Virginia Ranked No. 1 in Preseason Inside Lacrosse Media Poll

The Cavaliers earned 14 of 26 first-place votes to start the 2023 season as the No. 1-ranked team in college lacrosse

Matt Newton | Jan 23, 2023

Virginia will start the 2023 season as the No. 1-ranked team in college lacrosse. Inside Lacrosse unveiled its Men's Lacrosse Division I Preseason Media Poll on Monday and Virginia was voted No. 1 with 506 total points and 14 of a possible 26 first-place votes.

✊ Another preseason No. 1 ranking for our program.#GoHoos⚔️ pic.twitter.com/4ZVPqwnpeR
— Virginia Men's Lacrosse (@UVAMensLax) January 23, 2023

Defending champion Maryland was No. 2 with eight first-place votes, followed by No. 3 Georgetown with one first-place vote. Cornell is ranked No. 4 and Notre Dame is No. 5 to round out the top five. The Fighting Irish also received the remaining three first-place votes.

Four of the five ACC teams are ranked in the preseason poll, as No. 1 Virginia is joined by No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 8 Duke, and No. 19 North Carolina. Syracuse is listed as the top team in the "receiving votes" category outside of the top 20. Virginia was the only team from the ACC to make the 2022 NCAA Tournament after all five ACC teams made the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and three ACC teams made the Final Four that year.

Virginia has a total of nine games against ranked opponents on its 14-game regular season schedule: No. 13 Harvard, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 20 Richmond, No. 2 Maryland, No. 19 North Carolina, and two games each against No. 5 Notre Dame and No. 8 Duke.

See the full preseason poll below:

Inside Lacrosse Preseason Men's Division I Media Poll

Virginia (14)
Maryland (8)
Georgetown (1)
Cornell
Notre Dame (3)
Princeton
Yale
Duke
Rutgers
Penn
Ohio State
Delaware
Harvard
Boston U
Saint Joseph's
Brown
Denver
Jacksonville
North Carolina
Richmond

Virginia will begin the 2023 men's lacrosse season on Saturday, February 11th at 12pm when the Cavaliers host Michigan at Klockner Stadium.

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Published Jan 23, 2023

MATT NEWTON

Matt launched Virginia Cavaliers On SI in August of 2021 and has since served as the site's publisher and managing editor, covering all 23 NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. He is from Downingtown, Pennsylvania and graduated from UVA in May of 2021.