NCAA Women’s Soccer Preseason Rankings released ahead of 2025 campaign

2024 Division I Women's Soccer Championship

United Soccer Coaches released the NCAA Division I women’s soccer preseason poll ahead of the 2025 campaign.

The reigning NCAA National Champion North Carolina Tar Heels have earned the No. 1 ranking as they look to continue their dominance once again. Notre Dame enters the season at No. 2, followed by Florida State at No. 3, Duke at No. 4 and USC rounding out the Top 5.

See below for a full look at the preseason rankings, as voted on by current college coaches.

NCAA Women’s Preseason Poll 2025

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	North Carolina	1	8	200	22-5-0
2	Notre Dame	6	0	190	14-4-4
3	Florida State	13	0	177	15-2-4
4	Duke	3	0	172	18-3-1
5	USC	5	0	158	18-1-4
6	Arkansas	9	0	154	16-2-3
7	Stanford	4	0	141	16-5-2
8	UCLA	18	0	126	17-4-3
9	TCU	16	0	123	17-4-2
10	Wake Forest	2	0	114	16-4-4
11	Penn State	8	0	112	15-7-3
12	Michigan State	14	0	107	14-3-5
13	Iowa	12	0	91	15-3-4
14	Virginia Tech	7	0	87	14-6-3
15	Virginia	RV	0	76	13-5-1
16	Santa Clara	20	0	70	13-4-4
17	Vanderbilt	15	0	67	10-4-7
18	Ohio State	11	0	61	14-6-3
19	Texas	21	0	59	17-4-2
20	Mississippi State	10	0	47	19-3-0
21	South Carolina	23	0	45	11-4-7
22	Oklahoma State	NR	0	43	14-5-3
23	Wisconsin	19	0	37	10-6-5
24	Minnesota	17	0	26	14-5-3
25	Texas Tech	24	0	24	15-5-2

Records shown are final 2024 rankings.

Also receiving votes: Saint Louis University (17), University of Georgia (16), BYU (12), Auburn University (9), University of Memphis (9), Georgetown University (9), University of California (8), Clemson University (6), Pepperdine University (5), University of Kentucky (2)