There are 1,239 men's college soccer programs, but most players won't want to attend remote or academically weak schools. High-GPA students should focus on Division I schools with strong academics or the top 25 Division II and III programs, narrowing realistic options to about 50 teams for thousands of players.
There are 1,239 men's college soccer teams between NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA and NCAA combined. If you want to play college soccer, there's a school out there for you. Can you get a scholarship? I can't really tell if this guy is taking a shot at me and he's trying to say like, hey, don't worry about it, you're going to find a college soccer team, or if he's just trying to be helpful and say, hey, there's a lot of schools out there and it's very exciting that you could find, you know, a college soccer team. This is a common saying in the recruiting agency's world where it's like, if you really want to play college soccer, there's a school out there for you. And there's some truth to this, as this guy's saying. There's many teams, but most of you don't want to go to the middle of nowhere, Iowa. You don't want to sacrifice your academics, and you don't want to go to on some very small NAIA school that's almost like high school level, because NAIA has two divisions, Division I and II, and Division II NAIA is considerably a lower level than any of those divisions. And junior college, while there are many of them, most of you guys have— certainly who watch my videos— you guys' grades are at least above a 3.5, which means you don't want to go to junior college, and frankly, you shouldn't go to junior college. So while this guy's saying there's many schools, there's really not that many schools. There's Division I, II, and III that you're considering. If you have top grades, 4.0 and above, you're not gonna wanna go to any Division II schools unless it's engineering, computer science, or aeronauticals, aerospace, which Division II programs have really good for those. So now you're just talking about DIII and DII. Then on top of that, if you have really good grades, you're not gonna wanna go to Bowling Green or IUPUI, which are very good Division I soccer programs, but not as known academically. So now you only wanna go to the top 25 Division IIs and the top 25 Division IIIs. And all of a sudden there's only 50 teams for thousands of players. So while it feels like there's tons of schools, there really is not because we want you to find a school that is lovely to you. And if you want help with that, give us a call, link in the bio. Uh, Waski, I love your comments, so I'm not trying to argue with you, but if you have any more questions, let us know. Talk soon.
