The Ohio Wesleyan volleyball team was predicted to finish second and Denison was selected as the favorite to win the North Coast Athletic Conference championship by the NCAC volleyball coaches in their 2025 preseason poll.

Denison, the defending conference champion, received 6 of the 8 first-place votes cast by league coaches for 59 total points.  Ohio Wesleyan, the defending NCAC tournament champion, received one first-place vote and finished second with 51 points.  John Carroll finished third with 48 points and Wittenberg received the final first-place vote and finished fourth with 47 points.  DePauw finished fifth in the poll with 35 points, followed by Oberlin (19), Kenyon (15), and Wooster (14).

Ohio Wesleyan opens its season on Friday, Aug. 29, against Salem in Sandusky, Ohio.  The Battling Bishops open their home season at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, in the NCAC/MIAA Crossover tournament at Branch Rickey Arena.