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Boston College keeps raking in preseason accolades.

The defending NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse champion garnered 24 of 26 first-place votes in the ILWomen/IWLCA preseason poll released Monday. Also ranked No. 1 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Preseason Top 20, the Eagles are one of six ACC teams in the top 11. No. 2 North Carolina received the remaining first-place votes.

There are also six Big Ten teams in the combined coaches and media poll, which ranks 25 teams and will be updated weekly throughout the season. Inside Lacrosse and the IWLCA made the decision to join forces for the 2022 season, a partnership announced last week.

The season starts Feb. 11, when No. 3 Syracuse hosts No. 13 Stanford. Also that weekend, No. 1 Boston College takes on No. 4 Northwestern.

ILWOMEN/IWLCA PRESEASON POLL

RANK
TEAM
PTS (1ST)
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1

Boston College

648 (24)

1

2

North Carolina

620 (2)

3

3

Syracuse

602

2

4

Northwestern

569

4

5

Notre Dame

519

6

6

Stony Brook

509

5

7

Florida

450

7

8

Duke

441

8

9

Maryland

440

10

10

Loyola

434

9

11

Virginia

371

11

12

James Madison

341

12

13

Stanford

314

16

14

Denver

285

13

15

Princeton

265

NR

16

Drexel

221

15

17

Rutgers

210

14

18

Jacksonville

183

18

19

Penn

163

NR

20

Johns Hopkins

136

17

21

UConn

107

21

22

Temple

88

19

23

Michigan

83

NR

24

UMass

78

NR

25

Penn State

63

T-23