| 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Soccer |
| Duration | August 24 – December 10, 2023 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| 2024 MLS SuperDraft | |
| Top draft pick | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Picked by | FC Dallas |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Top scorer | Logan Farrington, Oregon State |
| Finals champions | UCLA |
| Runners-up | Oregon State |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 UCLA † | 6 | – | 0 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Oregon State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Stanford + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 5 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Pac-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
- ^ "Farrington Named Pac-12 Player of the Year". osubeavers.com.
- ^ Nudelstejer, Abraham (December 19, 2024). "FC Dallas takes Logan Farrington as the third overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ^ Dubow, Josh (September 1, 2023). "Cal and Stanford believe move to ACC was needed for survival". Associated Press. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ Dodd, Dennis (September 1, 2023). "Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: Conference membership growing to 18 schools as latest realignment domino falls". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Adelson, Andrea; Bonagura, Kyle; Rittenberg, Adam (July 11, 2022). "Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten -- and the chaos that followed". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ "University of Oregon and University of Washington to Join Big Ten Conference in 2024". Big Ten Conference. August 4, 2023. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ "West Coast Conference Adds Oregon State and Washington State as Affiliate Members". wccsports.com. December 22, 2023.
- ^ "SDSU Men's Soccer to Join WAC as Affiliate member". goaztecs.com. February 9, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.