2024 NCAA Championship Bracket
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Nine Atlantic Coast Conference men’s soccer teams earned berths in the 2024 NCAA Championship, as announced Monday by the NCAA. Seven ACC teams are among the 16 seeded teams.
This marks the 12th straight season in which the ACC placed the most teams in the tournament and the 24th consecutive season that at least five league teams earned a bid. The ACC’s total of nine bids is tied for the second most in tournament history, matching the league’s totals in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023 and one shy of the conference’s total in 2019.
Pitt (2), ACC champion Wake Forest (8), Clemson (9), Duke (10), Virginia (11), SMU (12) and Stanford (16) earned national seeds as well as first-round byes. North Carolina and NC State also picked up bids in the field and will open tournament play on Thursday, November 21. All nine ACC teams will start the tournament on their home pitches.
An ACC team has won the men’s national soccer championship 20 times – most of any conference – including each of the last three seasons with Clemson in 2021 and 2023 and Syracuse in 2022. At least one ACC squad has reached the College Cup in 22 of the last 23 seasons, with 11 different league programs reaching the sport’s highest stage.
ACC regular-season champion Pitt (12-5-0) claimed the No. 2 national seed and will face the Cornell-Fordham winner on Sunday, November 24, at 5 p.m. ET. The Panthers are making their sixth straight appearance in the tournament and eighth all-time.
ACC champion Wake Forest (10-4-7) earned the No. 8 seed and faces the Maryland-LIU winner at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday. The Demon Deacons are making their 28th NCAA appearance, including their 14th straight.
No. 9 seed Clemson (14-2-4) takes on the winner of the Providence-Bucknell contest at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday. The reigning national champions are making their 37th appearance in the field, including their sixth straight and 11th in 12 seasons. The Tigers have won four national championships.
Making its 31st appearance in the tournament, No. 10 seed Duke (11-3-4) faces the winner of the San Diego-UC Davis contest on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. The Blue Devils are playing in their fourth straight NCAA Tournament.
Virginia (10-6-3) earned the No. 11 seed and plays the winner of the West Virginia-North Florida match on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET. The seven-time national champion Cavaliers are making their 44th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, which is fourth most of any school.
No. 12 seed SMU (10-2-6) faces the winner of the Washington-Seattle contest on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. The Mustangs are making their 36th appearance in the field and their third straight.
No. 16 seed Stanford (9-5-4) faces the winner of the UCLA-UC Santa Barbara match on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. A three-time national champion, the Cardinal earned its 22nd NCAA Tournament berth, including its third straight.
North Carolina (9-4-4) takes on Furman on Thursday, November 21, at 5 p.m. ET, with the winner traveling to take on No. 13 seed Marshall on Sunday. The Tar Heels are making their 31st appearance in the tournament in program history and their fifth straight. UNC has captured a pair of national championships.
NC State (8-4-5) plays host to Charlotte on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET, and the winner moves on to play No. 4 seed Georgetown on Sunday. The Wolfpack is back in the tournament for the first time since making three consecutive appearances from 2017-19 and making the program’s 17th tournament appearance.
The 48-team field is made up of champions from 22 conferences, who qualified automatically, in addition to 26 teams that were selected at-large. The top 16 teams were seeded and received first-round byes. All first-round games will be played Thursday, November 21, on campus sites, while all second-round action will take place Sunday, November 24. The third round will be played November 30 and December 1, while the quarterfinals will be played December 6 and 7.
ESPNU will provide live coverage of all three games of the semifinals and final on December 13 and 16 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, as the Men’s College Cup returns to Cary for the ninth time.