2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Big Ten Conference
Season	2014
Champions	Maryland
Premiers	Maryland
NCAA Tournament	Indiana; Maryland; Michigan State; Northwestern; Ohio State; Penn State
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The 2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 Maryland ‡	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	6	–	3
Ohio State +	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	8	–	5
Northwestern +	4	–	1	–	3	9	–	4	–	6
No. 23 Penn State +	5	–	3	–	0	13	–	6	–	1
No. 8 Michigan St. +	4	–	2	–	2	12	–	5	–	6
No. 17 Indiana +	3	–	3	–	2	12	–	5	–	5
Michigan	3	–	3	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	12	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	7	–	1	3	–	12	–	3


‡ - Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 16, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA

Penn State Nittany Lions were the two-time defending regular season champions, while the Indiana Hoosiers were the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2013

Newcomers Maryland was picked to win the conference ahead of Penn State.^[2]

Projected Rank	School	2013 Finish
1	Maryland	2nd (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2	Michigan State	3rd
3	Michigan	4th
4	Penn State	1st
5	Indiana	5th
6	Northwestern	7th
7	Wisconsin	2nd
8	Rutgers	8th (American Athletic Conference)
9	Ohio State	6th

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
Maryland Terrapins	College Park, Maryland	Ludwig Field	7,500
Michigan Wolverines	Ann Arbor, Michigan	U-M Soccer Stadium	2,200
Michigan State Spartans	East Lansing, Michigan	DeMartin Soccer Complex	2,500
Northwestern Wildcats	Evanston, Illinois	Lakeside Field	900
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey Field	5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Piscataway, New Jersey	Yurcak Field	5,000
Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	McClimon Stadium	2,000

Home \ Away	IND	UMD	MIC	MSU	NOR	OSU	PSU	RUT	WIS
Indiana	—	1–2	—	2–3	1–1	—	0–1	—	—
Maryland	—	—	—	0–1	—	1–0	4–0	—	2–0
Michigan	1–3	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	0–1	—	—
Michigan State	—	—	2–3	—	1–1	—	—	0–0	2–1
Northwestern	—	3–2	0–0	—	—	—	2–1	—	2–0
Ohio State	1–2	—	—	3–2	2–0	—	—	4–1	—
Penn State	—	—	—	0–2	—	1–0	—	1–0	2–1
Rutgers	1–2	2–3	0–3	—	0–2	—	—	—	—
Wisconsin	2–2	—	1–2	—	—	0–2	—	2–3	—

Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals
3	3	Michigan State	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Oakland – (East Lansing)	T, 2–2 ^{W, 4–3 pen.} vs. Washington – (East Lansing)	L, 2–3 vs. Providence – (East Lansing)
4	2	Maryland	BYE	L, 0–1 vs. UMBC – (College Park)
5	2	Indiana	BYE	L, 0–1 vs. Xavier – (Bloomington)
—	1	Ohio State	T, 1–1 ^{W, 13–12 pen.} vs. Akron – (Columbus)	L, 1–2 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)
—	1	Penn State	W 2–1 vs. Hartwick – (Evanston)	L, 1–2 vs. Syracuse – (Syracuse)
—	4	Northwestern	L, 0–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (State College)

^ Brett McMurphy and Dana O'Neil (November 20, 2012). "Maryland accepts Big Ten invite". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^ "Maryland Selected as Preseason Favorite". Big Ten. August 20, 2014. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.