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Maryland Tops Division I Preseason Coaches Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 01/27/20, 1:00PM EST

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2020 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – January 27, 2020

 

The Maryland Terrapins, 2019 National Champions, narrowly edged out North Carolina to claim the top spot in the preseason IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. Maryland garnered 15 first place votes, while the Tar Heels collected the other 10. Northwestern landed in the third spot, followed closely by Syracuse and Boston College, to round out the top five. The ACC landed seven teams in the top-25 rankings, the most of any conference, while the Big Ten had four schools listed and the Ivy League and Pac-12 each had three. Fans won’t have too long to wait before Maryland and North Carolina square off in a February 28 matchup in Chapel Hill.

 

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

2019 Record

Final 2019 Rank

1

Maryland

608

15

22-1

1

2

North Carolina

605

10

17-4

3

3

Northwestern

556

0

16-5

4

4

Syracuse

546

0

16-5

5

5

Boston College

539

0

22-2

2

6

Princeton

471

0

16-4

6

7

Notre Dame

429

0

14-5

9

8

Virginia

425

0

13-7

7

9

Michigan

417

0

16-4

11

10

Denver

382

0

16-4

8

11

Loyola

359

0

16-5

10

T-12

Penn

329

0

12-6

14

T-12

Stony Brook

329

0

16-5

12

14

Florida

302

0

14-7

13

15

Navy (USNA)

256

0

16-5

16

16

Southern California

253

0

16-4

17

17

James Madison

238

0

16-4

15

18

Colorado

167

0

11-8

19

19

Georgetown

165

0

12-9

18

20

Stanford

146

0

13-6

23

21

Duke

128

0

11-8

21

22

Dartmouth

115

0

11-6

20

23

Virginia Tech

93

0

8-10

25

24

Johns Hopkins

91

0

10-8

22

25

High Point

55

0

15-5

24

 

The first weekly IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll of the 2020 season will be published on February 17, 2020.