2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season

Mid-American Conference

Season	2016
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2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#24 Akron ‡	3	–	1	–	1			13	–	6	–	3
Bowling Green	2	–	0	–	3			9	–	6	–	4
Buffalo	2	–	1	–	2			12	–	4	–	3
Western Michigan	1	–	1	–	3			9	–	7	–	4
Northern Illinois	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	10	–	4
West Virginia	1	–	4	–	0			8	–	7	–	1
‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Tournament As of 29 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Akron Zips are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Akron Zips	Akron, Ohio	FirstEnergy Stadium	4,000
Bowling Green Falcons	Bowling Green, Ohio	Cochrane Stadium	1,000
Buffalo Bulls	Amherst, New York	UB Stadium	29,013
Northern Illinois Huskies	DeKalb, Illinois	NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex	1,500
West Virginia Mountaineers	Morgantown, West Virginia	Dlesk Stadium	1,600
Western Michigan Broncos	Kalamazoo, Michigan	WMU Soccer Complex	500

• Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, and Toledo do not sponsor men's soccer. West Virginia is an associated member.

Regular season

Results

Team/Opponent	AKR	BGS	UB	NIU	WVU	WMU
Akron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons
Buffalo Bulls
Northern Illinois Huskies
West Virginia Mountaineers
Western Michigan Broncos

Rankings

NSCAA National

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre[1]	Wk 1[2]	Wk 2[3]	Wk 3[4]	Wk 4[5]	Wk 5[6]	Wk 6[7]	Wk 7[8]	Wk 8[9]	Wk 9[10]	Wk 10[11]	Wk 11[12]	Wk 12[13]	Final
Akron	C	2	1	10	16	15	23	23	23	22	RV	RV	RV
Bowling Green	C										RV	NR
Buffalo	C			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
Northern Illinois	C
West Virginia	C					RV	17	24	RV	NR
Western Michigan	C		RV	NR

NSCAA Great Lakes Regional

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Akron	C	1	1	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	5	4
Bowling Green	C	6	6	9	9	8	10	6	5	4	6	5
Buffalo	C	5	4	2	4	6	5	7	6	7	7	6
Northern Illinois	C
West Virginia	C			8	6	3	4	5	NR	8	NR
Western Michigan	C	4	5	5	5	NR	8	6	NR		10	NR

Postseason

MAC Tournament

Tournament details to be announced.

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
4	Winston-Salem	Akron	W, 2–0 vs. Villanova – (Akron)	L, 0–1 vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington)

All-MAC awards and teams

2016 MAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Newcomer of the Year

2016 MAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Mid-American Conference women's soccer season

References

1. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.