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It's starting to feel like lacrosse, pals and gal pals.
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:
| 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.
