via MCLA press release
ATLANTA – After capturing its first MCLA Division I national championship, South Carolina has been tabbed the favorite in the 19-team SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC), according to the preseason coaches poll.
The Gamecocks (21-2), who are also the defending SELC champs, were 18 points ahead of their closest competitor and racked up seven of the 12 first-place votes.
Liberty (16-2), which advanced to the national quarterfinals for the second straight year, is slotted second. Just a point behind the Flames is Georgia Tech (18-2). The Yellow Jackets are coming off a national semifinal appearance, grabbing two first-place votes for their cause.
Florida State (9-7), which rounded out the quartet of SELC teams that qualified for nationals in ’19, sits in the fourth spot, bolstered by one first-place vote.
Virginia Tech (10-6) and Clemson (10-6) each snagged a first-place vote, placing them fifth and sixth, respectively.
2020 SELC Division I Preseason Coaches Poll
| RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
1st VOTES |
| 1. |
South Carolina |
16 |
7 |
| 2. |
Liberty |
34 |
|
| 3. |
Georgia Tech |
35 |
2 |
| 4. |
Florida State |
59 |
1 |
| 5. |
Virginia Tech |
63 |
1 |
| 6. |
Clemson |
76 |
1 |
| 7, |
Georgia |
97 |
|
| 8. |
Florida |
100 |
|
| 9. |
Auburn |
112 |
|
| 10. |
Central Florida |
158 |
|
| 11t. |
NC State |
160 |
|
| 11t. |
West Virginia |
160 |
|
| 13. |
Alabama |
169 |
|
| 14. |
Vanderbilt |
192 |
|
| 15. |
East Carolina |
193 |
|
| 16. |
George Washington |
197 |
|
| 17. |
Ole Miss |
200 |
|
| 18. |
Tennessee |
210 |
|
| 19. |
South Florida |
239 |
|
2020 SELC Division I Subdivisional Polls
| RANK |
NORTHEAST |
POINTS |
| 1. |
South Carolina |
14 |
| 2. |
Clemson |
25 |
| 3. |
NC State |
43 |
| 4. |
East Carolina |
48 |
| RANK |
SOUTHEAST |
POINTS |
| 1. |
Florida State |
15 |
| 2. |
Florida |
28 |
| 3. |
Central Florida |
37 |
| 4. |
South Florida |
51 |
| RANK |
NORTHWEST |
POINTS |
| 1. |
Liberty |
16 |
| 2. |
Virginia Tech |
23 |
| 3. |
West Virginia |
45 |
| 4. |
George Washington |
54 |
| 5. |
Tennessee |
57 |
| RANK |
SOUTHWEST |
POINTS |
| 1. |
Georgia Tech |
15 |
| 2. |
Georgia |
30 |
| 3. |
Auburn |
34 |
| 4. |
Alabama |
57 |
| 5. |
Ole Miss |
68 |
| 6. |
Vanderbilt |
69 |
