Both the NCAA men’s and women’s soccer tournament pairings will be announced on Monday.
Following its 2-0 loss to Clemson on Saturday, Pitt’s men’s team, which was ranked number one in the United Soccer Coaches poll last week, should be a lock to earn one of the 14 at-large bids to the tournament. In addition to Pitt losing, No. 2 Georgetown also lost Saturday, 2-1 to Big East rival Seton Hall.
The NCAA will hold its men’s draw show on Monday at noon ET to announce the 36-team field and the women’s show at 1 p.m. ET.
You can follow the Men’s live selection show here and the women’s selection show here.
The first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament will begin on April 27 and 28 for the women and on April 29 for the men in North Carolina. Pitt still has a chance to earn a number one or number two seed, and will likely not start playing until the second round. In the men’s 36-tournament bracket, only the 8-9 seeds will play each other in each of the four regions.
Men’s Tournament Automatic qualifiers:
AAC – Central Florida
ACC – Clemson
America East – New Hampshire
Atlantic Sun – Jacksonville
Atlantic 10 – Fordham
Big East – Seton Hall
Big South – High Point
Big Ten – Indiana
CAA – James Madison
Conference USA – Marshall
Horizon – Milwaukee
MAAC – Monmouth
Mid-American – Bowling Green
Missouri Valley – Missouri State
Northeast – St. Francis (N.Y.)
Pac-12 – Stanford
Patriot – American
Southern – UNCG 1 Belmont 0.
Summit – Denver
Sun Belt – Coastal Carolina
WAC – Air Force
WCC – Loyola Marymount
Potential At-Large Teams:
Here are the latest Men’s National Rankings (teams highlighted who are eligible at large bids)
1 | Pitt (16) | 1 | 611 | 13-2-0 |
2 | Georgetown (7) | 2 | 607 | 7-0-2 |
3 | Indiana | 6 | 550 | 8-1-0 |
4 | Clemson (1) | 3 | 548 | 12-3-2 |
5 | Wake Forest | 4 | 534 | 11-2-2 |
6 | Washington (1) | 7 | 515 | 10-2-0 |
7 | Loyola Marymount | 10 | 451 | 6-0-2 |
8 | Stanford | 5 | 438 | 8-2-1 |
9 | Marshall | 12 | 400 | 8-2-2 |
10 | New Hampshire | 11 | 373 | 6-0-1 |
11 | Seton Hall | 9 | 344 | 7-1-3 |
12 | Charlotte | 14 | 328 | 5-2-1 |
13 | Missouri St | 8 | 310 | 9-1-0 |
14 | Penn State | 19 | 295 | 7-1-1 |
15 | North Carolina | 18 | 256 | 7-4-3 |
16 | Grand Canyon | 15 | 248 | 7-0-0 |
17 | Marquette | 17 | 242 | 8-1-1 |
18 | James Madison | 21 | 224 | 5-0-1 |
19 | Oregon State | NR | 192 | 8-4-0 |
20 | UCF | 24 | 129 | 7-3-0 |
21 | Coastal Carolina | 16 | 95 | 9-3-2 |
22 | Northern Kentucky | NR | 90 | 7-1-0 |
23 | Saint Mary’s | 23 | 83 | 5-2-1 |
24 | Lafayette | NR | 51 | 6-0-0 |
25 | Virginia Tech | NR | 50 | 6-6-2 |
Men’s Tournament Automatic qualifiers
ACC – Florida State
America East – Stony Brook
Atlantic Sun – Liberty
Atlantic 10 – St. Louis
Big East – Georgetown
Big Sky – Montana
Big South – Campbell
Big Ten – Iowa
Big 12 – TCU
CAA – Elon
Conference USA – Rice
Horizon – Milwaukee
MAAC – Siena
Mid-American – Bowling Green
Missouri Valley – Loyola (IL)
Mountain West – New Mexico
Northeast – Central Connecticut St.
Ohio Valley – SUIE
Pac-12 UCLA
Patriot – Navy SEC – Vanderbilt
Southern – Furman
Southland – Southeastern Louisiana
Summit – Denver
Sun Belt – South Alabama
SWAC – Alabama St.
WAC – Utah Valley
WCC – Santa Clara receives automatic bid.