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NCAA Lacrosse Preseason Media Poll Released

Duke tops the tally.

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Inside Lacrosse released the intitial media poll today and Duke, the 2013 national champion, led the way with 15 of 19 first-place votes. Syracuse, the national runner-up last season, tucked in behind the Blue Devils with four first-place votes and 346 total points. Here's the full poll:

2014 PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
RANK TEAM POINTS 1ST-PLACE VOTES
1. Duke 374 15
2. Syracuse 346 4
3. North Carolina 337 0
4. Denver 319 0
5. Notre Dame 302 0
6. Maryland 262 0
7. Penn State 247 0
8. Virginia 225 0
9. Ohio State 219 0
10. Princeton 212 0
11. Albany 192 0
12. Yale 179 0
13. Johns Hopkins 151 0
14. Bucknell 119 0
15. Pennsylvania 114 0
16. Loyola 110 0
17. St. John's 74 0
18. Cornell 62 0
19. Lehigh 49 0
20. Villanova 39 0

Also receiving votes: Towson (33); Bryant (8); Drexel (7); Stony Brook (4); Harvard (3); Massachusetts (2); Georgetown (1)

The conference breakdown was as follows: ACC (six); Ivy League (four); Patriot League, Big East (three); CAA, ECAC, America East, and Independent (one). The ACC put all six of its members in the top eight of this poll; only the existence of Denver -- ranked fourth -- and Penn State -- ranked seventh -- kept the ACC from sweeping the top of the tally.