The Big Dance is about to get underway. The 48-team field has been announced with Notre Dame, UCLA, Michigan State, and Maryland earning the coveted top four seeds which means that they could play their way to Cary without ever leaving home. All sixteen first-round games will take place on Thursday, November 20. All Sixteen second-round games will be played on Sunday, November 23. The third-round (Round of 16) will be played on Sunday, November 30 and the quarterfinals (Elite Eight) will be played on Friday or Saturday, December 5 or 6. The first three rounds and the quarterfinal games will be played at campus sites. The College Cup (Final Four) will take place on December 12 and 14 at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.
Listed below are the first and second-round contests:
#1 Notre Dame Bracket
First Round – Akron (13-6-1) at Ohio State (9-7-4)
Second Round – Winner at #1 Notre Dame (11-4-4)
First Round – Bucknell (10-9-3) at UNCW (12-4-2)
Second Round – Winner at #16 Virginia (10-6-2)
First Round – Hartwick (6-9-4) at Penn State (12-5-1)
Second Round – Winner at #9 Syracuse (15-3-1)
First Round – St Francis Brooklyn (11-5-4) at Old Dominion (12-6-1)
Second Round – Winner at #8 Georgetown (12-4-4)
#4 Maryland Bracket
First Round – Monmouth (11-3-6) at Xavier (13-5-2)
Second Round – Winner at #5 Indiana (12-4-5)
First Round – Denver (11-7-1) at Oregon State (11-7-1)
Second Round – Winner at #12 Creighton (14-3-2)
First Round – Tulsa (11-5-3) at Saint Louis (13-4-2)
Second Round – Winner at #13 Louisville
First Round – UMBC (12-5-3) at Wake Forest (10-7-1)
Second Round – Winner at #4 Maryland
#3 Michigan State Bracket
First Round – Oakland (9-6-3) at Kentucky (10-5-4)
Second Round – Winner at #3 Michigan State
First Round – Furman (12-5-3) at UAB (11-7-1)
Second Round – Winner at #14 Washington (12-5-1)
First Round – Fordham (8-8-4) at Dartmouth (11-4-2)
Second Round – Winner at #11 Providence (13-4-2)
First Round – UNLV (14-4-3) at UC Irvine (14-5-3)
Second Round – Winner at #6 Stanford (13-2-3)
#2 UCLA Bracket
First Round – FGCU (8-6-5) at Coastal Carolina (15-5-1)
Second Round – Winner at #7 Clemson (11-6-3)
First Round – James Madison (10-7-4) at North Carolina (12-5-1)
Second Round – Winner at #10 Charlotte (14-3-1)
First Round – SIUE (7-8-4) at Northwestern (9-3-6)
Second Round – Winner at #15 California (10-6-1)
First Round – Cal State Fullerton (10-7-8) San Diego (10-5-4)
Second Round – Winner at #2 UCLA (11-4-4)
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