The third round of the 2025 NCAA DI men's soccer championship begins on Saturday, Nov. 29 and will take place through Sunday, Nov. 30, featuring the remaining 16 teams from the original 48-team field. The tournament is made up of automatic qualifiers from 22 conferences and 26 teams selected at-large. The top 16 teams were seeded and have received first-round byes.
Here is everything you need to know for the 2025 DI men's soccer championship.
2025 DI men's soccer championship bracket
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2025 NCAA DI men's soccer tournament schedule
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Third round:
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Saturday, Nov. 29
- Sunday, Nov. 30
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- Quarterfinals:
- Friday, Dec. 5
- Saturday, Dec. 6
- Men's College Cup:
- Semifinals: Friday, Dec. 12
- Finals: Monday, Dec. 15
- Selection show: 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17 on krikya18.com
- First round: Thursday, Nov. 20
- Duke 1, FDU 0
- Cornell 4, Lafayette 0
- Denver 2, UC Irvine 0
- Seton Hall 1, Siena 1
- Grand Canyon 0, UCLA 0
- UNC Greensboro 0, Elon 0
- Hofstra 2, Syracuse 0
- Western Michigan 1, Clemson 0
- North Carolina 2, North Florida 2 (6-5)
- Notre Dame 1, Michigan 0
- UCF 3, Florida Atlantic 2
- West Virginia 4, St. John's (New York) 3
- Kansas City 1, Lindenwood 0
- Marshall 1, Cleveland State 0
- Saint Louis 2, Kentucky 1
- Washington 3, Oregon St. 2
- Second round: Sunday, Nov. 23
- Saint Louis 1, No. 6 Indiana 0
- Hofstra 3, No. 1 Vermont 2
- No. 4 Maryland 1, North Carolina 1
- No. 14 Akron 1, Notre Dame 0
- No. 16 Furman 1, Western Michigan 0
- No. 13 UConn 3, Cornell 1
- Washington 1, No. 5 SMU 0
- Duke 2, No. 3 Princeton 1
- No. 7 Georgetown 2, UCF 0
- UNC Greensboro 2, No. 2 Virginia 2 (4-3 PKs)
- No. 15 NC State 2, Marshall 0
- No. 11 Bryant 1, Seton Hall 0
- No. 10 High Point 3, West Virginia 2
- No. 12 Stanford 1, Kansas City 0
- Grand Canyon 2, No. 9 San Diego 1
- No. 8 Portland 2, Denver 2 (5-4 PKs)
NCAA DI men's soccer championship history
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vermont (16-2-6) | Rob Dow | 2-1 (ot) | Marshall | Cary, N.C. |
| 2023 | Clemson (15-3-5) | Mike Noonan | 2-1 | Notre Dame | Louisville, KY |
| 2022 | Syracuse (19-2-4) | Ian McIntyre | 2-2 (PK) | Indiana | Cary, N.C. |
| 2021 | Clemson (16-5-2) | Mike Noonan | 2-0 | Washington | Cary, N.C. |
| 2020 | Marshall (13-2-3) | Chris Grassie | 1-0 (ot) | Indiana | Cary, N.C. |
| 2019 | Georgetown (20-1-3) | Brian Wiese | 3-3 (2ot, pk) | Virginia | Cary, N.C. |
| 2018 | Maryland (13-6-4) |
Sasho Cirovski |
1-0 | Akron | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| 2017 | Stanford (19-2-2) | Jeremy Gunn | 1-0 (2ot) | Indiana | Philadelphia |
| 2016 | Stanford (15-3-5) | Jeremy Gunn | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | Wake Forest | Houston |
| 2015 | Stanford (18-2-3) | Jeremy Gunn | 4-0 | Clemson | Kansas City, Kan. |
| 2014 | Virginia (14-6-3) | George Gelnovatch | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | UCLA | Cary, N.C. |
| 2013 | Notre Dame (17-1-6) | Bobby Clark | 2-1 | Maryland | Chester, Pa. |
| 2012 | Indiana (16-5-3) | Todd Yeagley | 1-0 | Georgetown | Hoover, Ala. |
| 2011 | North Carolina (21-2-3) | Carlos Somoano | 1-0 | Charlotte | Hoover, Ala. |
| 2010 | Akron (22-1-2) | Caleb Porter | 1-0 | Louisville | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| 2009 | *Virginia (19-3-3) | George Gelnovatch | 0-0 (2ot, pk) | Akron | Cary, N.C. |
| 2008 | Maryland (23-3) | Sasho Cirovski | 1-0 | North Carolina | Frisco, Texas |
| 2007 | Wake Forest (22-2-2) | Jay Vidovich | 2-1 | Ohio State | Cary, N.C. |
| 2006 | UC Santa Barbara (17-7-1) | Tim Vom Steeg | 2-1 | UCLA | St. Louis |
| 2005 | Maryland (20-4-1) | Sasho Cirovski | 1-0 | New Mexico | Cary, N.C. |
| 2004 | *Indiana (19-4-1) | Mike Freitag | 1-1 (2ot, pk) | UC Santa Barbara | Carson, Calif. |
| 2003 | Indiana (17-3-5) | Jerry Yeagley | 2-1 | St. John's (N.Y) | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2002 | UCLA (18-3-3) | Tom Fitzgerald | 1-0 | Stanford | Dallas |
| 2001 | North Carolina (20-3-2) | Elmar Bolowich | 2-0 | Indiana | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2000 | Connecticut (20-3-2) | Ray Reid | 2-0 | Creighton | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1999 | Indiana (21-3) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 | Santa Clara | Charlotte, N.C. |
| 1998 | Indiana (23-2) | Jerry Yeagley | 3-1 | Stanford | Richmond |
| 1997 | UCLA (22-2) | Sigi Schmid | 2-0 | Virginia | Richmond |
| 1996 | St. John's (N.Y.) (22-2-2) | Dave Masur | 4-1 | FIU | Richmond |
| 1995 | Wisconsin (20-4-1) | Jim Launder | 2-0 | Duke | Richmond |
| 1994 | Virginia (22-3-1) | Bruce Arena | 1-0 | Indiana | Davidson |
| 1993 | Virginia (22-3) | Bruce Arena | 2-0 | South Carolina | Davidson |
| 1992 | Virginia (21-2-1) | Bruce Arena | 2-0 | San Diego | Davidson |
| 1991 | *Virginia (19-1-2) | Bruce Arena | 0-0 (4ot, pk) | Santa Clara | South Florida |
| 1990 | *UCLA (19-1-2) | Sigi Schmid | 0-0 (4ot, pk) | Rutgers | South Florida |
| 1989 | Santa Clara (20-0-3)/Virginia (21-2-2) | Steve Sampson/Bruce Arena | 1-1 (2ot) | Rutgers | |
| 1988 | Indiana (19-3-3) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 | Howard | Indiana |
| 1987 | Clemson (18-5-1) | I.M. Ibrahim | 2-0 | San Diego State | Clemson |
| 1986 | Duke (18-5-1) | John Rennie | 1-0 | Akron | Tacoma, Wash. |
| 1985 | UCLA (20-1-4) | Sigi Schmid | 1-0 (8ot) | American | Seattle |
| 1984 | Clemson (22-4) | I.M. Ibrahim | 2-1 | Indiana | Seattle |
| 1983 | Indiana (21-1-4) | Jerry Yeagley | 1-0 (2ot) | Columbia | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| 1982 | Indiana (21-3-2) | Jerry Yeagley | 2-1 (8ot) | Duke | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| 1981 | Connecticut (20-3-2) | Joe Morrone | 2-1 (ot) | Alabama A&M | Stanford |
| 1980 | San Francisco (24-0-2) | Steve Negoesco | 4-3 (ot) | Indiana | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1979 | SIU Edwardsville (19-2-3) | Bob Guelker | 3-2 | Clemson | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1978 | San Francisco# (28-1) | Steve Negoesco | 2-0 | Indiana | Tampa, Fla. |
| 1977 | Hartwick (16-0-2) | Jim Lennox | 2-1 | San Francisco | California |
| 1976 | San Francisco (20-2-3) | Steve Negoesco | 1-0 | Indiana | Penn |
| 1975 | San Francisco (21-1-2) | Steve Negoesco | 4-1 | SIU Edwardsville | SIU Edwardsville |
| 1974 | Howard (19-0) | Lincoln Phillips | 2-1 (4ot) | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| 1973 | St. Louis (15-2-3) | Harry Keough | 2-1 (ot) | UCLA | Miami, Fla. |
| 1972 | St. Louis (15-2-3) | Harry Keough | 4-2 | UCLA | Miami, Fla. |
| 1971 | Howard# (15-0) | Lincoln Phillips | 3-2 | St. Louis | Miami, Fla. |
| 1970 | St. Louis (14-0-1) | Harry Keough | 1-0 | UCLA | SIU Edwardsville |
| 1969 | St. Louis (13-0) | Harry Keough | 4-0 | San Francisco | San Jose State |
| 1968 | Maryland (14-0-1)/Michigan State (11-1-3) | Doyle Royal/Gene Kenney | 2-2 (2ot) | Georgia Tech-Emory | |
| 1967 | Michigan State (12-0-2)/St. Louis (8-3-2) | Gene Kenney/Harry Keough | 0-0 | (Game called due to weather | St. Louis |
| 1966 | San Francisco (11-0-1) | Steve Negoesco | 5-2 | Long Island | California |
| 1965 | St. Louis (14-0) | Bob Guelker | 1-0 | Michigan State | St. Louis |
| 1964 | Navy (15-0) | F.H. Warner | 1-0 | Michigan State | Brown |
| 1963 | St. Louis (13-1) | Bob Guelker | 3-0 | Navy | Rutgers |
| 1962 | St. Louis (12-0-1) | Bob Guelker | 4-3 | Maryland | St. Louis |
| 1961 | West Chester (12-0) | Mel Lorback | 2-0 | St. Louis | St. Louis |
| 1960 | St. Louis (14-1) | Bob Guelker | 3-2 | Maryland | Brooklyn |
| 1959 | St. Louis (11-1) | Bob Guelker | 5-2 | Bridgeport | Connecticut |
*Penalty kicks
#Later vacated