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2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

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.

Conference realignment

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.

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

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.

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference standings

Conference winners and tournaments

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Final rankings

Award winners

All-America teams

Major player of the year awards

Other major awards

Conference players and coaches of the year

See also

References