The Salisbury Sea Gulls, the reigning national champions, open the 2015 season where they left off from 2014, at the top of the IWLCA's Pre-Season Poll. NCAA finalist, Trinity College, claims the number 2 spot followed by Middlebury College and NCAA semi‐finalist, SUNY Cortland, at the third and fourth spots respectively.
| Rank | Institution | Votes (1st) | Record |
| 1 | Salisbury University | 397 (340) | 0-0 |
| 2 | Trinity College (CT) | 346 (0) | 0-0 |
| 3 | Middlebury College | 327 (20) | 0-0 |
| 4 | SUNY Cortland | 324 (20) | 0-0 |
| 5 | Amherst College | 316 (20) | 0-0 |
| 6 | Gettysburg College | 303 | 0-0 |
| 7 | The College of New Jersey | 290 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Franklin & Marshall College | 281 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Colby College | 219 | 0-0 |
| 10 | SUNY Geneseo | 200 | 0-0 |
| 11 | Williams College | 195 | 0-0 |
| 12 | Washington & Lee University | 149 | 0-0 |
| 13 | York College (PA) | 138 | 0-0 |
| 14 | Tufts University | 136 | 0-0 |
| 15 | Bowdoin College | 108 | 0-0 |
| 16 | St. John Fisher College | 101 | 0-0 |
| 17 | Washington College | 76 | 0-0 |
| 18T | Ithaca College | 65 | 0-0 |
| 18T | Stevenson University | 65 | 0-0 |
| 20 | Fredonia State | 42 | 0-0 |
Also receiving votes: Bates College, Hamilton College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Mary Washington, College of Brockport, The Catholic University of America
The next poll will be released on Monday, March 2.