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The North Carolina Tar Heels claimed the top spot in the preseason IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll, after finishing the abbreviated 2020 season in the same position. Carolina collected all 25 first place votes in the poll. The ACC claimed the top three spots in the poll, as Notre Dame landed in second and Syracuse checked in at number three. Loyola and Northwestern were selected third and fourth to round out the top five. The ACC landed seven teams in the top-25 rankings, the most of any conference, while the Big Ten had four schools listed and the Ivy League and Pac-12 each had three.

2021 IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division I

Rank
Team (FPV)
Points
1 North Carolina (25) 625
2 Notre Dame 585
3 Syracuse 563
4 Loyola 533
5 Northwestern 529
6 Stony Brook 495
7 Maryland 471
8 Florida 452
9 Michigan 395
10 James Madison 360
11 Denver 306
12 Boston College 305
13 USC 295
14 Richmond 288
15 Duke 274
16 Virginia 255
17 Penn 236
18 Virginia Tech 179
19 Dartmouth 160
20 UMass 140
T-21 Navy 139
T-21 Penn State 139
23 Stanford 135
24 Colorado 98
25 Princeton 55

The Adelphi University Panthers, the 2019 NCAA Champions, claimed the top spot in the Division II Coaches Poll, narrowly edging out second ranked Lindenwood, despite receiving fewer first place votes. Le Moyne, who ended the shortened 2020 season ranked first, ended up in third, followed by Queens and West Chester.

2021 IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division II

Rank
Team (FPV)
Points
1 Adelphi (4) 587
2 Lindenwood (10) 586
3 Le Moyne (7) 572
4 Queens (1) 555
5 West Chester (1) 522
6 Indianapolis (1) 502
7 Rollins 462
8 Florida Southern (1) 443
9 Tampa 426
10 East Stroudsburg 399
11 Grand Valley State 368
12 Mercy 334
13 Limestone 285
14 Regis 277
15 New Haven 262
16 Assumption 241
17 Bentley 218
18 Saint Anselm 173
19 Saint Leo 133
20 Florida Tech 126
21 Mount Olive 123
22 Concordia-St. Paul 107
23 Mercyhurst 99
24 Roberts Wesleyan 86
25 Pace 84

2019 NCAA Champion Middlebury College swept all 25 first place votes to secure the top spot in the Division III Coaches Poll. The Panthers are followed by Tufts, Franklin & Marshall, Washington and Lee, and Gettysburg, to round out the top five. The NESCAC placed a total of seven teams in the top-25, more than any other conference.

2021 IWLCA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division III

Rank
Team (FPV)
Points
1 Middlebury (25) 625
2 Tufts 598
3 Franklin & Marshall 551
4 Washington and Lee 536
5 Gettysburg 513
6 Wesleyan 504
7 Salisbury 480
8 Amherst 448
9 York 444
10 Catholic 374
11 TCNJ 363
T-12 Bowdoin 345
T-12 St. John Fisher 345
14 Mary Washington 291
15 Ithaca 261
16 Colby 258
17 Brockport 211
18 Colorado College 186
19 William Smith 175
20 Denison 138
21 SUNY Geneseo 128
22 Trinity 85
23 Pomona-Pitzer 66
24 SUNY Cortland 61
25 Messiah 29