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