Lacrosse Magazine Pre-Season Rankings

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Lacrosse Magazine pre-season rankings. BYU and Westminster pre-season #1's.

Lacrosse Magazine Releases 2008 Preseason Rankings

BALTIMORE (December 19, 2007) - Eight of the 11 teams that won college lacrosse national championships in 2007 have been picked to repeat as title-winners in 2008 in Lacrosse magazine's annual preseason college rankings, released today.

The rankings, compiled by Lacrosse magazine staff after consultations with coaches, predict Northwestern to win its fourth straight NCAA Division I women's championship. Duke has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to capture the NCAA Division I men's championship.

Other champions from 2007 selected to repeat: Le Moyne (NCAA Division II men), Salisbury (NCAA Division III men), Franklin and Marshall (NCAA Division III women), Onondaga (National Junior College Athletic Association men), Anne Arundel (NJCAA women), Cal Poly (US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates) and BYU (Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division I).

West Chester has been picked to win the NCAA Division II women's championship, while Westminster (Utah) was selected to capture the MCLA Division II crown.

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The rankings appear below and in the January issue of Lacrosse magazine. Expanded college previews will run in both the February and March issues. Join US Lacrosse prior to Dec. 28 to start a subscription with the February issue.

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NCAA Division I Men
1. Duke
2. Virginia
3. Johns Hopkins
4. Georgetown
5. Notre Dame
6. Princeton
7. Cornell
8. Maryland
9. Syracuse
10. North Carolina
11. Towson
12. Albany
13. Delaware
14. Massachusetts
15. Colgate
16. Bucknell
17. Navy
18. Ohio State
19. Yale
20. Drexel

NCAA Division I Women
1. Northwestern
2. Virginia
3. Duke
4. Maryland
5. Syracuse
6. Penn
7. Princeton
8. North Carolina
9. Johns Hopkins
10. Yale
11. Georgetown
12. Notre Dame
13. Vanderbilt
14. James Madison
15. Penn State
16. Denver
17. Boston University
18. Dartmouth
19. Rutgers
20. Richmond

NCAA Division II Men
1. Le Moyne
2. Mercyhurst
3. NYIT
4. Limestone
5. Bryant
6. C.W. Post
7. Dowling
8. St. Andrew's
9. St. Michael's
10. Molloy

NCAA Division II Women
1. West Chester
2. C.W. Post
3. Stonehill
4. Adelphi
5. Lock Haven
6. Limestone
7. Pfeiffer
8. Gannon
9. Queens
10. Philadelphia

NCAA Division III Men
1. Salisbury
2. Gettysburg
3. Cortland
4. Nazareth
5. Wesleyan
6. Roanoke
7. Ithaca
8. Lynchburg
9. WNEC
10. RIT
11. Tufts
12. St. Lawrence
13. Haverford
14. Middlebury
15. Washington College
16. Cabrini
17. Stevens
18. Geneseo
19. Washington and Lee
20. Villa Julie

NCAA Division III Women
1. Franklin and Marshall
2. College of New Jersey
3. Salisbury
4. Gettysburg
5. Hamilton
6. Middlebury
7. Babson
8. Bowdoin
9. Trinity
10. Amherst
11. Union
12. Williams
13. Washington and Lee
14. Cortland
15. Tufts
16. Colby
17. William Smith
18. Mary Washington
19. Wesleyan
20. Roanoke

NJCAA Men
1. Onondaga
2. Nassau
3. Essex
4. Howard
5. Herkimer
6. Monroe
7. Suffolk
8. Hudson Valley
9. Anne Arundel
10. Catonsville

NJCAA Women
1. Anne Arundel
2. Catonsville
3. Monroe
4. Herkimer
5. Nassau
6. Cayuga
7. Harford
8. Jefferson
9. Howard
10. Finger Lakes

USL WDIA
1. Cal Poly
2. Colorado State
3. UCSB
4. BYU
5. Colorado
6. UCLA
7. Georgia
8. Pitt
9. Michigan
10. Michigan State
11. Florida
12. Santa Clara
13. UC-Davis (club)
14. USC
15. San Diego State
16. Lindenwood
17. Chico State
18. UCSD
19. Central Florida
20. Pepperdine

MCLA Division I
1. BYU
2. Minnesota-Duluth
3. Colorado State
4. UCSB
5. Arizona State
6. Boston College
7. Michigan
8. Oregon
9. Northeastern
10. Lindenwood
11. Colorado
12. Arizona
13. Chapman
14. Sonoma State
15. Georgia
16. Illinois
17. Texas A&M
18. Florida State
19. Virginia Tech
20. Florida

MCLA Division II
1. Westminster
2. St. John's
3. Utah Valley State
4. Northern Colorado
5. St. Thomas
6. Emory
7. Ft. Lewis
8. Dayton
9. Western Washington
10. Harding
11. Southwestern
12. Montana State
13. UNC-Charlotte
14. Salem State
15. Calvin
16. Carnegie Mellon
17. Savannah Art and Design
18. Augustana
19. Northern Arizona
20. Southern Oregon

[Jac Coyne]

This is the revised D-2 ranking. The person who put together our MCLA polls didn't know about Salem State moving (as well, apparently, as some coaches).

MCLA Division II
1. Westminster
2. St. John's
3. Utah Valley State
4. Northern Colorado
5. St. Thomas
6. Emory
7. Ft. Lewis
8. Dayton
9. Western Washington
10. Harding
11. Southwestern
12. Montana State
13. UNC-Charlotte
14. Calvin
15. Carnegie Mellon
16. Savannah Art and Design
17. Augustana
18. Northern Arizona
19. Southern Oregon
20. Western Oregon

[gobblerlax05]

nice

[Gvlax]

interesting...

[Thrilla]

Is UMD returning their Goalie and FOGO? Did anyone graduate?

[Pinball]

Is UMD returning their Goalie and FOGO? Did anyone graduate?

Both will be back.

They lost their best defender Ziebol (my opinion), and middies - Kyle Klossner (19pts), Chris Fleck (7pts) and Tom lauria (9pts). All very very good players, but UMD has impressive depth

[Gvlax]

curious how they picked who they picked. what was their process? any one know?

[Jolly Roger]

curious how they picked who they picked. what was their process? any one know?

They solicited opinions though email.