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College soccer in Illinois

87 college soccer programs play in Illinois: 44 women’s and 43 men’s — 22 in D1, 10 in D2, 44 in D3 and 11 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
87
Median roster
29
Players listed
2,511

Rosters: the 82 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

22 programs · 12 women’s · 10 men’s

Players: the 2026-27 roster as the school publishes it, where we could confirm it is this season’s. → a Startline page with the class-year breakdown · ↗ the school’s own site: its roster page, or its team or athletics page where the roster link did not check out.

D1 women's soccer in Illinois →D1 men's soccer in Illinois →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

10 programs · 5 women’s · 5 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

44 programs · 22 women’s · 22 men’s

D3 women's soccer in Illinois →D3 men's soccer in Illinois →Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

11 programs · 5 women’s · 6 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Illinois

Where Illinois players go

2,177 players from Illinois are on a published college soccer roster, and 47% of them play for a school inside Illinois.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa.

For scale: 35,517 students played high-school soccer in Illinois in 2024-25.

Counted off the hometowns listed on college rosters (read Sep 11, 2026; the 2026-27 squad for most programs, last season’s where a school had not posted a new one). A headcount of who is playing, not a rate — no one publishes how many of a state’s high-school players go on. High-school figure: NFHS participation survey, 2024-25. NFHS survey (PDF).

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How many college soccer programs are in Illinois?

87 programs — 44 women’s and 43 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 22 in D1, 10 in D2, 44 in D3 and 11 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Illinois stay in state for college?

47% of the 2,177 players from Illinois on a published college roster play for a school inside Illinois; the most common destinations outside it are Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Illinois?

The median is 29 players, across the 82 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Eureka College’s, at 14; the largest is Greenville’s, at 62. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

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Which of them fit your player?

A list of the programs in Illinois is the same for every family. Which of them fit your player — level, position, grad year and grades — and which have room at your position is what the free list scores.

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