University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Ranked #3 In Preseason By Face-Off Yearbook
December 9, 2013 | Men's Lacrosse
The North Carolina men's lacrosse team is ranked third nationally in the preseason poll conducted by Face-Off Yearbook for Inside Lacrosse Magazine. The top four teams i the preseason poll are all from the ACC with defending NCAA champion Duke at No. 1, Syracuse at No. 2, Carolina at No. 3 and Notre Dame at No. 4.
InsideLacrosse.com revealed the Top 20 teams in Division I men's lacrosse Monday. The full ranking of all 67 teams, as well as preseason All-Americans, conference outlooks and much more analysis can be found in the Face-Off Yearbook, available for purchase now on Inside Lacrosse's website.
The full Top 20 is here below. The Inside Lacrosse ranking is indicated first in the listing.
The Face-Off Yearbook rankings are a subjective ranking agreed upon by the whole IL staff. They're a consensus built from an analysis of last year's results, graduated and returning players, new additions and other offseason events that have impacted each team since the end of 2013. The ranking from the coaches is in parenthesis next to each team.
1. Duke (1)
2. Syracuse (3)
3. North Carolina (2)
4. Notre Dame (6)
5. Denver (4)
6. Maryland (5)
7. Ohio State (11)
8. Penn State (8)
9. Virginia (14)
10. Yale (7)
11. Penn (19)
12. Albany (15)
13. Princeton (10)
14. Johns Hopkins (9)
15. Bucknell (16)
16. St. John's (20)
17. Cornell (13)
18. Villanova (18)
19. Loyola (12)
20. Towson (21)
