Once again we have been fortunate to gather a group of highly respected, knowledgeable, and successful individuals from the upstate lacrosse community to participate in our poll. Our group represents all levels of lacrosse, from youth and high school program founders, tournament organizers, high school, college, and international team coaches, and the lacrosse press. A true cross section of lacrosse experts, our group represents people serious and passionate about the game, and all are true fans of the sport of lacrosse.

There are no earth-shattering differences here from the other major polls except that Harvard comes in three places higher, getting the edge over UMBC, Navy, and Georgetown. We'll probably clear that up March 3rd when Harvard travels to Georgetown for their second game of the season.

Find our Division III Preseason Poll here.

Rank	Team	Points (FP)
1	Syracuse	257 (11)
2	Duke	241 (2)
3	Virginia	239
4	Johns Hopkins	209
5	North Carolina	203
6	Cornell	200
7	Princeton	199
8	Maryland	167
9	Notre Dame	135
11	Harvard	128
10	Hofstra	125
12	UMBC	106
13	Georgetown	99
14	Brown	95
15	Navy	92
16	Loyola	80
17	UMass	44
18	Albany	28
19	Bucknell	22
20	Denver	21

Others receiving votes: Colgate, Army, Penn St., Delaware, Stony Brook, Rutgers, Ohio St., Villanova.