USA Lacrosse Magazine, one of the two most notable polls in college lacrosse, has released its 2024 preseason top-20 poll and ranked the Virginia Cavaliers third overall behind the no. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the no. 2 Duke Blue Devils.
Notre Dame, Duke, and UVA were the “big three” of the 2023 season with those three being the top-three seeds in the NCAA Tournament and the Irish beating the ‘Hoos in the semifinals and then the Blue Devils in the national championship game. The other two ACC teams were also included with the rising Syracuse Orange at no.