2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Tournament statisticsMatches played63Goals scored203 (3.22 per match)All statistics correct as of December 3, 2017.

The 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (semifinals and final also known as the 2017 Women's College Cup) was the 36th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, Florida on December 1 and 3, 2017, while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2017.^[1] The Stanford Cardinal were tournament champions, winning the final 3–2 over the UCLA Bruins.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. 64 teams participated in the tournament. 28 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference tournaments and 3 teams qualified automatically by winning their conference regular-season championship (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference grant their automatic qualifications to the regular-season champions in lieu of holding a conference tournament). The remaining 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee.

Stanford Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record[2]	RPI[3]	Appearance[4]	Last bid[4]
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic[5]	18–1–0	1	27th	2016
2	West Virginia	Big 12	At-large	15–3–2	7	18th	2016
3	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	12–4–4	10	23rd	2016
4	Florida State	ACC	At-large	11–6–1	16	18th	2016
	Arizona	Pac-12	At-large	10–4–4	26	5th	2015
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	7–6–5	27	15th	2016
	Bucknell	Patriot	Automatic	12–8–0	81	4th	2016
	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	14–3–3	22	8th	2016
	Hofstra	CAA	Automatic	15–3–2	23	6th	2015
	La Salle	Atlantic 10	Automatic	17–3–2	47	5th	2014
	Ole Miss	SEC	At-large	10–6–3	40	7th	2015
	Rutgers	Big Ten	At-large	12–2–5	11	12th	2016
	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	11–10–0	158	2nd	2012
	TCU	Big 12	At-large	12–6–3	46	2nd	2016
	Utah Valley	WAC	Automatic	10–11–1	213	2nd	2015
	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	11–5–3	42	19th	2013

South Carolina Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record[2]	RPI[3]	Appearance[4]	Last bid[4]
1	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	15–2–1	3	11th	2016
2	UCF	American	At-large	13–1–3	5	21st	2015
3	Florida	SEC	At-large	14–6–0	19	21st	2016
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	15–4–1	17	12th	2016
	Alabama State	SWAC	Automatic	12–7–1	229	2nd	2016
	California	Pac-12	At-large	13–5–1	25	25th	2016
	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	14–3–1	35	6th	2016
	Murray State	OVC	Automatic	15–1–2	21	3rd	2015
	Santa Clara	WCC	At-large	13–6–1	31	27th	2016
	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Automatic	12–3–2	61	5th	2016
	South Florida	American	Automatic	12–3–2	15	4th	2015
	Tennessee	SEC	At-large	14–4–1	20	11th	2012
	Toledo	MAC	Automatic	12–7–3	124	5th	2011
	Vanderbilt	SEC	At-large	12–6–2	39	8th	2006
	Washington State	Pac-12	At-large	9–7–3	49	11th	2015
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	13–5–2	29	20th	2016

Duke Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record[2]	RPI[3]	Appearance[4]	Last bid[4]
1	Duke	ACC	At-large	19–2–0	4	23rd	2016
2	Texas A&M	SEC	Automatic	17–2–1	6	23rd	2016
3	USC	Pac-12	At-large	14–3–1	18	16th	2016
4	Texas	Big 12	At-large	13–3–2	12	12th	2014
	Alabama	SEC	At-large	12–7–1	28	3rd	2011
	Baylor	Big 12	Automatic	13–5–2	34	5th	2012
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	9–5–3	38	18th	2016
	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	Automatic	16–5–1	84	2nd	2016
	IUPUI	Horizon	Automatic	14–5–3	122	2nd	2009
	Lamar	Southland	Automatic	18–3–1	72	1st[6]	Never
	Missouri State	MVC	Automatic	10–9–1	119	2nd	2000
	North Texas	Conference USA	Automatic	14–3–4	65	5th	2015
	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	9–6–4	14	25th	2016
	Oklahoma State	Big 12	At-large	16–3–2	32	11th	2016
	Rice	Conference USA	At-large	12–3–2	36	4th	2014
	UNC Greensboro	Southern	Automatic	11–7–3	104	10th	2010

North Carolina Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record[2]	RPI[3]	Appearance[4]	Last bid[4]
1	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	15–2–2	2	36th	2016
2	UCLA	Pac-12	At-large	15–2–2	8	21st	2016
3	Virginia	ACC	At-large	11–5–4	23	30th	2016
4	Princeton	Ivy	Automatic[7]	14–2–0	9	12th	2015
	Arkansas	SEC	At-large	11–10–2	41	4th	2016
	Butler	Big East	At-large	13–2–5	45	2nd	2015
	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	Automatic	12–5–4	94	7th	2014
	Colorado	Pac-12	At-large	11–5–4	43	10th	2016
	Denver	Summit	Automatic	11–8–1	225	10th	2013
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	13–7–1	99	6th	2014
	Monmouth	MAAC	Automatic	15–3–2	37	5th	2016
	NC State	ACC	At-large	14–5–1	30	13th	2016
	Northwestern	Big Ten	At-large	12–7–2	33	5th	2016
	Pepperdine	WCC	Automatic[8]	14–2–3	13	10th	2016
	Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	Automatic	10–7–3	176	4th	2016
	San Diego State	Mountain West	Automatic	12–7–2	80	7th	2014

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 6.^[9]

Stanford Bracket

	First round November 10–11 Campus Sites					Second round November 17 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 19 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal November 24 Campus Sites
	1	Stanford*	9
		Utah Valley	1
						1	Stanford*	2
							Auburn	0
		Hofstra	0
		Auburn*	1
											1	Stanford*	1
											4	Florida State	0
		Arizona*	2
		TCU	1
							Arizona	0
						4	Florida State	2
		Ole Miss	0
	4	Florida State*	5
																1	Stanford*	4
																3	Penn State	0
	3	Penn State*	7
		Stony Brook	0
						3	Penn State	2
							Wake Forest	0
		Georgetown	0 (1)
		Wake Forest*	0 (2)
											3	Penn State	3
											2	West Virginia*	1
		Rutgers*	3
		La Salle	1
							Rutgers	0 (3)
						2	West Virginia*	0 (4)
		Bucknell	0
	2	West Virginia*	3

* Host institution

Schedule

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

South Carolina Bracket

	First round November 10–11 Campus Sites					Second round November 17 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 19 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal November 24 Campus Sites
	2	UCF*	0
		Washington State	1
							Washington State	2 (3)
							Tennessee	2 (1)
		Murray State	0
		Tennessee*	2
												Washington State	0
											3	Florida*	12OT
		South Florida*	3
		Florida Gulf Coast	0
							South Florida	0
						3	Florida*	1
		South Alabama	1
	3	Florida*	3
																3	Florida	0
																1	South Carolina*	2
	4	Ohio State*	1
		Vanderbilt	2
							Vanderbilt	1
							Santa Clara	3
		Santa Clara	2
		California*	1
												Santa Clara	0
											1	South Carolina*	1
		Wisconsin*	5
		Toledo	0
							Wisconsin	0
						1	South Carolina*	1
		Alabama State	0
	1	South Carolina*	3

* Host institution

Schedule

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Duke Bracket

	First round November 10–11 Campus Sites					Second round November 17 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 19 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal November 24 Campus Sites
	1	Duke*	1
		UNC Greensboro	0
						1	Duke*	7
							Oklahoma State	0
		Missouri State	1 (2)
		Oklahoma State*	1 (3)
											1	Duke*	3
											4	Texas	0
		Clemson*	2
		Alabama	1
							Clemson	1 (5)
						4	Texas	1 (6)
		North Texas	0
	4	Texas*	3
																1	Duke*	4
																	Baylor	0
	3	USC*	22OT
		Eastern Washington	1
						3	USC	1 (0)
							Baylor	1 (3)
		Rice	2
		Baylor*	3
												Baylor	3OT
												Notre Dame	2
		Notre Dame*	5
		IUPUI	0
							Notre Dame	2 (4)
						2	Texas A&M*	2 (1)
		Lamar	0
	2	Texas A&M*	1

* Host institution

Schedule

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

North Carolina Bracket

	First round November 10–12 Campus Sites					Second round November 17 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 19 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal November 25 Campus Sites
	2	UCLA*	3
		San Diego State	1
						2	UCLA*	1OT
							Northwestern	0
		Butler	0 (2)
		Northwestern*	0 (3)
											2	UCLA*	2
											3	Virginia	1
		Pepperdine*	1
		Cal State Fullerton	0
							Pepperdine	0
						3	Virginia	3
		Saint Francis (PA)	0
	3	Virginia*	2
																2	UCLA*	3
																4	Princeton	1
	4	Princeton*	4
		Monmouth	0
						4	Princeton	1 (5)
							NC State	1 (4)
		Arkansas	1
		NC State*	4
											4	Princeton	2OT
											1	North Carolina*	1
		Colorado*	2
		Denver	1
							Colorado	0
						1	North Carolina*	1
		High Point	0
	1	North Carolina*	3

* Host institution

Schedule

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

College Cup

	Semifinals December 1 Orlando City Stadium Orlando, Florida					Final December 3 Orlando City Stadium Orlando, Florida
	1	Stanford	2
	5	South Carolina	0
						1	Stanford	3
						4	UCLA	2
	3	Duke	0 (3)
	4	UCLA	0 (4)

Schedule

Semifinals

Final

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	QF	SF	F	NC
Pac-12	7	14–5–3	.725	6	3	2	2	2	1
SEC	9	11–7–2	.600	6	2	2	1	–	–
ACC	8	13–5–5	.674	8	5	1	1	–	–
Big 12	5	4–5–4	.462	4	3	1	–	–	–
Big Ten	5	5–4–2	.545	4	1	1	–	–	–
Ivy	1	2–1–1	.625	1	1	1	–	–	–
WCC	2	3–2–0	.600	2	1	–	–	–	–
American	2	1–2–0	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	0–0–2	.500	–	–	–	–	–	–
C-USA	2	0–2–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
MVC	1	0–0–1	.500	–	–	–	–	–	–

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences received one bid and finished the tournament with a record of 0–1–0: AEC, A-10, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, Horizon, MAAC, MAC, MW, NEC, OVC, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt, SWAC, and WAC.

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

References