
19 SMU
20 Charlotte
21 CSU Bakersfield
22 Wake Forest
23 UC Irvine
24 Notre Dame
25 Georgetown
College Soccer News[8]
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 New Mexico
3 Charlotte
4 Connecticut
5 Maryland
6 Akron
7 UCLA
8 South Florida
9 UC Santa Barbara
10 Coastal Carolina
11 Indiana
12 Boston College
13 Old Dominion
14 Creighton
15 UC Irvine
16 Northwestern
17 St. John's
18 Louisville
19 Wake Forest
20 UAB
21 SMU
22 Brown
23 Furman
24 Saint Mary's
25 Xavier

Regular season

Standings
2012 America East men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vermont 5 –0 –2  8 –5 –5
UMBC† 4 –2 –1  11 –4 –7
Stony Brook 4 –3 –0  11 –6 –1
Boston University 3 –2 –2  6 –8 –4
Albany 3 –4 –0  6 –11 –1
New Hampshire 2 –3 –2  7 –7 –6
Binghamton 2 –5 –0  6 –11 –1
Hartford 1 –5 –1  7 –9 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Maryland† 6 –1 –1  20 –1 –3
No. 5 North Carolina 6 –1 –1  16 –4 –3
No. 22 Wake Forest 4 –1 –3  11 –4 –5
Clemson 3 –2 –3  6 –9 –5
Boston College 3 –2 –3  7 –6 –5
Virginia 3 –4 –1  10 –7 –4
Duke 3 –4 –1  8 –8 –2
N.C. State 1 –7 –0  10 –10 –0
Virginia Tech 0 –7 –1  7 –10 –3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 23 Charlotte 7 –1 –1  15 –4 –3
No. 19 Saint Louis† 7 –2 –0  16 –5 –0
Xavier 6 –1 –2  14 –3 –5
No. 25 VCU 6 –1 –2  12 –4 –5
Temple 6 –1 –2  10 –6 –3
Dayton 5 –3 –1  11 –5 –2
La Salle 4 –4 –1  10 –7 –3
Duquesne 4 –4 –1  7 –12 –1
Butler 3 –5 –1  5 –8 –5
Rhode Island 3 –5 –1  4 –11 –3
St. Bonaventure 3 –6 –0  5 –14 –0
Fordham 2 –4 –3  6 –7 –4
Richmond 2 –6 –1  6 –11 –1
Massachusetts 2 –7 –0  5 –11 –2
George Washington 2 –7 –0  5 –13 –0
Saint Joseph's 1 –6 –2  5 –11 –2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
FGCU† 6 –1 –1  11 –5 –3
Mercer 6 –2 –0  11 –7 –2
East Tennessee State 5 –2 –1  10 –6 –4
Northern Kentucky 4 –3 –1  7 –10 –1
USC Upstate 3 –4 –1  5 –10 –2
Lipscomb 3 –4 –1  7 –10 –1
Jacksonville 3 –5 –0  4 –13 –1
Stetson 2 –5 –1  3 –10 –2
North Florida 1 –7 –0  4 –13 –0
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big East men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Blue
No. 2 Georgetown 6 –2 –0  19 –4 –3
No. 6 Connecticut 6 –2 –0  17 –4 –1
No. 15 Marquette 5 –2 –1  16 –4 –1
No. 8 Notre Dame† 5 –2 –1  17 –4 –1
Seton Hall 2 –6 –0  6 –12 –0
Providence 2 –6 –0  4 –10 –2
Pittsburgh 0 –8 –0  6 –9 –2
Red
No. 9 Louisville 7 –1 –0  14 –6 –1
No. 17 Syracuse 5 –3 –0  14 –6 –1
St. John's 4 –3 –1  10 –5 –4
Villanova 3 –3 –2  12 –6 –2
Cincinnati 3 –3 –2  6 –9 –4
Rutgers 3 –4 –1  7 –7 –1
South Florida 2 –3 –3  8 –5 –4
DePaul 1 –6 –1  4 –10 –3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big South men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Coastal Carolina 10 –0 –0  20 –3 –2
Radford 7 –2 –1  10 –6 –4
Liberty 6 –1 –3  8 –7 –3
Campbell 7 –3 –0  12 –5 –2
High Point 5 –3 –2  12 –5 –3
Winthrop† 5 –4 –1  12 –9 –1
Gardner–Webb 3 –5 –2  4 –14 –2
Presbyterian 3 –7 –0  4 –16 –0
Longwood 2 –7 –1  3 –12 –3
VMI 1 –8 –1  2 –14 –1
UNC Asheville 0 –9 –1  1 –15 –1
As of November 9, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn State 3 –1 –2  9 –5 –3
No. 18 Northwestern 3 –1 –2  13 –6 –4
Michigan 3 –2 –1  11 –10 –1
No. 1 Indiana 3 –2 –1  16 –5 –3
Michigan State† 3 –3 –0  11 –10 –1
Wisconsin 1 –3 –2  6 –8 –5
Ohio State 0 –4 –2  6 –10 –3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
North
UC Davis 7 –3 –0  10 –7 –4
Cal Poly 6 –3 –1  11 –7 –1
Sacramento State 5 –4 –1  8 –8 –2
UC Santa Barbara 4 –5 –1  10 –6 –3
South
CSU Northridge† 7 –3 –0  15 –7 –0
CSU Fullerton 4 –5 –1  8 –12 –1
UC Riverside 3 –7 –0  10 –8 –0
UC Irvine 2 –8 –0  5 –14 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 CAA men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel 8 –1 –1  12 –4 –3
Northeastern† 6 –1 –3  14 –3 –4
James Madison 6 –2 –2  9 –7 –3
Old Dominion 5 –3 –2  11 –3 –4
Hofstra 5 –4 –1  11 –6 –4
George Mason 4 –5 –1  11 –6 –2
UNC Wilmington 4 –6 –0  7 –11 –1
William & Mary 2 –5 –3  4 –10 –4
Delaware 2 –5 –3  4 –11 –4
Towson 2 –6 –2  4 –10 –2
Georgia State 2 –8 –0  6 –12 –0
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
SMU 6 –2 –0  10 –5 –5
No. 14 Tulsa† 5 –2 –1  14 –6 –1
UCF 5 –3 –0  8 –7 –3
Memphis 4 –2 –2  8 –7 –3
Kentucky 4 –3 –1  10 –9 –2
UAB 4 –4 –0  10 –8 –2
Marshall 3 –5 –0  11 –5 –1
South Carolina 2 –5 –1  5 –11 –2
FIU 0 –7 –1  8 –8 –2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Detroit 6 –1 –0  10 –9 –0
Cleveland State† 4 –1 –2  11 –6 –3
UIC 3 –3 –1  7 –8 –2
Valparaiso 2 –2 –3  6 –9 –5
Milwaukee 2 –3 –2  8 –8 –2
Loyola Chicago 2 –3 –2  5 –11 –2
Wright State 2 –4 –1  4 –13 –1
Green Bay 0 –4 –3  2 –10 –4
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 20 Cornell† 6 –1 –0  15 –2 –0
Dartmouth 5 –2 –0  9 –7 –0
No. 16 Brown 4 –1 –2  13 –3 –3
Princeton 4 –1 –2  8 –6 –2
Columbia 2 –3 –2  4 –8 –4
Yale 1 –3 –3  4 –8 –5
Penn 1 –6 –0  3 –13 –0
Harvard 0 –6 –1  3 –11 –3
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MAAC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Loyola (Md.) 7 –1 –0  13 –6 –1
Siena 6 –1 –0  10 –7 –0
Niagara† 5 –1 –1  13 –2 –4
Iona 5 –2 –0  7 –11 –0
Fairfield 3 –4 –0  7 –8 –1
Saint Peter's 3 –4 –0  5 –11 –0
Rider 2 –5 –1  3 –13 –1
Manhattan 2 –5 –0  3 –12 –1
Canisius 1 –6 –0  8 –7 –2
Marist 1 –6 –0  5 –10 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Akron† 7 –0 –0  18 –1 –3
Northern Illinois 4 –2 –1  7 –10 –3
West Virginia 4 –2 –1  9 –6 –2
Bowling Green 3 –3 –1  8 –9 –3
Western Michigan 3 –3 –1  11 –6 –2
Buffalo 3 –4 –0  5 –11 –1
Hartwick 2 –5 –0  5 –10 –2
Florida Atlantic 0 –7 –0  2 –13 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Creighton† 5 –0 –1  16 –4 –2
SIU Edwardsville 4 –2 –0  13 –7 –0
Bradley 3 –2 –1  10 –6 –4
Evansville 3 –2 –1  9 –8 –1
Drake 2 –2 –2  6 –11 –4
Central Arkansas 1 –4 –1  8 –9 –1
Missouri State 0 –6 –0  5 –8 –4
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MPSF men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Mountain
No. 10 New Mexico 8 –2 –0  17 –4 –1
Air Force† 5 –3 –2  10 –9 –4
Denver 5 –4 –1  11 –6 –3
Houston Baptist 2 –6 –2  4 –10 –2
Pacific
CSU Bakersfield 6 –3 –1  9 –5 –5
San Jose State 5 –4 –1  8 –9 –1
UNLV 4 –6 –0  6 –14 –1
Seattle 1 –8 –1  3 –13 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Quinnipiac 8 –1 –1  10 –4 –3
No. 20 Fairleigh Dickinson† 6 –1 –3  11 –6 –6
Monmouth 6 –2 –2  11 –4 –4
Central Connecticut 6 –3 –1  8 –8 –2
Sacred Heart 5 –5 –0  9 –8 –0
Saint Francis (PA) 4 –3 –3  6 –7 –7
Bryant 4 –5 –1  6 –8 –2
St. Francis Brooklyn 4 –6 –0  7 –10 –1
Robert Morris 2 –7 –1  5 –12 –2
Mount St. Mary's 2 –7 –1  4 –12 –1
LIU Brooklyn 1 –8 –1  2 –14 –2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Pac-12 men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 UCLA† 8 –1 –1  13 –3 –3
No. 24 Washington 7 –1 –2  13 –5 –3
Stanford 5 –4 –1  9 –8 –1
California 3 –5 –2  8 –7 –3
San Diego State 1 –7 –2  7 –9 –3
Oregon State 1 –7 –2  6 –9 –3
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
American 5 –0 –2  11 –6 –2
Lafayette† 3 –1 –3  9 –8 –4
Colgate 3 –1 –3  5 –8 –6
Bucknell 2 –3 –2  7 –8 –5
Holy Cross 2 –3 –2  5 –10 –2
Lehigh 2 –4 –1  4 –12 –1
Army 1 –3 –3  4 –10 –3
Navy 1 –4 –2  7 –7 –3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Elon  ‍‍‡‍y 5–2–0 .714  15–5–2 .727
Furman  ‍‍‍ 4–2–1 .643  12–4–3 .711
College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 4–2–1 .643  8–10–1 .447
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 3–3–1 .500  6–12–1 .342
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 3–4–0 .429  5–10–2 .353
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 2–3–2 .429  8–7–4 .526
Wofford  ‍‍‍ 2–4–1 .357  10–9–2 .524
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 2–5–0 .286  6–11–1 .361
‡ – 2012 SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 The Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oakland 5 –1 –1  11 –7 –1
UMKC 5 –2 –0  7 –10 –2
Western Illinois† 3 –2 –2  7 –9 –5
IPFW 3 –3 –1  4 –15 –1
Nebraska–Omaha 3 –3 –1  5 –10 –1
IUPUI 3 –4 –0  6 –10 –2
Oral Roberts 2 –5 –0  4 –13 –0
Eastern Illinois 1 –5 –1  3 –13 –1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 12 San Diego† 9 –3 –0  14 –9 –0
Santa Clara 8 –2 –2  11 –6 –2
Saint Mary's 5 –4 –3  9 –5 –5
Portland 5 –5 –2  7 –9 –3
San Francisco 4 –5 –3  6 –7 –5
Loyola Marymount 4 –5 –3  6 –10 –3
Gonzaga 0 –11 –1  4 –14 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Division I men's soccer independents soccer records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Adelphi 1 –1 –0  3 –13 –0
Belmont 0 –0 –0  6 –8 –3
Howard 1 –0 –0  3 –15 –1
NJIT 0 –1 –0  10 –9 –0
† No winner
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA

Conference regular season and tournament winners
Conference Regular
Season Winner		 Conference
Tournament		 Tournament
Venue (City)		 Tournament
Winner
America EastVermont2012 America East Men's Soccer TournamentNickerson Field
(Boston, Massachusetts)		UMBC
Atlantic CoastMaryland2012 ACC Men's Soccer TournamentMaryland SoccerPlex
(Boyds, MD)		Maryland
Atlantic 10Charlotte2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer TournamentTransamerica Field
(Charlotte, NC)		Saint Louis
Atlantic SunFGCU2012 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer TournamentSummers-Taylor Stadium
(Johnson City, Tennessee)		FGCU
Big EastRed: Louisville
Blue: Connecticut		2012 Big East Men's Soccer TournamentRed Bull Arena
(Harrison, NJ)		Notre Dame
Big SouthCoastal Carolina2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer TournamentBryan Park
(Greensboro, NC)		Winthrop
Big TenPenn State2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer TournamentLakeside Field
(Evanston, IL)		Michigan State
Big WestNorth: UC Davis
South: Cal State Northridge		2012 Big West Conference Men's Soccer TournamentAggies Soccer Field
Davis, CA		Cal State Northridge
ColonialDrexel2012 CAA Men's Soccer TournamentVidas Athletic Center
(Philadelphia, PA)		Northeastern
Conference USASMU2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer TournamentWest Campus Field
(Birmingham, AL)		Tulsa
HorizonDetroit2012 Horizon League Men's Soccer TournamentTitan Field
(Detroit, MI		Cleveland State
IvyCornellNo tournament
Metro AtlanticLoyola Maryland2012 MAAC Men's Soccer TournamentTenney Stadium
(Poughkeepsie, NY)		Niagara
Mid-AmericanAkron2012 MAC Men's Soccer TournamentFirstEnergy Stadium
(Akron, Ohio)		Akron
Missouri ValleyCreightonMissouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournamentShea Stadium
(Peoria, Illinois)		Creighton
Mountain PacificNew Mexico2012 MPSF Men's Soccer TournamentCIBER Field
(Denver, Colorado)		Air Force
NortheastQuinnipiac2012 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer TournamentThe Great Lawn
(West Long Branch, New Jersey)		Fairleigh Dickinson
Pac-12UCLANo tournament
PatriotAmerican2012 Patriot League Men's Soccer TournamentRiggs Field
(Washington, D.C.)		Lafayette
SouthernElon2012 Southern Conference Men's Soccer TournamentWakeMed Soccer Park
(Cary, NC)		Elon
SummitOakland2012 The Summit League Men's Soccer TournamentJohn MacKenzie Alumni Field
(Macomb, IL)		Western Illinois
West CoastSan DiegoNo tournament

Statistics
Regular season statistics only. See 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Statistical leaders for the tournament statistics.

Overall
Most assists
Rank Scorer College Assists[10]
1 Mitchell Cardenas Campbell 14
2 Kyle Bethel Oakland 13
Milo Kapor UMBC 13
Blake Smith New Mexico 13
5 Chris Griebsch Hofstra 11
Steve Neumann Georgetown 11
7 Carlos Benavides CSU Northridge 10
Zach Bolden Denver 10
Scott Caldwell Akron 10
Jared Martinelli Temple 10
Alex Martinez N.C. State 10
Pedro Ribeiro Coastal Carolina 10
Shawn Sloan High Point 10
Vaughn Spurrier Temple 10

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Assists

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama
National Semifinals
December 7 		National Championship
December 9
      
16 Indiana 1
12 Creighton 0
16 Indiana 1
3 Georgetown 0
3 Georgetown 4(4)
2 Maryland 4(3)

See also

References
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  2. "Daley Tabbed to Lead Wolverine Men's Soccer Program". University of Michigan Athletics. MGoBlue.com. December 23, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  3. http://www.friars.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/stewart_craig00.html
  4. "Meet Jeremy Gunn". Stanford Athletics. GoStanford.com. January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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  9. "Total Goals". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  10. "Total Assists". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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