The 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 44th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.
The season began on August 14, 2025, and finished on December 8, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament and the College Cup being held at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
North Carolina are the defending NCAA champions. The Tar Heels were unable to defend their title, losing in the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Florida State finished as champions, defeating Stanford 1–0 in the NCAA Tournament Final.
Changes from 2024
Coaching changes
There were 51 coaching changes during the 2024–25 offseason.
ProgramOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointment References Akron Fired May 13, 2025 May 13, 2025 Alabama State Retired January 29, 2025 March 24, 2025 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Unknown August 7, 2025 August 7, 2025 Auburn Retired November 26, 2024 December 3, 2024 Ball State Accepted Head Coachingjob with Indiana February 11, 2025 March 11, 2025 Bellarmine Accepted Assistant Coachjob with SMU July 15, 2025 July 22, 2025 Boston University Stepped down December 13, 2024 January 30, 2025 Cal Poly Retired November 2, 2024 December 21, 2024 Cal State Bakersfield Accepted Head Coachingjob with Cal Poly December 21, 2024 February 19, 2025 Central Arkansas Assistant Athletic Directorfor Media Relations July 28, 2025 July 28, 2025 Charlotte Fired February 28, 2025 April 18, 2025 Chicago State Accepted Scouting jobwith Austin FC November 20, 2024 January 27, 2025 East Carolina Accepted Head Coachingjob with NC State December 12, 2024 December 17, 2024 Duke Retired December 6, 2024 January 7, 2025 Duquesne End of interim period October 27, 2024 December 20, 2024 Florida International Accepted Assistant Coachjob with Mississippi State January 23, 2025 March 20, 2025 Green Bay Fired November 4, 2024 November 29, 2024 Houston Accepted Assistant Coachingjob with Houston Dash January 23, 2025 February 12, 2025 Illinois Retired October 30, 2024 December 10, 2024 Indiana Resigned January 13, 2025 February 11, 2025 IU Indy Retired November 7, 2024 December 9, 2024 Jacksonville State Unknown May 3, 2025 Kansas State Resigned October 28, 2024 December 2, 2024 LIU Accepted Head Coachingjob with Manhattan (men) July 10, 2025 August 6, 2025 Loyola-Chicago End of interim period November 2, 2024 December 20, 2024 Maryland Fired October 10, 2024 December 11, 2024 McNeese Resigned June 17, 2025 June 17, 2025 Mercyhurst Accepted Head Coachingjob with Youngstown State January 2, 2025 February 14, 2025 Mississippi State Accepted Head Coachingjob with Auburn December 3, 2024 December 3, 2024 Mount St. Mary's Accepted Head Coachingjob with St. Bonaventure January 29, 2025 February 17, 2025 NC State Fired November 8, 2024 December 12, 2024 Niagara End of interim period October 30, 2024 December 4, 2024 North Dakota Contract not renewed November 25, 2024 January 3, 2025 Northern Iowa Accepted Head Coaching job withIowa Western Community College May 1, 2025 June 20, 2025 Oregon Resigned October 29, 2024 December 2, 2024 Pacific Parted ways November 12, 2024 December 27, 2024 Pittsburgh Elevated toTechnical Director May 22, 2025 Ben Waldrum May 22, 2025 Sam Houston Accepted Head Coachinjob with San Jose State March 26, 2025 April 28, 2025 San Jose State Resigned February 27, 2025 March 26, 2025 St. Bonaventure Accepted Head Coachingjob with Niagara December 4, 2024 January 29, 2025 Stephen F. Austin Accepted Head Coachingjob with Houston February 12, 2025 March 27, 2025 South Carolina State Accepted Assistant Coachingjob with USC Upstate January 17, 2025 May 6, 2025 Southeast Missouri State Retired December 6, 2024 January 21, 2025 Texas Southern Accepted Head Coachingjob with Sam Houston April 23, 2025 June 27, 2025 UC Davis Accepted Head Coachingjob with Oregon December 2, 2024 January 22, 2025 UC Riverside End of interim period January 30, 2025 January 30, 2025 VCU Mutually parted ways November 7, 2024 February 12, 2025 VMI Stepped down November 8, 2024 February 4, 2025 Weber State Retired November 20, 2024 December 6, 2024 Western Illinois Fired October 31, 2024 January 31, 2025 Wofford Accepted Assistant Coachingjob with Kansas State January 22, 2025 January 23, 2025 Youngstown State Retired November 8, 2024 January 2, 2025
Conference realignment
Team Conference in 2024 Conference in 2025 Delaware CAA CUSAGrand CanyonWACMountain West Missouri State MVC CUSA New Haven NE-10 (D-II) NEC Seattle WAC WCC UMass Atlantic 10 MAC
Transition to Division I Completed
Six schools completed the transition to Division I, a year earlier than originally anticipated, and will be eligible for post-season play at the end of the 2025 season.
Team Conference East Texas A&M Southland Lindenwood OVC Queens ASUN Southern Indiana OVC St. Thomas Summit League Stonehill NEC
Other headlines March 25 – Saint Francis announced that its athletic programs would leave the Northeast Conference to move to Division III at the conclusion of the 2025–26 academic year, and join the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). June 4 – Utah Valley announced it would join the Big West Conference from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2026–27. June 18 – Sacramento State announced it would join the Big West Conference from the Big Sky Conference in 2026–27. June 25 – Southern Utah and Utah Tech announced they would join the Big Sky Conference from the WAC in 2026–27. June 26 – The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) announced a strategic alliance under which the WAC will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference (UAC) beginning in 2026. Under the reorganization, the rebranded conference's full membership will include ASUN and WAC institutions that sponsor scholarship football, along with non-football UT Arlington, while ASUN institutions that do not sponsor football or do not offer football scholarships will continue to compete under the ASUN name. June 30 – Texas State announced it would join the Pac-12 Conference from the Sun Belt Conference in 2026–27. July 15 - Louisiana Tech announced it would replace Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference from Conference USA. Tech will join the Sun Belt no later than July 1, 2027. July 21 – The American Athletic Conference announced a name change to the American Conference as part of a comprehensive rebranding strategy. The conference no longer uses an initialism, opting for "American" as its short form. August 13 – Tennessee Tech announced it would join the Southern Conference from the Ohio Valley Conference in 2026–27. September 3 – UC San Diego announced it would join the West Coast Conference (WCC) from the Big West Conference in 2027–28. October 2 – The Northeast Conference adopted its longstanding abbreviation of NEC as its official name. October 10 – Little Rock announced it would leave the OVC for the UAC in 2026–27. October 31 – The WCC announced that Denver would join from the Summit League in 2026–27.
Rankings
Preseason polls
United Soccer CoachesRankTeam 1 North Carolina 2 Notre Dame 3 Florida State 4 Duke 5 6 7 Stanford 8 9 10 Wake Forest 11 12 13 14 Virginia Tech 15 Virginia 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Top Drawer SoccerRankTeam 1 North Carolina 2 Stanford 3 Notre Dame 4 Florida State 5 Duke 6 7 8 9 10 Virginia Tech 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Wake Forest 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Regular season Major upsets In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked No. 15 or higher.
All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Home team is shown in italics.
Date Winner Score Loser August 14 2–0 1 North Carolina August 21 12 North Carolina August 23 19 1–0 4 August 24 2–1 15 Virginia Tech 20 10 Wake Forest September 4 1–0 4 15 Georgia September 7 18 UCLA 2–0 1 Stanford September 11 1–0 15 September 12 3–2 1 Tennessee September 18 2–1 10 BYU September 21 2–1 8 September 25 3–0 14 19 Wake Forest 3–2 9 Duke 20 Wisconsin 2–1 8 September 26 13 October 2 3–1 7т TCU NC State 2–1 12 Wake Forest October 4 Washington 1–0 4 UCLA October 9 Wisconsin 9 UCLA October 10 2–1 12 Mississippi State Georgia 1–0 6 October 16 3–2 8 UCLA 3–0 5 Iowa October 19 21т Vanderbilt 2–0 4 Tennessee October 23 22 Colorado 3–0 5 October 26 2–1 8 Washington October 30 Pittsburgh 1–0 1 Notre Dame November 1 24 Wisconsin 3–0 13 Iowa November 4 2–0† 14 Tennessee Mississippi State 2–1† 4 Arkansas November 5 Kansas 12 Colorado November 9 22 2–0† 10 Georgetown November 14 North Carolina 3–1 14 Tennessee November 20 1–0 (2OT) 2 Notre Dame † denotes game was played on neutral site
Conference standings
Conference winners and tournaments ConferenceRegular Season Champion(s)Tournament WinnerConference TournamentTournamentDatesTournament Venue (City) America East 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed American 2025 Tournament November 3 – 9 Premier Sports Campus • Lakewood Ranch, Florida ACC Stanford 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 First Round: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedsSemifinals and final: WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, North Carolina Atlantic 10 2025 Tournament October 31 – November 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed ASUN (Gold Division) 2025 Tournament October 30 – November 9 (Graphite Division) Big East 2025 Tournament November 6 – 9 Maryland SoccerPlex • Boyds, Maryland Big Sky 2025 Tournament November 5 – 9 South Campus Stadium • Missoula, Montana Big South 2025 Tournament November 1 – 9 Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedSemifinals and final: Sportsplex at Matthews • Matthews, North Carolina Big Ten 2025 Tournament October 30 – November 9 Quarterfinals: Folk Field • West Lafayette, IndianaSemifinals and final: Energizer Park • St. Louis, Missouri Big 12 2025 Tournament November 3 – 8 Quarterfinals and semifinals: Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium • Fort Worth, TexasFinal: Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field • Waco, Texas Big West 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedSemifinals and final: Regular season champion CAA (North Division)2025 TournamentOctober 30 – November 9Quarterfinals and semifinals: Campus sites, hosted by top two seedsFinal: Hosted by top remaining seed (South Division) CUSA 2025 Tournament November 2 – 7 Osborne Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia Horizon 2025 Tournament November 2 – 8 Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedSemifinals and final: Hosted by regular-season champion Ivy 2025 Tournament November 6 – 9 Hosted by regular-season champion MAAC 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed MAC 2025 Tournament November 1 – 7 Historic Crew Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Missouri Valley 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Mountain West 2025 Tournament November 2 – 8 Boas Soccer Complex • Boise, Idaho NEC 2025 Tournament November 6 – 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Ohio Valley 2025 Tournament October 30 – November 9 Patriot 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 SEC 2025 Tournament November 2 – 9 Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex • Pensacola, Florida SoCon 2025 Tournament October 28 – November 9 Campus sites, hosted by higher seed Southland 2025 Tournament November 4 – 9 Lamar Soccer Complex • Beaumont, Texas SWAC 2025 Tournament November 6 – 9 PVAMU Soccer Complex • Prairie View, Texas Summit 2025 Tournament November 1 – 9 Quarterfinals: Campus sites, hosted by higher seedsSemifinals and Final: Hosted by regular-season champion Sun Belt (East Division) 2025 Tournament November 3 – 8 Foley Sports Tourism Complex • Foley, Alabama (West Division) WAC 2025 Tournament November 5 – 8 UCCU Stadium • Orem, Utah WCC No Tournament
Postseason NCAA Tournament
Final rankings