The University of Maryland, the reigning national champions, starts the 2015 season sitting in the top spot with all 400 first place votes in the IWLCA's Division I preseason poll. The University of North Carolina is second with 363 votes. Syracuse University and the University of Florida follow at third and fourth, respectively.
| Rank | Institution | Votes | Record |
| 1 | University of Maryland | 400 | 0-0 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina | 363 | 1-0 |
| 3 | Syracuse University | 348 | 0-0 |
| 4 | University of Florida | 333 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 318 | 0-0 |
| 6T | Boston College | 289 | 0-0 |
| 6T | University of Virginia | 289 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Duke University | 264 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Loyola University of Maryland | 207 | 0-0 |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 192 | 0-0 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University | 181 | 0-0 |
| 12 | Ohio State University | 152 | 1-0 |
| 13 | University of Louisville | 151 | 0-0 |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | 147 | 0-0 |
| 15 | Princeton University | 113 | 0-0 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins University | 95 | 0-0 |
| 17 | Georgetown University | 94 | 0-0 |
| 18 | Stony Brook University | 88 | 0-0 |
| 19 | University of Denver | 52 | 0-0 |
| 20 | Stanford University | 46 | 0-0 |
Also receiving votes: University of Massachusetts, University of Albany, Towson University and James Madison University
The next poll will be released on Monday February 9.