All 18 schools in the Big Ten participate in women’s soccer. The B1G was well represented in postseason play, with 10 teams reaching the NCAA tournament. Of those ten, USC and Penn State reached the Elite Eight but lost, and the Big Ten was not represented in the Final Four.
The ranked teams at the end of the season were #3 USC, #7 Penn St., #12 Iowa, #13 Ohio State, #14 Michigan State, #15 UCLA, #23 Minnesota, and #25 Wisconsin.
The rankings for the rest of the B1G was #40 Rutgers, #44 Washington, #95 Illinois, #98 Purdue, #114 Northwestern, #117 Nebraska, #132 Indiana, #176 Oregon, #188 Michigan, and #195 Maryland.