KANSAS CITY, MO – The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team will open the 2025 season exactly where it ended the 2024 campaign as the Blue Jays are ranked fifth in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll it was recently announced.  The Blue Jays finished the 2024 season with an 18-3-3 record, won their Centennial Conference-record 17^th league title, including their conference-best 15^th tournament title, and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
 
The number five national ranking is tied for the third-highest preseason ranking in program history.  The Blue Jays opened the 2023 season ranked number one after winning the 2022 national championship, were ranked third in the 2012 preseason poll and fifth in the initial ranking of the 2015 season.  This is also the 19^th time since the 2000 season that Johns Hopkins appears in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll.
 
2025 United Soccer Coaches Preseason Rankings
Top 10
1 – Washington University (MO)
2 – William Smith
3 – Christopher Newport
4 – Emory
5 – Johns Hopkins
6 – Amherst
7 – Misericordia
8 – Messiah
9 – Loras
10- Trinity (TX)