We reveal our preseason Top 25 for the 2025 D-I college season, continuing with the #6 through #15!
January 16, 2025 by Ultiworld in Rankings
Ultiworld’s College Power Rankings, presented by the National Ultimate Training Camp!
We are excited to present the 2025 preseason College Power Rankings! As we head into a new season, we’ve looked at past performance, roster changes, preseason results, and more to figure out how we think the team could stack up this season. Take a look at our first rankings set of the spring college season and read up about each Top 25 team.
We will be counting down our rankings in three parts:
#25 to #16
#15 to #6
The Top 5
D-I Women’s
Contributions from Felicia Zheng, Edward Stephens, Aidan Thomas, and Graham Gordon
6. Carleton Syzygy
2024 Finish: #5 in Power Rankings, 5T at Nationals, 26-6 record
Syzygy retain most of last year’s headliners – Naomi Fina, Mia Beeman-Weber, Chagall Gelfand, Audrey Parrott, Clara Gale – while adding yet another power class of rookies. The sky’s the limit for this start-studded group, even after graduating Tori Gray.
7. Stanford Superfly
2024 Finish: #2 in Power Rankings, 2 at Nationals, 27-7 record
Superfly shocked some people with a 2024 second-place finish at Nationals, sparked by Macy Vollbrecht’s starpower. Vollbrecht’s gone – who can fill that void and keep Stanford a darkhorse title contender? One possible answer is super sophomore Harper Baer.
8. Tufts EWO
2024 Finish: #6 in Power Rankings, 5T at Nationals, 29-6 record
The floor remains staggeringly high for 2025 Ewo. That said, they have been on the outside of the semis conversation looking in for a hot second. Can U24 selections Lia Schwartz, Emily Kemp and co. rise to new heights this spring?
9. UC San Diego Dragon Coalition
2024 Finish: #14 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 19-17 record
Is getting former Carleton superstar Tori Gray for grad school the recruiting win of the year? Maybe, and it has D. Co poised to return to the division’s top tier. Between Gray, Abbi Shilts, and budding star Margot Nissen, they have topline talent to run with anybody.
10. Washington Element
2024 Finish: #13 in Power Rankings, 15T at Nationals, 20-17 record
Element should be a well-balanced team this year, with talent in all classes, from 5th year Sophia Palmer to rookie Rowan Lymp, who played on Mixtape this past club season. Look for a breakout year from second-year Lauren Goddu to raise their ceiling.
11. Michigan Flywheel
2024 Finish: #11 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 29-9 record
Strong results in the fall indicate this year’s Flywheel are still the queens of the hill in the Great Lakes. Kat McGuire (back for a 6th year) and Calliope Cutchins are a tough pair to bet against. So do yourself a favor and don’t bet against them.
12. Western Washington Chaos
2024 Finish: #15 in Power Rankings, 13T at Nationals, 12-17 record
Don’t look now, but Chaos suddenly have just about as much talent as anyone after pulling three straight years of top-tier recruits (Amaya Krutsinger, Alexa Jeantette-Coca, Ollie Bunson). Could they be a dark horse for a deep Nationals run?
13. BYU CHI
2024 Finish: #9 in Power Rankings, N/A at Nationals, 13-9 record
A strong returning core (Nikki Merrill, Olivia Munns, Kate Barry) with high-level club experience (Dark Sky and others) should keep BYU up among the elite. The two questions: How far up the top-10 is their ceiling? Can they keep from losing ground against improving rivals?
14. UC Santa Barbara Burning Skirts
2024 Finish: #10 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 26-11 record
The Skirts retain their two statistical leaders from 2024 Nationals, Laura Blume and Devin Quinn. Who is going to step up around them to battle against a deep Southwest field? Depth will be the key to ensuring their Nationals streak hits a seventh straight year.
15. Penn Venus
2024 Finish: #12 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 25-12 record
After making the bracket their first (spring) Nationals since 2009 last year, Venus have a strong foundation to build on. Get out the popcorn and watch what Grace Maroon, Chaily Derecskey, and crew cook up this season.
D-I Men’s
Contributions from Alex Rubin, Emmet Holton, Matt Fazzalaro, Edward Stephens, and Aidan Thomas
6. Carleton CUT
2024 Finish: #17 in Power Rankings, 17T at Nationals, 25-15 record
A core of battle-hardened veterans – Declan Miller, Daniel Chen, Cullen Baker – combined with maybe the best rookie class in the division makes Carleton look mighty scary on paper. Will they make it off the page and into the history books? Or will 2025 be another of the program’s infamous off-years?
7. Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur
2024 Finish: #9 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 26-9 record
An impressive run at CCC in the fall have En Sabah Nur looking just about as dangerous as ever. Watch for Tristan Yarter, Julius Clyburn, and Micah Davis to lead the attack. One name you won’t see on their roster? Ing. For the first time since 2016, neither Michael nor Henry will cleat up for the Brotherhood. A new era, indeed.
8. Vermont Chill
2024 Finish: #15 in Power Rankings, 15T at Nationals, 20-15 record
Highlight-friendly captain Zack Watson-Stevens is sure to be in the conversation for Offensive Player of the Year, and Chill look to bounce back toward the division’s upper crust after failing to escape pool play at Nationals in 2024. One reason to like their odds? They have one of the deepest rookie classes in the country.
9. Oregon State Beavers
2024 Finish: #11 in Power Rankings, 13T at Nationals, 26-12 record
The Beavers pushed Darkside to the brink and beat eventual national champion Brown at Nationals last year. A strong core of returners, led by stars Ben Thoennes, Felix Moren, and Leo Renzema, has Oregon State eyeing an even deeper bracket run in 2025.
10. Penn State Spank
2024 Finish: #18 in Power Rankings, 17T at Nationals, 29-16 record
Penn State look like a Nationals lock, but this will be the first time in ~30 years that they enter the season as a “Nationals Team” and they’ll need to weather that pressure to return to late May play. With players like Logan Piercy, Doug Hoyer, and star rookie Michael Maroon leading a high-floor group, the question is more about their ceiling.
11. WashU Contra
2024 Finish: #16 in Power Rankings, 15T at Nationals, 28-10 record
Contra have quietly amassed a lot of upperclassmen talent of the first order: Cam Freeman, Noah Stovitz, and Ben Reimler. They broke through to Nationals last year and justifiably have their sights set on 2025 being the best year in program history.
12. Georgia Jojah
2024 Finish: #4 in Power Rankings, 5T at Nationals, 33-3 record
2024 Callahan winner Aidan Downey returns for a sixth-year victory lap, but will Georgia be as successful as they have been without his partner-in-crime Adam Miller? With a formidable Georgia Tech team forming to try and dethrone the SE kings, we’ll see if Jojah are up to the task.
13. Minnesota Ultimate
2024 Finish: #7 in Power Rankings, 5T at Nationals, 21-12 record
While it’s a tragedy that the University of Minnesota Men’s Club Ultimate Team1 can no longer be the Grey Duck of legend, they veterans will be more than happy to remind their opponents that they are the same squad as before. Be on the lookout for them to quack their way into Nationals. How far they go once they get there is anyone’s guess.
14. Michigan MagnUM
2024 Finish: #14 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 22-14 record
Last season MagnUM placed almost no emphasis on the regular season, dropping out of the top 30 before Aaron Bartlett, Theo Shapinsky, and James Baker Jr turned it on at Nationals, storming from the 20th seed to a competitive prequarter with Brown. Of that trio, only Bartlett returns. But between Bartlett’s back-to-back club championship bonafides, the 6th-year return of rangy defender James Hill, and a strong rookie class, Michigan should prove to be a tough out once again in 2025.
15. Texas TUFF
2024 Finish: #10 in Power Rankings, 9T at Nationals, 24-10 record
After a somewhat middling performance at CCC in the fall, expectations are lower for TUFF this year. Xavier Fuzat, Aaron Barcio, and Owen Smith are great, and they have a pair of excellent 6th years in John Clyde and Jake Worthington, but they’ll have to fight off WashU for their standard second spot in the South Central.
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