The USA Today/ NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll announced their preseason rankings. The Top 10 teams include:
1. Florida (Coached by Tim Walton and Jennifer Rocha)
2. Arizona State
3. Alabama
4. UCLA
5. Texas A & M
6. Louisiana – Lafayette
7. Arizona (Coached by Mike Candrea and Larry Ray)
8. Michigan
9. Northwestern
10. Oklahoma (Coached by Patty Gasso)
More notables include:
15. Depaul (Coached by Eugene Lenti and Cat Osterman)
20. Virginia Tech (Coached by Scot Thomas and Barb Sherwood)
25. San Diego State (Coached by Steve Miner)
