2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season was the 65th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the defending champions of the Atlantic Conference and the North Carolina are the defending champions of the Coastal Conference. Wake Forest are the defending ACC tournament champions. Both Wake Forest and North Carolina successfully defended their titles, while Louisville won the ACC tournament.

Changes from 2017
After the 2017 season, Bobby Clark retired as the Notre Dame head coach. He was replaced by Chad Riley, who was hired from Dartmouth.

After the 2018 season, Louisville Cardinals coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team. He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018

Stadiums and locations
1. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami do not sponsor men's soccer

Hermann Trophy
Prior to the season two ACC men's soccer players were selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list.


 * Alex Comsia, North Carolina
 * Jonny Sutherland, Clemson

Preseason poll
The 2018 ACC preseason poll was announced on August 15. Wake Forest and North Carolina were selected to win the Atlantic Division and Coastal Division, respectively. North Carolina was selected as the favorite to win the ACC Championship. The poll was voted on by all ACC coaches, for a total of 12 possible votes.

ACC championship votes


 * 1) North Carolina (10)
 * 2) Louisville (1)
 * 3) Wake Forest (1)

Regular season poll First place votes shown in. Atlantic Division poll


 * 1) Wake Forest (8) – 64
 * 2) Clemson (4) – 60
 * 3) Louisville – 53
 * 4) NC State – 31
 * 5) Syracuse – 29
 * 6) Boston College – 15

Coastal Division poll


 * 1) North Carolina (11) – 70
 * 2) Virginia (1) – 53
 * 3) Duke – 46
 * 4) Notre Dame – 40
 * 5) Pittsburgh – 28
 * 6) Virginia Tech – 15

Preseason national polls
Eight of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

Regular season
All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Aug 20–26)
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Week 2 (Aug 27–Sept 2)
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Week 3 (Sept 3–9)
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Week 4 (Sept 10–16)
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Week 5 (Sept 17–23)
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Week 6 (Sept 24–30)
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Week 7 (Oct 1–7)
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Week 8 (Oct 8–14)
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Week 9 (Oct 15–21)
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Week 10 (Oct 22–28)
Schedule and results: Players of the week:

Week 11 (Oct 29–Nov 4)
Schedule and results: Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Week 12 (Nov 5–11)
Schedule and results: Note: Rankings shown are seedings from ACC tournament

Postseason awards
The Atlantic Coast Conference post season awards were announced on November 7, 2018, the same day as the Semifinals of the ACC tournament.