College Power Rankings, Presented By NUTC [February 26, 2025]

A quieter week still sees three teams drop out of the rankings as Commonwealth Cup Weekend 2 and Easterns Qualifier shuffle the back-end of the Top 25

February 26, 2025 by Ultiworld in Rankings

 

Ultiworld’s College Power Rankings, presented by the National Ultimate Training Camp. NUTC is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this summer!

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D-I Women’s Division Power Rankings

D-I Women’s Division Discussion

• Commonwealth Cup Weekend 2 shook up the back half of the rankings, knocking out Notre Dame after an earlier-than-expected quarters exit while strong showings push Ohio State, American, and Virginia in, all of whom beat Echo by two goals. Fever were surprise finalists after upsetting Penn on universe in semis, while Virginia continued the trend with a win over Venus to claim third. Penn, penciled in by many as a sure finalist with Vermont, fall four spots.

D-I Men’s Division Power Rankings

D-I Men’s Division Discussion

• Easterns Qualifier is gaining a reputation as a tournament where anything can happen, best evidenced by all four of Saturday’s pool winners losing in quarters the next day. One of those pool winners? South Carolina, who were bounced by a buzzy but unranked William & Mary team. While Gamecock Ultimate went on to win the fifth place bracket, the blemish drags them down four rankings.

D-III Women’s Division Power Rankings

D-III Women’s Division Discussion

• Bring the Huckus gave a first look into the teams expected to top the Ohio Valley and Metro East regions. With many squads battling illness and absences in addition to the conditions, Wesleyan proved they’re one to watch deep into the Nationals bracket, beating every team beside Haverford/Bryn Mawr by ten goals or more.
• Against the success of playing Vicious Circles within two in pool play and the final, the Sneetches also dropped a game to in-region rivals Lehigh. Though HBM avenged the loss convincingly in the bracket, the speedbump drops the Sneetches two spots, while Lehigh break into the top 20 with the coveted win.
• Union went undefeated at Mardi Gras XXXVII, most notably taking down Trinity twice in a row to finish the tournament. Trinity remain above .500 on the season, but they’ve lost to every D-III team they’ve faced; the struggles drop Trinity to #20, while Union’s better score lines move them above Rice, who’ve also beaten Trinity twice, and a Grinnell team we don’t expected to see for another month.

D-III Men’s Division Power Rankings

D-III Men’s Division Discussion

• Though Oklahoma Christian defeated all comers at Dust Bowl, it took back-to-back universe wins over North Texas and Missouri S&T. It’s not exactly the dominant showing you’d expect from a title-contender, and the Eagles drop below Middlebury, while Miner Threat rise to #18.

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