| 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 250 |
| Duration: | August 24 – December 10, 2023 |
| No Of Teams: | 6 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Draft: | 2024 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2024 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Picked By: | FC Dallas |
| Mvp: | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Mvp Link: | Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year |
| Top Scorer: | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Finals Champ: | UCLA |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Oregon State |
| Seasonslistnames: | Pac-12 Conference men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022 |
The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 24th and 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 concluded in November 2023.
The champions for the 2023 season were UCLA, winning their 31st overall conference championship, and their ninth Pac-12 title. By being champions, UCLA earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Oregon State and Stanford earned at-large bids into the tournament.
Oregon State striker, Logan Farrington was the conference's top scorer of the 2023 season, with 15 goals, securing him the title of Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year.[1] Additionally, Farrington was the first Pac-12 player drafted in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by FC Dallas with the third overall pick.[2]
The 2023 season was the final season in the Pac-12 for California,[3] Stanford,[4] UCLA,[5] and Washington.[6] The two former schools departied 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.
The remaining Pac-12 men's soccer schools were Oregon State and San Diego State. Oregon State joined the West Coast Conference, while San Diego State joined the Western Athletic Conference as affiliate members.[7] [8]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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| California Golden Bears | Berkeley, California | Edwards Stadium | ||
| Witter Rugby Field | ||||
| Oregon State Beavers | Corvallis, Oregon | Lorenz Field | ||
| San Diego State Aztecs | San Diego, California | SDSU Sports Deck | ||
| Stanford Cardinal | Stanford, California | Cagan Stadium | ||
| UCLA Bruins | Los Angeles, California | Wallis Annenberg Stadium | ||
| Washington Huskies | Seattle, Washington | Husky Soccer Stadium |
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.
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 | |
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| California | Leonard Griffin | 2 | ||||
| Oregon State | Greg Dalby | 1 | ||||
| San Diego State | Ryan Hopkins | 4 | ||||
| Stanford | Jeremy Gunn | 12 | ||||
| UCLA | Ryan Jorden | 5 | ||||
| Washington | Jamie Clark | 13 |
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.[9]
| 1 | Washington | 23 (4) | |
| 2 | Stanford | 21 (1) | |
| 3 | UCLA | 17 (1) | |
| 4 | Oregon State | 15 | |
| 5 | California | 8 | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 6 |
| Index to colors and formatting | |
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| Pac-12 member won | |
| Pac-12 member lost | |
| Pac-12 member tied | |
| Pac-12 teams in bold |
Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 | |
| NV | No votes received | |
| Pre | Wk 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 | ||
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| California | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | None released | ||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||||||
| NV | NV | 29 | RV | NV | ||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | None released | ||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | NV | NV | RV | 18 | 21 | None released | ||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | 28 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | None released | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| UCLA | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | None released | ||||||||||||
| NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | 22 | 25 | RV | 20 | None released | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10 | |
| NV | No votes received | |
| Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | ||
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| 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 |
Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.
| Week | Player | School | Pos. | Ref. | |
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| Aug. 28 | Zach Bohane | Stanford | MF | [10] | |
| Sep. 4 | Washington | GK | [11] | ||
| Sep. 11 | San Diego State | FW | [12] | ||
| Sep. 18 | Oregon State | FW | [13] | ||
| Sep. 25 | Richie Aman | Washington | MF | [14] | |
| Oct. 2 | Ryan Becher | UCLA | MF | [15] | |
| Oct. 9 | Jack Sarkos | UCLA | FW | [16] | |
| Oct. 16 | Tristan Viviani | San Diego State | D | [17] | |
| Oct. 23 | Shane de Flores | Stanford | MF | [18] | |
| Oct. 30 | Zach Bohane | Stanford | MF | [19] | |
| Nov. 6 | Jose Contell | UCLA | FW | [20] | |
| Nov. 13 | Mark Fisher | Stanford | MF | [21] | |
| 2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Player of the Year | Logan Farrington – Oregon State | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Wyatt Meyer – California | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Leonard Griffin – California | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Reid Fisher – San Diego State | |||||
| 2023 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | |||
| First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | Honorable Mention | |
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| Javier Armas – Oregon State Fletcher Bank – Stanford Zach Bohane – Stanford Kevin Carmichael – California Luis Castillo – Oregon State Evan Davila – California Logan Farrington – Oregon State Nate Jones – Washington Kalani Kossa-Rienzi – Washington Tucker Lepley – UCLA Wyatt Meyer – California | Nonso Adimabua – California Noah Adnan – Stanford Jose Contell – UCLA Shane de Flores – Stanford Logan Erb – San Diego State Mark Fisher – Stanford Chris Meyers – Washington Jack Sarkos – UCLA Tommy Silva – UCLA Christian Soto – Washington Ellis Spikner – Oregon State | Richie Aman – Washington Khai Brisco – Washington Arnau Farnos – Oregon State Reid Fisher – San Diego State Bryan Iliohan – Washington Rommee Jaridly – San Diego State Sean Karani – UCLA Connor Lambe – California Andre Ochoa – UCLA Reid Sproat – San Diego State Dante Williams – Oregon State | |
See main article: 2023 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans.