The Division 1 Men's Lacrosse Preseason Coaches' Poll was released today and although Villanova did not make the rankings, they did receive votes on the periphery of the list. The defending champion Loyola Greyhounds enter the year as the #1 team. The ranked Big East teams include Notre Dame at #3 and Syracuse at #13. Villanova opens the season on February 16th at home versus Lehigh.

Rank  Team                     Pts (1st)
  1   Loyola                   232 (10)
  2   Maryland                 221 (1)
  3   Notre Dame               198
  4t  Johns Hopkins            186 (1)
  4t  North Carolina           186
  6   Duke                     185
  7   Virginia                 170
  8   Cornell                  168
  9   Denver                   150
 10   Colgate                  122
 11   Lehigh                   113
 12   Massachusetts            104
 13   Syracuse                 103
 14   Princeton                 88
 15   Penn State                68
 16   Fairfield                 40
 17   Yale                      36
 18   Bucknell                  32
 19   Ohio State                23
 20   Hofstra                   18

Also receiving votes: Villanova, Drexel, Harvard, Bryant, Georgetown, Army, Delaware, Albany, Brown