Preseason SSC Women's Soccer Poll Unveiled

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Sunshine State Conference women's soccer coaches select Florida Tech as the preseason favorite to win the 2025 regular-season championship. With 97 points and seven first-place votes in the poll, the Panthers are favored to win the program's fourth regular-season championship, and third in a row.

Nova Southeastern is projected to finish second, as the Sharks picked up 88 points and three first-place votes. Rollins is third with 82 points, and Embry-Riddle is fourth with 75 points and the final first-place vote. Saint Leo rounds out the top five with 58 points. Eckerd lands in the center of the poll with 53 points and is trailed by Barry (41 points) and Lynn (40 points). Tampa (26 points), Palm Beach Atlantic (24 points), and Florida Southern (21 points) hold the final three positions in the poll.

2025 SSC WOMEN'S SOCCER SCHEDULE | SSC WOMEN'S SOCCER RECORDS

With 25 points, Florida Tech (8-1-1) won the 2024 SSC Women's Soccer Regular Season Championship trophy. It was the third regular-season title in program history and the second in a row. In the SSC Tournament, the Panthers defeated Barry and Saint Leo to get to the championship game. There, they played to a 0-0 draw against Nova Southeastern, then defeated the Sharks 5-4 in penalty kicks to secure the program's second league tournament title.

Florida Tech, Nova Southeastern, and Embry-Riddle represented the SSC in the 2024 NCAA Postseason Tournament. The Sharks defeated Union (TN) 4-1 in the opening round, then fell to top-seeded West Florida, 2-1. Both Embry-Riddle and Florida Tech lost by one goal to Montevallo in their first games of postseason play.

Since administrators added women's soccer as a league sport in 1998, SSC teams have reached the national quarterfinals 13 times, the semifinals eight times, and the national title game three times, winning it all twice: Lynn in 1998 and Tampa in 2007.

The 2025 season opens on Thursday, September 4th, with eight teams in action. Conference play begins Saturday, September 20th, with eight teams in action. Florida Tech ranks 21st in the 2024 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II preseason women's poll, released on Thursday, July 31st.

Below are the full results of the 2025 SSC preseason coaches' poll. Coaches cannot vote for their teams (points: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, first-place votes in parentheses).

2025 SSC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON COACHES POLL

See Also:SSC All-Americans | All-SSC Teams | SSC Champions | 2024 Standings

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