via MCLA press release   ATLANTA – They met in the Division I title game of the 2019 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour and now Michigan State and Chapman are tied for first in the Under Armour Preseason Division I Coaches Poll. Michigan State, which defeated Chapman for the crown, 10-8, received 12 first place votes while Chapman grabbed the other nine. Brigham Young and South Carolina, the two other semifinalists from 2018, were ranked third and fourth, respectively. Virginia Tech rounds out the Top 5. The SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) enters the season as the association’s power conference with four teams in the top 10 and seven altogether. The Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) had four teams in the Top 25.   2019 MCLA Division I Under Armour Preseason Coaches Poll

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Michigan State	513	12
2.	Chapman	513	9
3.	Brigham Young	460
4.	South Carolina	451
5.	Virginia Tech	419
6.	Liberty	405
7.	Colorado	399
8.	California	385
9.	Grand Canyon	382
10.	Georgia Tech	308
11.	Concordia-Irvine	295
12.	Boston College	281
13.	Arizona State	264
14.	Florida State	222
15.	Georgia	165
16.	Oregon	153
17	UC Santa Barbara	144
18.	New Hampshire	131
19.	Northeastern	124
20.	Clemson	122
21.	Texas A&M	112
22.	Davenport	110
23.	Minnesota	88
24.	Simon Fraser	70
25.	Cal Poly	69

  Others receiving votes: Colorado State (62), Florida (44), Connecticut (40), Indiana (33), Arizona (21), Santa Clara (9), Oklahoma (9), USC (9), Texas (5), UNLV (2), Oregon State (2), Texas Christian (1), Missouri (1), Washington (1), Utah Valley (1).