2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season
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{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season
| color = #2B265B
| color text = #8E2344
| league = NCAA Division I
| sport = Soccer
| logo = Big West Conference logo 2000.svg
| pixels = 250
| caption =
| duration = August 24, 2018 – November 9, 2018
| no_of_teams = 8
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs =
| season_champ_name = Champions
| second_place =
| minor_premiers =
| draft = 2019 MLS SuperDraft
| draft_link = 2019 MLS SuperDraft
| top_pick =
| picked_by =
| MVP =
| MVP_link = Big West Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
| top_scorer =
| top_scorer_link =
| finals =
| finals_link =
| finals_champ =
| finals_runner-up =
| finals_MVP =
| finals_MVP_link =
| seasonslistnames = Big West Conference men's soccer
| prevseason_link = 2017 Big West Conference men's soccer season
| prevseason_year = 2017
| nextseason_link = 2019 Big West Conference men's soccer season
| nextseason_year = 2019
}}
{{2018 Big West Conference men's soccer standings}}
The 2018 Big West Conference men's soccer season is the 36th consecutive season of men's college soccer in the Big West Conference under the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.{{cite web |title=Big West Conference Men's Soccer Records |url=http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf |publisher=Big West Conference |accessdate=12 August 2018}} The season will feature eight teams, where one is an affiliate member of the conference. Sacramento State will compete from the Big Sky Conference. Colleges in the Big West will begin competition on August 24, 2018, and conclude on November 9, 2018 after the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Prior to the NCAA Division I Tournament Championship, there will be a postseason conference tournament held at the university with the highest seed in the postseason conference tournament, where the winner is guaranteed to represent the Big West in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Hawaii and Long Beach State have defunct programs in this season.
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Rankings
{{Main article|List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll}}
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|+ Legend |
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| | Increase in ranking |
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| | Decrease in ranking |
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| | Not ranked previous week |
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| | Selected for NCAA Tournament |
| colspan="3"| Key: No. – Ranking, RV – Received votes, NR – Not ranked |
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| style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final |
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal Poly Mustangs}}|Cal Poly | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal State Fullerton Titans}}|CSU Fullerton | style="background:#FFF;" | RV | style="background:#ffbbbb;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Cal State Northridge Matadors}}|CSU Northridge | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#bbffbb;" | RV | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Sacramento State Hornets}}|Sacramento State | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Davis Aggies}}|UC Davis | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Irvine Anteaters}}|UC Irvine | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#bbffbb;" | RV | style="background:#FFF;" | RV | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Riverside Highlanders}}|UC Riverside | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | ||||||||||||||||
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! style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos}}|UC Santa Barbara | style="background:#FFF;" | NR | style="background:#bbffbb;" | RV | style="background:#ffbbbb;" | NR | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | | style="background:#FFF;" | |
Matches
- Note: Results updated after the last game of each day in WAC competition, and games are added/updated weekly after each rankings release
- Rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll
=Non–conference=
{{center|Week One – August 24, 2018 to August 30, 2018}}
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|id = "UC Davis at Omaha"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 4:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Davis
|goals1 =
|team2 = Omaha
|goals2 =
|stadium = Caniglia Field
|location = Omaha, Nebraska
}}
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|id = "Sacramento State at Portland"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 5:30 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = Sacramento State
|goals1 =
|team2 = Portland
|goals2 =
|stadium = Merlo Field
|location = Portland, Oregon
}}
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|id = "CSU Northridge at San Francisco"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = CSU Northridge
|goals1 =
|team2 = San Francisco
|goals2 =
|stadium = Negoesco Stadium
|location = San Francisco, California
}}
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|id = "Fresno Pacific at Cal Poly"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = Fresno Pacific
|goals1 =
|team2 = Cal Poly
|goals2 =
|stadium = Janssen Field
|location = San Luis Obispo, California
}}
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|id = "UC Riverside at Loyola Marymount"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Riverside
|goals1 =
|team2 = Loyola Marymount
|goals2 =
|stadium = Sullivan Field
|location = Los Angeles, California
}}
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|id = "UC Irvine at San Diego"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Irvine
|goals1 =
|team2 = San Diego
|goals2 =
|stadium = Torero Stadium
|location = San Diego, California
}}
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|id = "St. John's at UC Santa Barbara"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
|time = 7:30 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = St. John's
|goals1 =
|team2 = UC Santa Barbara
|goals2 =
|stadium = Harder Stadium
|location = Santa Barbara, California
}}
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|id = "CSU Northridge at San Jose State"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|26|df=y}}
|time = 4:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = CSU Northridge
|goals1 =
|team2 = San Jose State
|goals2 =
|stadium = Spartan Soccer Complex
|location = San Jose, California
}}
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|id = "UC Davis at Creighton"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|26|df=y}}
|time = 5:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Davis
|goals1 =
|team2 = Creighton
|goals2 =
|stadium = Morrison Stadium
|location = Omaha, Nebraska
}}
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|id = "UC Riverside at UC Santa Barbara"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|26|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Riverside
|goals1 =
|team2 = UC Santa Barbara
|goals2 =
|stadium = Harder Stadium
|location = Santa Barbara, California
}}
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|id = "UC Irvine at UCF"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|27|df=y}}
|time = 4:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = UC Irvine
|goals1 =
|team2 = UCF
|goals2 =
|stadium = UCF Soccer Stadium
|location = Orlando, Florida
}}
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|id = "CSU Fullerton at Missouri State"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|27|df=y}}
|time =
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = CSU Fullerton
|goals1 =
|team2 = Missouri State
|goals2 =
|stadium = Allison Stadium
|location = Springfield, Missouri
}}
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|id = "Sacramento State at Oregon State"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|27|df=y}}
|time = 6:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = Sacramento State
|goals1 =
|team2 = Oregon State
|goals2 =
|stadium = Valley Stadium
|location = Corvallis, Oregon
}}
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|id = "Cal Poly at Gonzaga"
|date = {{Start date|2018|08|27|df=y}}
|time = 7:00 p.m. PST
|round =
|score = 0–0
|report =
|team1 = Cal Poly
|goals1 =
|team2 = Gonzaga
|goals2 =
|stadium = Gonzaga Soccer Field
|location = Spokane, Washington
}}
{{cite web |title=Men's Soccer Schedule (2018) |url=http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/schedules/index.asp?IS_ARCHIVE=YES&SEASON_ID=50&SPORT_TYPE=&SELECTED_MONTH=0&START_OF_MONTH=8%2F01%2F2018&END_OF_MONTH=10%2F31%2F2018 |publisher=Big West Conference |accessdate=12 August 2018}}
Records against other conferences
- Note: Conferences eligible for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship only
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Big West Conference|Conference|Record}} | |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| American | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| ACC | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Big East | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Big Ten | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Big West | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| CAA | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| C–USA | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Horizon | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| MAAC | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| MAC | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center" | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Pac–12 | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Patriot | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Southern | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Summit | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| Sun Belt | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| WCC | 0–0 |
| align="center"
| WAC | 0–0 |
References
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{{Big West Conference men's soccer navbox}}
{{2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season}}
{{2018 in American soccer}}
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