South Carolina Leads SELC-I Poll
ATLANTA – After capturing its first MCLA Division I national championship, South Carolina has been tabbed the favorite in the 19-team SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC), according to the preseason coaches poll.
The Gamecocks (21-2), who are also the defending SELC champs, were 18 points ahead of their closest competitor and racked up seven of the 12 first-place votes.
Liberty (16-2), which advanced to the national quarterfinals for the second straight year, is slotted second. Just a point behind the Flames is Georgia Tech (18-2). The Yellow Jackets are coming off a national semifinal appearance, grabbing two first-place votes for their cause.
Florida State (9-7), which rounded out the quartet of SELC teams that qualified for nationals in ’19, sits in the fourth spot, bolstered by one first-place vote.
Virginia Tech (10-6) and Clemson (10-6) each snagged a first-place vote, placing them fifth and sixth, respectively.
2020 SELC Division I Preseason Coaches Poll
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | South Carolina | 16 | 7 |
2. | Liberty | 34 | |
3. | Georgia Tech | 35 | 2 |
4. | Florida State | 59 | 1 |
5. | Virginia Tech | 63 | 1 |
6. | Clemson | 76 | 1 |
7, | Georgia | 97 | |
8. | Florida | 100 | |
9. | Auburn | 112 | |
10. | Central Florida | 158 | |
11t. | NC State | 160 | |
11t. | West Virginia | 160 | |
13. | Alabama | 169 | |
14. | Vanderbilt | 192 | |
15. | East Carolina | 193 | |
16. | George Washington | 197 | |
17. | Ole Miss | 200 | |
18. | Tennessee | 210 | |
19. | South Florida | 239 |
2020 SELC Division I Subdivisional Polls
RANK | NORTHEAST | POINTS |
1. | South Carolina | 14 |
2. | Clemson | 25 |
3. | NC State | 43 |
4. | East Carolina | 48 |
RANK | SOUTHEAST | POINTS |
1. | Florida State | 15 |
2. | Florida | 28 |
3. | Central Florida | 37 |
4. | South Florida | 51 |
RANK | NORTHWEST | POINTS |
1. | Liberty | 16 |
2. | Virginia Tech | 23 |
3. | West Virginia | 45 |
4. | George Washington | 54 |
5. | Tennessee | 57 |
RANK | SOUTHWEST | POINTS |
1. | Georgia Tech | 15 |
2. | Georgia | 30 |
3. | Auburn | 34 |
4. | Alabama | 57 |
5. | Ole Miss | 68 |
6. | Vanderbilt | 69 |