2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 Bloomington Indiana BYE W 4-0 vs. Connecticut - ( Bloomington , IN ) W 2-0 vs. Air Force - ( Bloomington , IN ) W 1-0 vs. # 7 Notre Dame - ( Bloomington , IN ) L 0-2 vs. # 11 Maryland - ( Santa Barbara , CA )
11 Lexington Maryland BYE W 1-0 vs. NC State - ( College Park , MD ) W 2-0 vs. # 6 Duke - ( Durham , NC ) W 1-0 vs. # 3 Kentucky - ( Lexington , KY ) W 2-0 vs. # 2 Indiana - ( Santa Barbara , CA )
- Bloomington Michigan T 1-1 ( W 11-10 PK ) vs. Princeton - ( Ann Arbor , MI ) T 0-0 ( L 11-12 PK ) vs. # 7 Notre Dame - ( South Bend , IN )
- Louisville Michigan State W 2-0 vs. UIC - ( East Lansing , MI ) W 2-1 ( OT ) vs. # 4 Louisville - ( Louisville , KY ) W 1-0 vs. # 13 Georgetown - ( Washington , DC ) W 2-1 vs. James Madison- ( East Lansing , MI ) L 1-5 vs. Akron - ( Santa Barbara , CA )
W-L-T (% ) : 1-0-1 ( .750 ) 3-0-1 ( .875 ) 3-0-0 ( 1.000 ) 3-0-0 ( 1.000 ) 1-2-0 ( .333 )
Postseason -- NCAA Tournament
Main article : 2018 NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 24, 2018 and concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Michigan entered the season as the defending regular season champions, while Wisconsin entered the season as the defending tournament champions. Indiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game. With the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths. The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament. Big Ten side, Maryland, would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008. Concluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire and signed with Celtic in Scotland. Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall.