JANUARY 23, 2026
composed by STEVE ULRICH
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🥍 It’s the Annual USA Lacrosse Preseason Men’s Poll.
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TOP STORY
1. Tufts Tops USA Lacrosse Preseason Rankings
Garrett Kelly, Tufts
No great surprise here.
Tufts, the two-time defending national champion, are the preseason favorite to repeat as USA Lacrosse released its 2026 rankings on Friday.
The Jumbos have won 28 straight games and look to reach the national final for the fourth consecutive season.
Christopher Newport and Salisbury out of the Coastal Lacrosse Conference follow behind Tufts, while Dickinson, last season’s surprise national runnerup, is fourth.
The New England Small College Athletic Conference remains the deepest conference in Division III men’s lacrosse as NESCAC teams occupy five spots in the annual USA Lacrosse preseason poll. Three other conferences - the Centennial, Liberty League, and Old Dominion - also placed three teams in the top 20.
Tufts, 23-0
Christopher Newport, 18-4
Salisbury, 20-1
Dickinson, 17-6
Bowdoin, 16-4
Washington and Lee, 17-4
RIT, 21-2
Rensselaer, 16-4
Gettysburg, 15-5
Wesleyan, 13-6
York, 17-4
Lynchburg, 14-7
St. Lawrence, 12-7
Amherst, 11-6
Stevenson, 14-6
Swarthmore, 12-5
Stevens, 15-4
Cortland, 19-3
Middlebury, 9-9
Roanoke, 13-6
» Also Considered: Babson, Denison, Grove City, Ohio Wesleyan, St. John Fisher
» Conference Call. NESCAC (5), Centennial (3), Liberty (3), ODAC (3), CLC (2), MAC Commonwealth (2), MAC Freedom (1), SUNYAC (1).
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