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D1 Preseason IL Women/IWLCA Poll Ranks UF at #7 and JU at #18!

via IWLCA press release

January 31, 2022

2022 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – Preseason

Boston College claims the top spot in the preseason ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll. The reigning national champion earned 24 first place votes, while No. 2 North Carolina earned two. No. 3 Syracuse and No. 4 Northwestern round out the top four, as all four teams are coming off Memorial Day Weekend appearances. 

The ACC and Big Ten tied for the most teams in the Top 25 with six teams each. Other conferences with multiple teams include the Ivy League, Big East and the CAA.

The 2022 season kicks off on Friday, February 11 with the first top-20 matchup starting up in Syracuse, NY when the No. 3 Orange play host to No. 13 Stanford. Headlining the weekend, No. 1 BC will head to Evanston to take on the No. 4 Wildcats. 

This preseason poll marks the first ILWomen/IWLCA poll of the year. Both Inside Lacrosse and the IWLCA made the decision to join forces in the 2022 season’s weekly polls, which was announced last week.

RankInstitutionPoints (FPV)Last Poll
1 Boston College (0 – 0)648 (24)1
2 North Carolina (0 – 0)620 (2)3
3 Syracuse (0 – 0)6022
4 Northwestern (0 – 0)5694
5 Notre Dame (0 – 0)5196
6 Stony Brook (0 – 0)5095
7 Florida (0 – 0)4507
8 Duke (0 – 0)4418
9 Maryland (0 – 0)44010
10 Loyola (0 – 0)4349
11 Virginia (0 – 0)37111
12 James Madison (0 – 0)34112
13 Stanford (0 – 0)31416
14 Denver (0 – 0)28513
15 Princeton (0 – 0)265NR
16 Drexel (0 – 0)22115
17 Rutgers (0 – 0)21014
18 Jacksonville (0 – 0)18318
19 Penn (0 – 0)163NR
20 Johns Hopkins (0 – 0)13617
21 UConn (0 – 0)10721
22 Temple (0 – 0)8819
23 Michigan (0 – 0)83NR
24 UMass (0 – 0)78NR
25 Penn State (0 – 0)63T-23

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