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College soccer in Wisconsin

55 college soccer programs play in Wisconsin: 30 women’s and 25 men’s — 8 in D1, 2 in D2, 42 in D3 and 3 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
55
Median roster
30
Players listed
1,653

Rosters: the 54 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

8 programs · 4 women’s · 4 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.

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NCAA Division II

2 programs · 1 women’s · 1 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

42 programs · 23 women’s · 19 men’s

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

NAIA

3 programs · 2 women’s · 1 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Wisconsin

Where Wisconsin players go

971 players from Wisconsin are on a published college soccer roster, and 61% of them play for a school inside Wisconsin.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa.

For scale: 18,703 students played high-school soccer in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin?

55 programs — 30 women’s and 25 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 8 in D1, 2 in D2, 42 in D3 and 3 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Wisconsin stay in state for college?

61% of the 971 players from Wisconsin on a published college roster play for a school inside Wisconsin; the most common destinations outside it are Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Wisconsin?

The median is 30 players, across the 54 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Maranatha Baptist University’s, at 15; the largest is Viterbo University’s, at 53. 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 Wisconsin 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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