2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
	† – Conference champion; + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA tournament; As of November 1, 2022; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches; Source: Pac-12

2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25 – December 11, 2022
Number of teams	6
2023 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Pac-12 Conference men's soccer seasons
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference. Part of the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the Pac-12 will begin play in August 2022 and conclude in November 2022.

Oregon State are the defending Pac-12 champions.

Teams

Stadiums and Locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
California Golden Bears	Berkeley, California	Edwards Stadium	22,000
California Golden Bears	Berkeley, California	Witter Rugby Field	5,000
Oregon State Beavers	Corvallis, Oregon	Lorenz Field	2,200
San Diego State Aztecs^[a]	San Diego, California	SDSU Sports Deck	3,000
Stanford Cardinal	Stanford, California	Cagan Stadium	4,000
UCLA Bruins	Los Angeles, California	Wallis Annenberg Stadium	3,000
Washington Huskies	Seattle, Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium	1,640

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	TDS^[2]	CSN	Signees
California
Oregon State
San Diego State	1
Stanford
UCLA
Washington

Preseason Coaches polls

The preseason polls will be released on August 16, 2022. Oregon State and Washington were voted to be co-champions. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
T−1	Oregon State	21 (2)
T−1	Washington	21 (1)
3	UCLA	18 (2)
4	Stanford	14 (1)
5	San Diego State	10
6	California	6

Preseason awards

All−American teams

	USC 1st Team	USC 2nd Team	TDS 1st Team	TDS 2nd Team	CSN 1st Team	CSN 2nd Team

Preseason All Pac-12

First Team

Second Team

All Pac–12 Honorable Mention (received votes from four or more members of the media):

California:
Oregon State:
San Diego State:
Stanford:
UCLA:
Washington:

Preseason exhibitions

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result
August 12	7:30 p.m.	Corban	No. 5 Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR		W 1–0
August 12	7:30 p.m.	California	UC Riverside	UCR Soccer Stadium • Riverside, CA		W 4–0
August 14	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	UC Irvine	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA		T 2–2
August 14	7:30 p.m.	California	Cal State Bakersfield	Main Soccer Field • Bakersfield, CA		W 1–0
August 15	6:00 p.m.	No. 5 Oregon State	Portland	Merlo Field • Portland, OR		L 0–4
August 15	7:30 p.m.	Westmont	No. 23 UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA		W 2–0
August 19	1:00 p.m.	Pacific	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 2–1
August 19	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 Oregon State	Seattle U	Championship Field • Seattle, WA		L 0–3
August 19	7:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA		T 2–2
August 19	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Washington	Portland	Merlo Field • Portland, OR		L 0–2
August 20	7:00 p.m.	San Francisco	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 2–0
August 20	7:30 p.m.	UNLV	No. 23 UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA		T 0–0
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There was one coaching change ahead of the 2022 season. California head coach, Kevin Grimes, retired at the end of the 2021 season.^[4] Grimes was replaced by Leonard Griffin, who had previously coached Grand Canyon University.^[5]

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

Team	Head Coach	Years at School	Overall record	Record at school	Pac–12 record
California	Leonard Griffin	1	22–22–4	0–0–0	0–0–0
Oregon State	Terry Boss	5	49–29–9	49–29–9	28–17–5
San Diego State	Ryan Hopkins	3	204–106–38	9–14–4	3–14–2
Stanford	Jeremy Gunn	11	283–90–54	96–29–23	45–14–11
UCLA	Ryan Jorden	4	108–82–20	17–22–6	7–16–5
Washington	Jamie Clark	12	184–67–25	145–52–22	70–29–11

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 member tied
Pac-12 teams in bold

All times Pacific time.

Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

Home \ Away	CAL	OSU	SDSU	STA	UCLA	UW
California	—	Oct 30	Sep 15	Nov 10	Sep 18	Oct 27
Oregon State	Oct 6	—	Nov 3	Oct 9	Nov 6	Oct 21
San Diego State	Oct 23	Oct 2	—	Oct 20	Nov 11	Sep 29
Stanford	Sep 29	Oct 27	Sep 18	—	Sep 15	Oct 30
UCLA	Oct 20	Sep 29	Oct 7	Oct 23	—	Oct 2
Washington	Oct 9	Nov 10	Nov 6	Oct 6	Nov 3	—

Source: Pac-12 Conference
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Washington
Stanford
California
Oregon State
UCLA
San Diego State

	Leader and 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Source: Pac-12.com

Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 22–28)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
August 25	6:00 p.m.	UC Davis	No. 5 Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
August 25	7:00 p.m.	UC Irvine	No. 19 UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
August 25	7:00 p.m.	California	Cal State Fullerton	Titan Stadium • Fullerton, CA
August 25	7:00 p.m.	San Diego State	CSUN	Matador Soccer Field • Northridge, CA
August 25	7:30 p.m.	Sacramento State	No. 3 Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
August 25	TBD	Villanova	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA
August 28	1:00 p.m.	Villanova	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
August 28	7:00 p.m.	Loyola Marymount	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
August 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Virginia Tech	No. 19 UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
August 28	TBD	No. 14 SMU	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 2 (Aug 29–Sep 4)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
August 29	6:00 p.m.	Utah Valley	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
August 29	7:30 p.m.	Central Arkansas	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 1	3:00 p.m.	UC Davis	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
September 2	5:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Omaha	Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Seton Hall	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
September 2	7:00 p.m.	California	UC Irvine	Anteater Stadium • Irvine, CA
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Liberty	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Utah Valley	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 4	3:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	P12N
September 4	7:00 p.m.	California	UC San Diego	Triton Soccer Stadium • San Diego, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 3 (Sep 5–11)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 5	4:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Creighton	Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE	BEDN
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Grand Canyon	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Washington	South Florida	Corbett Stadium • Tampa, FL
September 9	7:00 p.m.	UNLV	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Oregon State	UC Santa Barbara	Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA
September 9	TBD	Stanford	Creighton	Morrison Stadium • Omaha, NE	BEDN
September 10	1:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
September 10	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	Portland	Merlo Field • Portland, OR
September 11	3:00 p.m.	Denver	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
September 11	3:00 p.m.	Air Force	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 4 (Sep 12–18)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 15	4:00 p.m.	San Diego State	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
September 15	6:00 p.m.	UCLA	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Michigan State	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
September 18	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Rivalry)	P12N
September 18	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 5 (Sep 19–25)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 20	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Denver	CIBER Field • Denver, CO
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Seattle U	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA (Seattle Cup)	P12N
September 24	7:00 p.m.	UC San Diego	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
September 24	7:00 p.m.	Cal State Fullerton	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
September 24	7:30 p.m.	Washington	Grand Canyon	GCU Stadium • Phoenix, AZ
September 25	1:00 p.m.	Saint Mary's (CA)	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 6 (Sep 26–Oct 2)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Oregon State	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
September 29	7:30 p.m.	Washington	San Diego State	Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, CA
September 29	8:00 p.m.	California	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA (72nd Big Clásico)
October 2	3:00 p.m.	Oregon State	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
October 2	4:00 p.m.	Washington	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 7 (Oct 3–9)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 6	6:00 p.m.	California	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Stanford	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 7	7:00 p.m.	San Diego State	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12NLA
October 9	12:00 p.m.	Stanford	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR	P12N
October 9	2:00 p.m.	California	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 8 (Oct 10–16)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 14	4:00 p.m.	Gonzaga	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA
October 14	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	Loyola Marymount	Sullivan Field • Los Angeles, CA
October 15	1:00 p.m.	San Francisco	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
October 15	6:00 p.m.	Seattle U	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR	P12N
October 15	7:00 p.m.	San Diego	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
October 15	TBD	Stanford	Saint Mary's (CA)	Saint Mary's Stadium • Moraga, CA
October 15	TBD	Portland	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 9 (Oct 17–23)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 20	7:30 p.m.	California	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	P12N
October 20	TBD	Stanford	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Washington	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR	P12N
October 23	3:00 p.m.	Stanford	UCLA	Wallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	P12N
October 23	TBD	California	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 10 (Oct 24–30)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 27	3:00 p.m.	Washington	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA	P12N
October 27	8:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
October 29	10:00 a.m.	UCLA	Rutgers	Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ	BTN+
October 30	12:00 p.m.	Oregon State	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA
October 30	4:00 p.m.	Washington	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA	P12N
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 11 (Oct 31–Nov 6)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 3	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
November 3	8:00 p.m.	UCLA	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
November 6	12:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
November 6	2:00 p.m.	UCLA	Oregon State	Lorenz Field • Corvallis, OR
November 7	TBD	Pacific	Stanford	Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Week 12 (Nov 7–13)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 10	TBD	Stanford	California	Edwards Stadium • Berkeley, CA (73rd Big Clásico)
November 10	TBD	Oregon State	Washington	Husky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N
November 11	7:00 p.m.	UCLA	San Diego State	SDSU Sports Deck • San Diego, CA
^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Pacific Time.

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	College Cup	Championship

Rankings

National rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		Pre	Wk 13
California	USC	NV	None released
	TDS	NV
	CSN	NV
Oregon State	USC	5	None released
	TDS	5
	CSN	6
San Diego State	USC	NV	None released
	TDS	NV
	CSN	NV
Stanford	USC	RV	None released
	TDS	NV
	CSN	NV
UCLA	USC	23	None released
	TDS	20
	CSN	23
Washington	USC	3	None released
	TDS	2
	CSN	2

Regional rankings - USC Far West Region

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV		No votes received

The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and WAC.

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
California
Oregon State
San Diego State
Stanford
UCLA
Washington

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.

Week		Player	School	Pos.	Ref.
Sep. 6
Sep. 13
Sep. 20
Sep. 27
Oct. 4
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
Nov. 15

Postseason honors

Conference honors

Award	Recipient(s)
2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year

First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	Third Team Honorees
2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams

National honors

	USC 1st Team	USC 2nd Team	TDS 1st Team	TDS 2nd Team	CSN 1st Team	CSN 2nd Team

MLS SuperDraft

Draft picks

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other

Homegrown contracts

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Notes

Notes

^ San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005.^[1]

References

^ "San Diego State Men's Soccer To Join Pac-10 Conference in 2005". goaztecs.com. October 7, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
^ "2022 Men's DI Recruiting Rankings: April | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
^ "Oregon State and Washington voted 2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer co-favorites". pac-12.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
^ Woitalla, Mike (February 3, 2022). "Kevin Grimes bids adieu to Cal Bears after 22 seasons". Soccer America. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
^ Faraudo, Jeff (March 31, 2022). "Cal Men's Soccer: Ex-Assistant Leonard Griffin Returns to Lead Bears' Program". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 16, 2022.

External links

Pac-12 Men's Soccer

[2] San Diego State's primary conference is the Mountain West Conference, but the program has competed in the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member since 2005.^[1]

[1] "San Diego State Men's Soccer To Join Pac-10 Conference in 2005". goaztecs.com. October 7, 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2022.

[3] "2022 Men's DI Recruiting Rankings: April | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.

[4] "Oregon State and Washington voted 2022 Pac-12 Men's Soccer co-favorites". pac-12.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[5] Woitalla, Mike (February 3, 2022). "Kevin Grimes bids adieu to Cal Bears after 22 seasons". Soccer America. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

[griffin_in-6] Faraudo, Jeff (March 31, 2022). "Cal Men's Soccer: Ex-Assistant Leonard Griffin Returns to Lead Bears' Program". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 16, 2022.

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v t e Pac-12 Conference men's soccer
Teams	California Golden Bears Oregon State Beavers San Diego State Aztecs Stanford Cardinal UCLA Bruins Washington Huskies
Championships & awards	Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year All-Pac-12 teams
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

v t e 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ASUN ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Summit Sun Belt WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ASUN ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Horizon MAAC Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings All-Americans 2023 MLS SuperDraft