| Competition: | Big Ten Conference |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Premiers: | Ohio State |
| Winners: | Maryland |
| Continentalcup1: | NCAA tournament |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Ohio State Indiana Maryland Rutgers |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
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.
Defending regular season and tournament champions Maryland were selected as the favorite ahead of the 2015 season.[1]
| Projected Rank | School | 2014 Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | 1st | |
| 2 | Indiana | T-6th | |
| 3 | Penn State | T-2nd | |
| 4 | Michigan State | 5th | |
| 5 | Ohio State | T-2nd | |
| 6 | Northwestern | T-2nd | |
| 7 | Michigan | T-6th | |
| 8 | Rutgers | 8th | |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 9th |
| 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 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking |
See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2015 Top 25 coaches poll.
| Pre[2] | Wk 1[3] | Wk 2[4] | Wk 3[5] | Wk 4[6] | Wk 5[7] | Wk 6[8] | Wk 7[9] | Wk 8[10] | Wk 9[11] | Wk 10[12] | Wk 11[13] | Wk 12[14] | Final[15] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 22 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 22 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 16 | |
| Maryland | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 13 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 11 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 13 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> 25 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 7 | |
| Michigan | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Michigan State | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 22 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Northwestern | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Ohio State | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 23 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 14 | |
| Penn State | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 23 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 25 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 13 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Rutgers | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 21 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 16 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 23 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 25 | |
| Wisconsin | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> |
See main article: 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | bgcolor=#ddd | T, 1–1 W, 4–3 pen. vs. Dayton – (Columbus) | L, 1–3 vs. Stanford – (Stanford) | |||
| 10 | 4 | Maryland | bgcolor=#ddd | 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 | bgcolor=#ddd | 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) |