University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Lacrosse #10 in Face-Off Preseason Poll
December 28, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
Dec. 28, 2000
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. - North Carolina is ranked 10th in the 2001 Face-Off Yearbook Men's Division I Preseason Coaches' Poll.
With 44 coaches reporting, Syracuse earned 39 of the first-place votes and therefore is the early favorite to repeat as the NCAA champion.
Here's a look at the rest of the poll:
Ranking, School, (First Place Votes), Poll Points
1. Syracuse, (39), 875
2. Princeton, (3), 816
3. Virginia, (2), 794
4. Johns Hopkins, 713
5. Georgetown, 637
6. Loyola, 634
7. Duke, 629
8. Maryland, 605
9. Hofstra, 496
10. North Carolina, 457
11. Notre Dame, 398
12. Navy, 341
13. Cornell, 308
14. Hobart, 233
15. Brown, 201
16. Delaware, 193
17. UMBC, 190
18. Penn State, 160
19. Massachusetts, 152
20. Harvard, 86
21. Towson, 78
22. Ohio State, 56
23. Pennsylvania, 33
24. Army, 30
25. Denver, 28
Others Receiving Votes: Yale 26, Bucknell 23, Butler 19, Rutgers 18, Fairfield 5, Lehigh 4, Sacred Heart 1, Villanova 1
