List of NCAA Division I men's soccer programs

This is a list of men's college soccer programs in the United States, that play in NCAA Division I. As of the most recently completed 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, 206 Division I schools in the United States sponsor varsity men's soccer.[1] This list reflects each team's conference affiliation as of the 2015 season.

America East Conference

American Athletic Conference

Atlantic 10 Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Sun Conference

Big East Conference

Big South Conference

Big Ten Conference

Big West Conference

Colonial Athletic Association

Conference USA

Horizon League

Independents

None

Ivy League

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Mid-American Conference

Missouri Valley Conference

Northeast Conference

Pac-12 Conference

Patriot League

Southern Conference

The Summit League

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference reinstated men's soccer for the 2014 season, after having last sponsored the sport in 1995.

West Coast Conference

Western Athletic Conference

With the 2012 reorganization of the WAC, several member schools were to add men's and women's soccer for 2014, but this has not occurred as rapidly as planned. Texas–Pan American never added men's soccer before the 2015 merger with Texas–Brownsville that formed UTRGV (Texas Rio Grande Valley), which plays its first season in 2015. Chicago State's first season is now scheduled for 2016.

Footnotes

A ^ : Since the Big Sky Conference does not sponsor men's soccer, Sacramento State fields its men's soccer team in the Big West Conference.
B ^ : Since the Southeastern Conference (SEC) does not sponsor men's soccer, Kentucky and South Carolina field men's varsity soccer teams in Conference USA.
C ^ : Since the Mountain West Conference (MW) does not sponsor men's soccer, New Mexico fields its men's varsity soccer team in Conference USA; San Diego State plays in the Pac-12 Conference; and Air Force, San Jose State, and UNLV compete in the Western Athletic Conference.
D ^ : Since the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) does not sponsor men's soccer, SIU-Edwardsville fields its men's varsity soccer team in the Missouri Valley Conference, Eastern Illinois plays in The Summit League, and Belmont is an affiliate of the Horizon League.
E ^ : Since the Southland Conference does not sponsor men's soccer, Central Arkansas fields its men's varsity soccer team in the Missouri Valley Conference while Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word compete in the Western Athletic Conference.
F ^ : Since the Big 12 Conference does not sponsor men's soccer, West Virginia fields its men's varsity soccer team in the Mid-American Conference.
G ^ : While primarily a member of the NCAA Division III's Empire 8, Hartwick's men's soccer competes in Division I as an Affiliate of the Sun Belt Conference.
H ^ : Since the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference does not sponsor men's soccer, Howard fields its men's varsity team in the Sun Belt Conference.
I ^ : Although NJIT joined the men's soccer-sponsoring Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun) in July 2015, its men's soccer team will remain in the Sun Belt Conference for the 2015 season due to contractual commitments. NJIT men's soccer will join the A-Sun in 2016.

Scheduled additions

One school is currently scheduled to add men's soccer to its athletic program at a future date.

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Nickname Conference Starting
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois 1867 Public 5,211 Cougars WAC Budgeted for 2016–17[2][3]

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