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Defending NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse champion Virginia garnered 12 of 18 first-place votes in the USILA preseason coaches poll and will start the season in the No. 1 spot for the first time since 2012. The USILA released preseason rankings for all three divisions Tuesday, listed below.

Penn State, which earned top billing in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Preseason Top 20, is No. 2 in the coaches poll, with four first-place votes. Yale grabbed the remaining two first-place votes and is No. 3. Maryland and Duke round out the top five.

None of the three polls were unanimous.

In Division II, Limestone received 15 of 22 first-place votes to take the top spot, followed by Le Moyne (six first-place votes) and Adelphi (one).

In Division III, the dissent was such that Salisbury won the No. 1 ranking with fewer first-place votes (three) than defending NCAA champion Cabrini (nine) and Nike/US Lacrosse preseason No. 1 Williams (six).

Amherst, which had two first-place votes, is No. 2, followed by Cabrini, Williams and RIT.

USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division I

Rank
Team
FPV
1 Virginia 12
2 Penn State 4
3 Yale 2
4 Maryland  
5 Duke  
6 Penn  
7 Notre Dame  
8 Syracuse  
9 Denver  
10 North Carolina  
11 Johns Hopkins  
12 Ohio State  
13 Cornell  
14 Loyola  
15 Army  
16 Georgetown  
17 Towson  
18 Villanova  
19 UMass  
20 Lehigh  

USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division II

Rank
Team
FPV
1 Limestone 15
2 Le Moyne 6
3 Adelphi 1
4 Mercyhurst  
5 Tampa  
6 Belmont Abbey  
7 Seton Hill  
8 Indianapolis  
9 Pace  
10 Mercy  
11 Mount Olive  
12 Wingate  
13 Rockhurst  
14 Lindenwood  
15 Lenoir-Rhyne  
16 Lynn  
17 Rollins  
18 Bentley  
19 NYIT  
20 Colorado Mesa  

USILA Preseason Coaches Poll
Division III

Rank
Team
FPV
1 Salisbury 3
2 Amherst 2
3 Cabrini 9
4 Williams 6
5 RIT  
6 Tufts  
7 York  
8 Denison  
9 Gettysburg  
10 Wesleyan  
11 Union  
12 Franklin & Marshall  
13 Washington and Lee  
14 St. John Fisher  
15 Ursinus  
16 Lynchburg  
17 Stevens  
18 Stevenson  
19 Dickinson  
20 St. Lawrence