The Ohio Wesleyan women's soccer team was predicted to finish in sixth place and Denison was selected as the favorite to win the North Coast Athletic Conference championship by the NCAC women's soccer coaches in their 2025 preseason poll.

Denison, the defending NCAC champion, received 7 of the 8 first-place votes and compiled 63 points in the poll.  DePauw finished second in the poll with 51 points.  Wittenberg received the final first-place vote and was third with 43 points, followed by John Carroll and Wooster (34), Ohio Wesleyan (33), Oberlin (19), and Kenyon (11).

Ohio Wesleyan begins its season on Fri., Aug. 29, at Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati.  The Battling Bishops open their home schedule at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, against Franciscan at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex.