2021 FINAL IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – June 1, 2021
Boston College captured the program’s first national title, defeating top seeded North Carolina, 11-10 in the semifinals, and Syracuse, 16-10, in the NCAA Championship match, to lay claim to the top-ranking in the final Division I Coaches Poll of the 2021 season. The Eagles (18-3) collected all 25 first place votes, and are followed by Syracuse (17-4), North Carolina (20-1), Northwestern (15-1), and Stony Brook (16-3) to round out the top five. Temple, UConn, and Towson all entered the rankings for the final poll of 2021.
1 Boston College
2 Syracuse
3 North Carolina
4 Northwestern
5 Stony Brook
6 Notre Dame
7 Florida
8 Duke
9 Loyola Maryland
10 Maryland
11 Virginia
12 James Madison
13 Denver
14 Rutgers
15 Drexel
16 Stanford
17 Johns Hopkins
18 Jacksonville
19 Temple
20 Massachusetts
21 UConn
22 Towson
T-23 Hofstra
T-23 Penn State
25 Louisville
Media Poll was pretty much the same...
Women's Division I Media Poll
1 Boston College 2 Syracuse 3 North Carolina 4 Northwestern 5 Stony Brook 6 Notre Dame 6 Florida 8 Duke 9 Maryland 10 Loyola 11 James Madison 12 Virginia 13 Rutgers 14 Denver 15 Drexel 16 Stanford 17 Temple 18 Jacksonville 19 Johns Hopkins 20 Virginia Tech
Receiving Votes:
Penn State, Louisville, UMass, Towson, Hofstra, UConn, Lehigh, Fairfield
It will be interesting to see how some of the non-traditional teams do this year with everything back to normal.