First power rankings of the regular season after SBI play!
January 29, 2025 by Ultiworld in Rankings
Ultiworld’s College Power Rankings, presented by the National Ultimate Training Camp!
While our College Power Rankings can always be found on our permanent rankings page, every week during the season we will post the current edition here on the front page to facilitate discussion in the comments and serve as a permalink for each week’s rankings.
D-I Women’s Division Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Change | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | - | 1 |
| 2 | British Columbia | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | North Carolina | - | 3 |
| 4 | Oregon | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | Colorado | -3 | 2 |
| 6 | Carleton | - | 6 |
| 7 | UC San Diego | +2 | 9 |
| 8 | Tufts | - | 8 |
| 9 | Cal Poly SLO | +11 | 20 |
| 10 | Washington | - | 10 |
| 11 | Michigan | - | 11 |
| 12 | Western Washington | - | 12 |
| 13 | Stanford | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | UC Santa Barbara | - | 14 |
| 15 | Utah | +1 | 16 |
| 16 | UC Santa Cruz | +2 | 18 |
| 17 | BYU | -4 | 13 |
| 18 | Victoria | -1 | 17 |
| 19 | UC Davis | - | 19 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Notre Dame | - | 21 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | - | 22 |
| 23 | Northeastern | - | 23 |
| 24 | Georgia | - | 24 |
| 25 | Georgia Tech | - | 25 |
D-I Women’s Division Discussion
- UBC jump all the way up to #2 after winning Santa Barbara Invite in grand style.
- The committee could not decide what to do with the trio of Oregon, Colorado, and Carleton, who all beat each other. The result is an awkward compromise in the #3 – #5 spots that left nobody happy.
- A wild jellyfish has appeared in the top 10! Cal Poly SLO rocketed up the charts thanks to a brilliant weekend, both results- and eye-test-wise.
- Stanford vacated a top 10 spot, dropping six place to #13 thanks to an underwhelming weekend, particularly their season-opening 13-5 smackdown at the hands of Utah.
- Penn didn’t have many opportunities to bounce back from losses since they only ended up with four games on the weekend. They slide to #20.
D-I Men’s Division Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Change | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropped from rankings: UC Santa Cruz (19), Utah (23) | |||
| 1 | Oregon | - | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | - | 2 |
| 3 | Colorado | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | Carleton | +1 | 6 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | +1 | 7 |
| 7 | Cal Poly SLO | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Vermont | - | 8 |
| 9 | Oregon State | - | 9 |
| 10 | Washington | +7 | 17 |
| 11 | Texas | +4 | 15 |
| 12 | Penn State | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Washington University | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Georgia | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Minnesota | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Michigan | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | BYU | - | |
| 18 | California | -2 | 16 |
| 19 | British Columbia | - | |
| 20 | Brown | - | 20 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | - | 21 |
| 22 | Northeastern | - | 22 |
| 23 | Utah Valley | +1 | 24 |
| 24 | Ottawa | +1 | 25 |
| 25 | Victoria | -7 | 18 |
D-I Men’s Division Discussion
- Cal Poly dropped a few spots thanks to their season-opening loss to BYU, but the rest of their SBI-winning weekend kept them firmly in the top 10.
- Speaking of BYU, our committee may have made a mistake leaving them off of the preseason list. They make their 2025 debut at #17 and could move up or down depending on this weekend’s Florida Warm Up results.
- Cal reached the final, but they don’t yet have the quality of win (or close loss) to move them up the list. They’ll get opportunities at Pres Day.
- UBC also make a 2025 debut after a strong opening set.
- Victoria plummeted down to #25, staying in only because a significant portion of their top end did not play. Utah and UC Santa Cruz, though, fall all the way out after disappointing weekends.
D-III Women’s Division Power Rankings
| 1 | Carleton Eclipse |
| 2 | St. Olaf |
| 3 | Macalester |
| 4 | Haverford and Bryn Mawr |
| 5 | Wesleyan |
| 6 | Middlebury |
| 7 | Portland |
| 8 | Davenport University |
| 9 | Whitman |
| 10 | Colorado College |
| 11 | Wellesley |
| 12 | Mount Holyoke |
| 13 | Williams |
| 14 | Lewis and Clark |
| 15 | Bates |
| 16 | Grinnell |
| 17 | Trinity |
| 18 | Michigan Tech |
| 19 | Union |
| 20 | Rochester |
| 21 | Scranton |
| 22 | Lehigh |
| 23 | Richmond |
| 24 | Occidental |
| 25 | Rice |
D-III Women’s Division Discussion
- Berry’s T-Town Throwdown win is a nice first outing for an SE team we’re hoping can give Union a run for the bid, but not enough to move the rankings needle.
D-III Men’s Division Power Rankings
| 1 | Oklahoma Christian |
| 2 | Davenport University |
| 3 | Middlebury |
| 4 | Whitman |
| 5 | Williams |
| 6 | Franciscan |
| 7 | Lewis & Clark |
| 8 | Richmond |
| 9 | St. Olaf |
| 10 | Carleton CHOP |
| 11 | Bates |
| 12 | Elon |
| 13 | Berry |
| 14 | Macalester |
| 15 | Rochester |
| 16 | Davidson |
| 17 | Oberlin |
| 18 | Colorado College |
| 19 | Claremont |
| 20 | Missouri S&T |
| 21 | Wesleyan |
| 22 | Cedarville |
| 23 | Michigan Tech |
| 24 | Colorado School of Mines |
| 25 | Bowdoin |
D-III Men’s Division Discussion
- Copy-paste from Women’s D-III discussion: Berry’s T-Town Throwdown win over Alabama is a nice first outing for the now Collin Hill-less Bucks, but not enough to move the rankings needle.
