| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | NCAA Division I |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 48 |
| Matches: | 47 |
| Venue: | Lynn Family Stadium (Semifinal and Final) |
| City: | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Champions: | Clemson |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Mike Noonan |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Ousmane Sylla (Offensive) Pape Mar Boye (Defensive) |
| Mvpteam: | Clemson |
| Broadcast: | ESPN+, ESPNU |
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]
is the defending national champion.[2] Syracuse was unable to defend their title as they lost to 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]
See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
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.
| Team | Date qualified | Record | Appearance[4] | Last Bid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | Clemson | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 36th | 2022 | |
| America East | Bryant | November 12 | 16–1–2 | 1st | None | |
| American | Charlotte | November 12 | 12–3–1 | 17th | 2021 | |
| ASUN | Lipscomb | November 11 | 10–3–4 | 5th | 2022 | |
| Atlantic 10 | Dayton | November 12 | 7–6–6 | 5th | 2015 | |
| Big East | Xavier | November 12 | 8–3–6 | 5th | 2014 | |
| Big South | High Point | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 4th | 2022 | |
| Big Ten | Indiana | November 12 | 12–4–4 | 48th | 2022 | |
| Big West | UC Irvine | November 11 | 9–6–4 | 7th | 2018 | |
| CAA | Hofstra | November 11 | 13–3–4 | 8th | 2022 | |
| Horizon | Green Bay | November 11 | 10–3–5 | 3rd | 2009 | |
| Ivy | Yale | November 12 | 10–5–3 | 8th | 2019 | |
| MAAC | Rider | November 12 | 12–3–4 | 6th | 2018 | |
| Missouri Valley | Western Michigan | November 11 | 15–1–3 | 4th | 2022 | |
| Northeast | LIU | November 12 | 10–5–3 | 17th | 2021 | |
| Ohio Valley | SIU Edwardsville | November 11 | 16–0–3 | 16th | 2016 | |
| Pac-12 | UCLA | November 10 | 9–3–5 | 48th | 2022 | |
| Patriot | Boston University | November 11 | 12–3–4 | 16th | 2015 | |
| SoCon | Mercer | November 12 | 7–5–8 | 6th | 2021 | |
| Summit | Omaha | November 11 | 8–7–4 | 3rd | 2020 | |
| Sun Belt | Marshall | November 12 | 17–2–0 | 5th | 2022 | |
| West Coast | San Diego | November 10 | 11–4–3 | 16th | 2022 | |
| WAC | Cal Baptist | November 11 | 9–5–4 | 2nd | 2022 |
| Team | Record | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | Denver | 10–2–5 | 13th | 2022 | |
| ACC | Duke | 11–3–3 | 30th | 2022 | |
| American | FIU | 9–4–4 | 13th | 2022 | |
| Big East | Georgetown | 12–2–3 | 14th | 2022 | |
| Sun Belt | James Madison | 8–4–5 | 16th | 2020 | |
| Sun Belt | Kentucky | 7–7–4 | 14th | 2022 | |
| ACC | Louisville | 11–5–3 | 15th | 2022 | |
| West Coast | Loyola Marymount | 7–4–6 | 9th | 2020 | |
| American | Memphis | 10–5–2 | 4th | 2022 | |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri State | 11–3–3 | 8th | 2022 | |
| America East | New Hampshire | 12–2–4 | 8th | 2022 | |
| ACC | North Carolina | 10–3–6 | 30th | 2022 | |
| ACC | Notre Dame | 11–2–4 | 24th | 2021 | |
| Pac-12 | Oregon State | 7–5–5 | 8th | 2022 | |
| ACC | Pittsburgh | 6–6–4 | 7th | 2022 | |
| West Coast | Portland | 12–4–0 | 19th | 2022 | |
| WAC | Seattle | 12–3–3 | 6th | 2021 | |
| American | SMU | 13–2–2 | 35th | 2022 | |
| Pac-12 | Stanford | 9–3–5 | 21st | 2022 | |
| ACC | Syracuse | 8–4–7 | 9th | 2022 | |
| Sun Belt | UCF | 10–3–2 | 9th | 2020 | |
| America East | Vermont | 11–5–2 | 13th | 2022 | |
| ACC | Virginia | 10–3–4 | 43rd | 2022 | |
| ACC | Wake Forest | 11–2–5 | 27th | 2022 | |
| Sun Belt | West Virginia | 14–2–4 | 16th | 2021 |
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 |
The bracket was announced on Monday, November 13, 2023. First round games will be played on November 16 at campus sites.[7]
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See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game.
| Conference | Bids | Record | Pct. | R32 | R16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC | |||||||
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| ACC | 9 | 11–8–3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | data-sort-value="-1" | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | |||||
| Pac-12 | 3 | 5–3–0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||||
| Sun Belt | 5 | 6–5–0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||||
| WCC | 3 | 4–2–1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||||
| Big Ten | 1 | 3–0–1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | data-sort-value="-1" | – | |||||
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