2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
Football league season
NCAA Division I women's soccer Season 2016 Champions USC (2nd title)
The 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 35th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer . The Penn State Nittany Lions were the defending national champions.
Changes from 2015
Conference realignment
Season overview
Polls
Pre-season polls
Soccer America [ 4]
Rank
Team
1
Stanford
2
Duke
3
Florida State
4
West Virginia
5
Penn State
6
Florida
7
Virginia
8
USC
9
Texas A&M
10
Clemson
11
Connecticut
12
North Carolina
13
Rutgers
14
Auburn
15
California
16
BYU
17
UCLA
18
Wisconsin
19
Notre Dame
20
Virginia Tech
21
Texas Tech
22
Ohio State
23
South Carolina
24
Arizona
25
Boston College
Top Drawer Soccer
Rank
Team
1
Stanford
2
Florida State
3
Duke
4
Penn State
5
West Virginia
6
Virginia
7
Florida
8
USC
9
Connecticut
10
Clemson
11
Rutgers
12
North Carolina
13
Texas A&M
14
Auburn
15
California
16
Wisconsin
17
BYU
18
Arizona
19
Minnesota
20
Virginia Tech
21
Ohio State
22
Santa Clara
23
Ole Miss
24
FGCU
25
Boston College
Hero Sports
Rank
Team
1
Penn State
2
Stanford
3
Florida State
4
Duke
5
West Virginia
6
USC
7
Virginia
8
Florida
9
Clemson
10
Virginia Tech
11
Texas A&M
12
North Carolina
13
BYU
14
California
15
South Carolina
16
Texas Tech
17
Santa Clara
18
Minnesota
19
Connecticut
20
Notre Dame
21
Arizona
22
Auburn
23
Washington State
24
Ohio State
25
Rutgers
Final polls
Soccer America [ 6]
Rank
Team
1
West Virginia
2
Stanford
3
Florida
4
South Carolina
5
Georgetown
6
BYU
7
Florida State
8
North Carolina
9
USC
10
Notre Dame
11
Clemson
12
Connecticut
13
Minnesota
14
Duke
15
Virginia
16
Colorado
17
Arkansas
18
Auburn
19
Utah
20
UCLA
21
Rutgers
22
Northwestern
23
Cal
24
Penn State
25
Pepperdine
Top Drawer Soccer
Rank
Team
1
USC
2
West Virginia
3
Georgetown
4
North Carolina
5
South Carolina
6
Duke
7
Auburn
8
Santa Clara
9
Stanford
10
BYU
11
Florida
12
Connecticut
13
Clemson
14
UCLA
15
Virginia
16
Arkansas
17
Pepperdine
18
Rutgers
19
Florida State
20
Kansas
21
Minnesota
22
Notre Dame
23
NC State
24
Northwestern
25
Colorado
Hero Sports
Rank
Team
1
USC
2
West Virginia
3
Stanford
4
BYU
5
Georgetown
6
North Carolina
7
South Carolina
8
Virginia
9
UCLA
10
Florida
11
Auburn
12
Santa Clara
13
Minnesota
14
Duke
15
Clemson
16
Utah
17
Cal
18
Florida State
19
Notre Dame
20
Colorado
21
Arkansas
22
Penn State
23
Oklahoma
24
Pepperdine
25
Long Beach State
Note : Soccer America released its final poll on November 7, 2016, before the NCAA Tournament
Major upsets
Games won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked squad that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher are considered "major upsets". Only NSCAA rankings are used for this list.
Date
Winner
Score
Loser
August 19, 2016
#21 Santa Clara
#11 USC
August 19, 2016
Pepperdine
3–1
#20 Arizona
August 21, 2016
Oklahoma
4–1
#25 Loyola Marymount
August 22, 2016
Nebraska
1–0
#14 BYU
August 25, 2016
Michigan
2–0
#12 Notre Dame
August 25, 2016
Washington State
1–0
#13 Santa Clara
August 26, 2016
Arkansas
2–1
#2 Duke
September 5, 2016
South Alabama
1–0
#1 Florida State
September 22, 2016
Vanderbilt
2–0
#14 Texas A&M
September 25, 2016
Alabama
2–1
#14 Texas A&M
Standings
2016 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 20 Connecticut † ‡ y
8
–
0
–
1
.944
19
–
3
–
1
.848
Memphis y
8
–
1
–
0
.889
14
–
5
–
1
.725
SMU y
6
–
2
–
1
.722
13
–
7
–
2
.636
USF
4
–
3
–
2
.556
12
–
4
–
3
.711
Cincinnati
4
–
3
–
2
.556
11
–
5
–
4
.650
UCF
4
–
4
–
1
.500
9
–
8
–
2
.526
Tulsa
4
–
5
–
0
.444
8
–
10
–
1
.447
Houston
1
–
6
–
2
.222
6
–
7
–
3
.469
East Carolina
1
–
7
–
1
.167
5
–
12
–
1
.306
Temple
0
–
9
–
0
.000
3
–
16
–
0
.158
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 AAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-20 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 18 Northwestern † y
7
–
1
–
3
.773
16
–
3
–
4
.783
No. 15 Minnesota † ‡ y
7
–
1
–
3
.773
16
–
3
–
4
.783
Penn State † y
7
–
1
–
3
.773
12
–
5
–
4
.667
Michigan y
6
–
3
–
2
.636
10
–
5
–
5
.625
Wisconsin y
5
–
2
–
4
.636
9
–
5
–
8
.591
Nebraska y
5
–
3
–
3
.591
11
–
6
–
5
.614
No. 25 Rutgers y
4
–
2
–
5
.591
12
–
5
–
6
.652
Ohio State y
4
–
4
–
3
.500
11
–
7
–
3
.595
Indiana
4
–
4
–
3
.500
7
–
9
–
4
.450
Michigan State
4
–
7
–
0
.364
7
–
10
–
1
.417
Illinois
3
–
6
–
2
.364
6
–
11
–
2
.368
Purdue
2
–
8
–
1
.227
4
–
12
–
1
.265
Iowa
2
–
9
–
0
.182
8
–
11
–
0
.421
Maryland
1
–
10
–
0
.091
3
–
15
–
1
.184
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-21 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Ivy League women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Harvard † y
5
–
0
–
2
.857
10
–
4
–
3
.676
Brown
4
–
1
–
2
.714
9
–
2
–
5
.719
Columbia
4
–
2
–
1
.643
7
–
6
–
4
.529
Penn
2
–
2
–
3
.500
9
–
3
–
4
.688
Princeton
2
–
3
–
2
.429
10
–
4
–
3
.676
Yale
2
–
4
–
1
.357
6
–
7
–
3
.469
Cornell
2
–
4
–
1
.357
5
–
9
–
2
.375
Dartmouth
0
–
5
–
2
.143
7
–
7
–
2
.500
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 2016-11-18 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 MAAC women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
Monmouth † ‡ y
9
–
0
–
1
.950
14
–
5
–
2
.714
Quinnipiac
7
–
4
–
0
.636
12
–
7
–
1
.625
Siena
7
–
4
–
0
.636
9
–
7
–
3
.553
Rider
6
–
3
–
1
.650
9
–
6
–
3
.583
Canisius
6
–
4
–
0
.600
8
–
9
–
0
.471
Marist
5
–
4
–
1
.550
10
–
9
–
1
.525
Manhattan
4
–
5
–
1
.450
6
–
10
–
1
.382
Niagara
4
–
6
–
0
.400
5
–
10
–
1
.344
Fairfield
2
–
6
–
2
.300
3
–
13
–
2
.222
Iona
2
–
7
–
1
.250
2
–
14
–
2
.167
St. Peter's
0
–
9
–
1
.050
1
–
13
–
2
.125
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 MAAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-18 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 Pac-12 Conference women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 6 Stanford † y
10
–
1
–
0
.909
18
–
2
–
1
.881
No. 1 USC y
8
–
2
–
1
.773
16
–
4
–
2
.773
No. 23 Colorado y
8
–
2
–
1
.773
15
–
6
–
1
.705
No. 13 UCLA y
7
–
3
–
1
.682
15
–
5
–
2
.727
No. 16 Utah y
6
–
1
–
4
.727
13
–
4
–
5
.705
Cal y
6
–
3
–
2
.636
13
–
5
–
3
.690
Arizona
4
–
7
–
0
.364
9
–
9
–
1
.500
Washington State
3
–
7
–
1
.318
8
–
9
–
2
.474
Oregon State
3
–
8
–
0
.273
8
–
10
–
2
.450
Oregon
2
–
8
–
1
.227
8
–
10
–
2
.450
Washington
2
–
9
–
0
.182
7
–
12
–
1
.375
Arizona State
1
–
9
–
1
.136
6
–
11
–
2
.368
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-21 Rankings from NSCAA
2016 West Coast Conference women's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 22 Pepperdine † y
7
–
1
–
1
.833
12
–
5
–
4
.667
No. 9 BYU † y
7
–
1
–
1
.833
18
–
3
–
1
.841
No. 17 Santa Clara y
6
–
2
–
1
.722
11
–
6
–
4
.619
Loyola Marymount
6
–
3
–
0
.667
11
–
5
–
3
.658
San Diego
5
–
4
–
0
.556
10
–
8
–
1
.553
Portland
3
–
5
–
1
.389
9
–
7
–
3
.553
San Francisco
3
–
6
–
0
.333
7
–
12
–
0
.368
Saint Mary's
3
–
6
–
0
.333
5
–
13
–
2
.300
Gonzaga
2
–
7
–
0
.222
6
–
10
–
2
.389
Pacific
1
–
8
–
0
.111
1
–
15
–
1
.088
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-12-14 Rankings from NSCAA
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference
Regular Season Champion(s)
Conference Player(s) of the Year
Conference Coach(es) of the Year
Conference Tournament
Tournament Venue (City)
Tournament Winner
America East
Albany Hartford
B. Murphy, UNH (Off) C. Smallfield, Hartford (Def) [ 8]
Brendan Faherty, SB [ 8]
2016 Tournament
Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Albany
American
UConn
S. Ribeiro, UConn (Off) S. Fredriksson, UCF (Co-Def) T. Patterson, UConn (Co-Def) [ 9]
Len Tsantiris , UConnChris Petrucelli , SMU [ 9]
2016 Tournament
Morrone Stadium (Storrs, CT )
UConn
Atlantic 10
St. Joseph's
D. Mills, Saint Joseph’s (Off) K. Bright, St. Louis (Def) [ 10]
Jess Manella, Saint Joe’s [ 10]
2016 Tournament
URI Complex (Kingston, RI )
Dayton
ACC
Clemson Notre Dame
A. Shaffer, Virginia (Off) C. Gibbons, Duke (Def) [ 11]
Eddie Radwanski , Clem.[ 11]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: MUSC Health Stadium (Charleston )
Florida State
Atlantic Sun
FGCU
T. Tindell, FGCU (Off) N. Rawlins, Lipscomb (Def) [ 12]
Kevin O'Brien, Lipscomb [ 12]
2016 Tournament
First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: FGCU Complex (Fort Myers, FL )
FGCU
Big 12
West Virginia
M. Abam, WVU (Co-Off)C. Dike , OK State (Co-Off)K. Buchanan , WVU (Def) [ 13]
Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU [ 13]
2016 Tournament
Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City )
West Virginia
Big East
DePaul Marquette
A. Reed, DePaul (Off) M. Proffitt, Marquette (Def) [ 14]
Markus Roeders, Marq.[ 14]
2016 Tournament
First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Shaw Field (Washington, D.C. )
Georgetown
Big Sky
Idaho
C. Williams, EWU (Off) R. Leonard, Sac. St. (Def) [ 15]
Randy Dedinim, Sac. St.[ 16]
2016 Tournament
EWU Complex (Cheney, WA )
Eastern Washington
Big South
High Point
K. Perrell, High Point (Off) H. Van Noord, Liberty (Def) [ 17]
Marty Beall, High Point [ 17]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Bryan Park (Greensboro, NC )
Liberty
Big Ten
Minnesota Northwestern Penn State
S. Kolander, Minnesota (Off) R. Beal, Minnesota (Def) [ 18]
Stefanie Golan, Minn.[ 18]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Robbie Stadium (St. Paul, MN )
Minnesota
Big West
Cal St Northridge
A. Gonzales, LBSU (Off) N. Thompson, CSUN (Def) [ 19]
Keith West, CSUN [ 19]
2016 Tournament
George Allen Field (Long Beach, CA )
Long Beach St.
CAA
Northeastern
A. Herndon, JMU (Off) C. Ogunsami, Drexel (Co-Def) C. Logsdon, W&M (Co-Def) [ 20]
Ray Goon, Drexel [ 20]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Parsons Field (Brookline, MA )
Northeastern
C-USA
North Texas
M. Thomas, Charlotte (Off) J. Fichera, Rice (Def) [ 21]
Jason Neidell, WKU [ 21]
2016 Tournament
Transamerica Field (Charlotte, NC )
Charlotte
Horizon
Milwaukee
M. Hamblin, NKU (Off) R. DeLuca, Det. Mercy (Def) [ 22]
Troy Fabiano, Milw.[ 22]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Engelmann Stadium (Milwaukee, WI )
Northern Kentucky
Ivy
Harvard
M. Purce, Harvard (Off) C. Etzel, Brown (Def) [ 23]
Chris Hamblin, Harvard [ 23]
No Tournament
MAAC
Monmouth
A. McTamney, Monmouth (Off) T. Sobierjaski, Siena (Def) [ 24]
Krissy Turner, Mon.[ 24]
2016 Tournament
First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Hesse Field (West Long Branch, NJ )
Monmouth
MAC
Ball State
J. Hellstrom, Kent St. (Off) L. White, Ball St. (Def) [ 25]
Rob Marinaro, Kent St.[ 25]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Dix Stadium (Kent, OH )
Kent State
Missouri Valley
Illinois State
L. Koehl, Illinois St. (Off) P. Jarsombeck, Ill. St. (Def) [ 26]
Eric Golz, Illinois St.[ 26]
2016 Tournament
First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Adelaide Street Field (Normal, IL )
Illinois State
Mountain West
UNLV
L. Sender, UNLV (Off) C. Akubuilo, UNLV (Def) [ 27]
Chris Shaw, UNLV [ 27]
2016 Tournament
SDSU Sports Deck (San Diego )
UNLV
Northeast
Central Connecticut Saint Francis (PA)
G. Morales, SFPA (Off) J. Cafferky, CCSU (Def) [ 28]
Brenda van Stralen, SFU [ 28]
2016 Tournament
Stokes Soccerplex (Loretto, PA )
Saint Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley
Murray State
H. Withers, Murray St. (Off) K. Naerdemann, TN Tech (Def) [ 29]
Nick Flohre, EKU [ 29]
2016 Tournament
First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Cutchin Field (Murray, KY )
SIU Edwardsville
Pac-12
Stanford
A. Sullivan, Stanford (Off) M. Freeman, USC (Def) [ 30]
Paul Ratcliffe, Stanford [ 30]
No Tournament
Patriot
Boston U Bucknell
K. Ham, Bucknell (Off) R. Bloznalis, Boston U (Def) [ 31]
Kelly Cook, Bucknell [ 31]
2016 Tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Emmitt Field (Lewisburg, PA )
Bucknell
SEC
South Carolina
S. McCaskill, S. Carolina (Off) K. Kurtz, S. Carolina (Def) [ 32]
Shelley Smith, SC [ 32]
2016 Tournament
Orange Beach Sportsplex (Orange Beach, AL )
Florida
SoCon
Samford
J. Seoposenwe, Samford (Off) O. Cole, Samford (Def) [ 33]
Todd Yelton, Samford [ 33]
2016 Tournament
First Rd. & Quarters: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final: Taylor Stadium (Johnson City, TN )
Samford
Southland
Cent. Arkansas
C. Bassett, Cent. Arkansas (Off) K. Roberts, Abilene Chr. (Def) [ 34]
Jeremy Bishop, C. Ark.[ 34]
2016 Tournament
Dugan Stadium (Corpus Christi, TX )
Houston Baptist
The Summit
Denver North Dakota St.
L. Jones, Oral Roberts (Off) M. Bothner, Denver (Def) [ 35]
Roger Bush, ORU [ 35]
2016 Tournament
Dacotah Field (Fargo, ND )
South Dakota St.
Sun Belt
South Alabama
J. Cline, App. State (Off) J. Purfield, S. Alabama (Def) [ 36]
Keyton Wheelock, ULM [ 36]
2016 Tournament
Foley Sports Complex (Foley, AL )
South Alabama
SWAC
Howard
A. Lewis, Alabama St. (Co-Off) L. Issaka, Miss. Vall. St. (Co-Off) K. Hamilton, Howard (Def) [ 37]
Brent Leiba, Howard [ 37]
2016 Tournament
PVAM Stadium (Prairie View, TX )
Alabama State
WCC
BYU Pepperdine
M. Vasconcelos, BYU (Off) T. Isom, BYU (Def)[ 38]
Tim Ward, Pepperdine [ 38]
No Tournament
WAC
Seattle
B. Hooks, Seattle (Off) S. Spiekerman, Seattle (Def) [ 39]
Gary Curneen, CSUB [ 39]
2016 Tournament
Durwood Soccer Stadium (Kansas City )
Seattle
See also
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^ a b SEC . "SEC Soccer Awards" . Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
^ a b SoCon . "SoCon All-Conference Teams" . Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
^ a b Southland Conference . "All-Southland Conference Teams" . Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
^ a b Summit League . "#SummitWSOC Awards" . Retrieved November 2, 2016 .
^ a b Sun Belt Conference . "2016 All-Sun Belt Conference Awards" . Retrieved November 1, 2016 .
^ a b SWAC . "2016 SWAC Soccer Awards" . Retrieved November 2, 2016 .
^ a b West Coast Conference . "WCC All-Conference Teams" . Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
^ a b WAC . "2016 WAC Women's Soccer Awards" . Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .
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