Defending NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse champion Virginia garnered 12 of 18 first-place votes in the USILA preseason coaches poll and will start the season in the No. 1 spot for the first time since 2012. The USILA released preseason rankings for all three divisions Tuesday, listed below.
Penn State, which earned top billing in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Preseason Top 20, is No. 2 in the coaches poll, with four first-place votes. Yale grabbed the remaining two first-place votes and is No. 3. Maryland and Duke round out the top five.
None of the three polls were unanimous.
In Division II, Limestone received 15 of 22 first-place votes to take the top spot, followed by Le Moyne (six first-place votes) and Adelphi (one).
In Division III, the dissent was such that Salisbury won the No. 1 ranking with fewer first-place votes (three) than defending NCAA champion Cabrini (nine) and Nike/US Lacrosse preseason No. 1 Williams (six).
Amherst, which had two first-place votes, is No. 2, followed by Cabrini, Williams and RIT.
USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division I
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | 12 |
| 2 | Penn State | 4 |
| 3 | Yale | 2 |
| 4 | Maryland | |
| 5 | Duke | |
| 6 | Penn | |
| 7 | Notre Dame | |
| 8 | Syracuse | |
| 9 | Denver | |
| 10 | North Carolina | |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins | |
| 12 | Ohio State | |
| 13 | Cornell | |
| 14 | Loyola | |
| 15 | Army | |
| 16 | Georgetown | |
| 17 | Towson | |
| 18 | Villanova | |
| 19 | UMass | |
| 20 | Lehigh |
USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division II
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limestone | 15 |
| 2 | Le Moyne | 6 |
| 3 | Adelphi | 1 |
| 4 | Mercyhurst | |
| 5 | Tampa | |
| 6 | Belmont Abbey | |
| 7 | Seton Hill | |
| 8 | Indianapolis | |
| 9 | Pace | |
| 10 | Mercy | |
| 11 | Mount Olive | |
| 12 | Wingate | |
| 13 | Rockhurst | |
| 14 | Lindenwood | |
| 15 | Lenoir-Rhyne | |
| 16 | Lynn | |
| 17 | Rollins | |
| 18 | Bentley | |
| 19 | NYIT | |
| 20 | Colorado Mesa |
USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division III
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salisbury | 3 |
| 2 | Amherst | 2 |
| 3 | Cabrini | 9 |
| 4 | Williams | 6 |
| 5 | RIT | |
| 6 | Tufts | |
| 7 | York | |
| 8 | Denison | |
| 9 | Gettysburg | |
| 10 | Wesleyan | |
| 11 | Union | |
| 12 | Franklin & Marshall | |
| 13 | Washington and Lee | |
| 14 | St. John Fisher | |
| 15 | Ursinus | |
| 16 | Lynchburg | |
| 17 | Stevens | |
| 18 | Stevenson | |
| 19 | Dickinson | |
| 20 | St. Lawrence |