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AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – The Preseason Field of Sixty-Four + College Cup + National Title Pick [REVISED at 11:50 AM]

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Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 5:26pm EDT

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Preview Index

General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings | Coaching Changes | AWK Awards Shortlist | AWK Preseason All-America Team | Missing U20 World Cup Players | Predicted Big Seven Conference Finishing Order

Big Sky | DI Independents | Great West | SWAC

ACC – Clemson | Miami (FL) | NC State | Virginia Tech
Big XII – Iowa State | Kansas | Oklahoma | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | West Virginia
Big East – Cincinnati | DePaul | Georgetown | Louisville | Marquette | Notre Dame | Pittsburgh | Providence | Rutgers | Seton Hall | South Florida | St. John’s (NY) | Syracuse | UConn | Villanova
Big Ten – Indiana | Iowa | Michigan | Michigan State | Minnesota | Nebraska | Northwestern | Ohio State | Purdue | Wisconsin
Mid-Majors – Boston University | Central Michigan | Dayton | Denver | Florida Gulf Coast | Harvard | Illinois State | La Salle | Long Beach State | New Mexico | Rice | Richmond | Samford | Stephen F. Austin | Toledo | UCF | UC Irvine | UMass | Utah State | Western Michigan | William & Mary
Pac-12 – Arizona | Arizona State | Cal | Colorado | Oregon | Oregon State | USC | Utah | Washington | Washington State
SEC – Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | Georgia | Kentucky | LSU | Mississippi State | Missouri | Ole Miss | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt
WCC – BYU | Gonzaga | Loyola Marymount | Portland | San Diego | San Francisco | Santa Clara | St. Mary’s (CA)

Initial predictions were made without knowledge of injuries to Lexi Marton and Jackie Molinda of Penn State. Below are revised predictions.

The Projected Field of Sixty-Four

America East (1) – Hartford
Atlantic 10 (2) – La Salle, Dayton
ACC (9) – Duke, Wake Forest, Florida State, North Carolina, Boston College, Virginia, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech, Maryland
Atlantic Sun (1) – Florida Gulf Coast
Big XII (5) – West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Baylor, Texas Tech
Big East (4) – Marquette, UConn, Notre Dame, Louisville
Big Sky (1) – Montana
Big South (1) – Radford
Big Ten (4) – Penn State, Ohio State, Illinois, Michigan
Big West (2) – Long Beach State, UC Irvine
Colonial (1) – William & Mary
Conference USA (2) – UCF, Memphis
Horizon (1) – Detroit
Ivy (1) – Yale
MAAC (1) – Marist
MAC (1) – Central Michigan
Missouri Valley (1) – Illinois State
Mountain West (1) – San Diego State
Northeast (1) – St. Francis (PA)
Ohio Valley (1) – Tennessee-Martin
Pac-12 (6) – UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Washington, USC, Washington State
Patriot (1) – Colgate
SEC (6) – Texas A&M, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina
Southern (1) – Samford
Southland (1) – Stephen F. Austin
SWAC (1) – Mississippi Valley State
Summit (1) – Oakland
Sun Belt (1) – Florida International
WCC (4) – Santa Clara, Pepperdine, BYU, Portland
WAC (1) – Denver

Also Considered: Alabama, Auburn, Boston University, Colorado College, Harvard, Iowa, James Madison, LSU, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, Oregon State, Rice, Richmond, Rutgers, San Diego, Seton Hall, SMU, Toledo, UMass, Utah State, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Milwaukee

So, who wins it all? After the jump…

How The NCAA Tournament Will Play Out…

One and Done – BYU, Central Michigan, Colgate, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Georgia, Hartford, Kentucky, Marist, Memphis, Michigan, Mississippi Valley State, Montana, Oakland, Ohio State, Portland, Radford, Samford, San Diego State, South Carolina, St. Francis (PA), Stephen F. Austin, Tennessee-Martin, Texas Tech, UConn, USC, Washington, Washington State, Yale

Eliminated in Second Round – Baylor, Florida, Illinois, Illinois State, Kansas, La Salle, Long Beach State, Maryland, Miami (FL), Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Tennessee, UCF, UC Irvine, Virginia Tech, William & Mary

Eliminated in Sweet Sixteen – Cal, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Penn State, Santa Clara, Virginia, West Virginia

Eliminated in Elite Eight – Florida State, Stanford, Texas, A&M, UCLA

College Cup Semi-Finalists – Boston College, North Carolina

Runners-Up – Wake Forest

National Champions – Duke

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