Hokie ClubIWLCA release - The Maryland Terrapins, 2019 National Champions, narrowly edged out North Carolina to claim the top spot in the preseason IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. Maryland garnered 15 first place votes, while the Tar Heels collected the other 10. Northwestern landed in the third spot, followed closely by Syracuse and Boston College, to round out the top five. The ACC landed seven teams in the top-25 rankings, the most of any conference, while the Big Ten had four schools listed and the Ivy League and Pac-12 each had three. Fans won't have too long to wait before Maryland and North Carolina square off in a February 28 matchup in Chapel Hill.
| Rank | Institution | Points | FPV | 2019 Record | Final 2019 Rank |
| 1 | Maryland | 608 | 15 | 22-1 | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 605 | 10 | 17-4 | 3 |
| 3 | Northwestern | 556 | 0 | 16-5 | 4 |
| 4 | Syracuse | 546 | 0 | 16-5 | 5 |
| 5 | Boston College | 539 | 0 | 22-2 | 2 |
| 6 | Princeton | 471 | 0 | 16-4 | 6 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 429 | 0 | 14-5 | 9 |
| 8 | Virginia | 425 | 0 | 13-7 | 7 |
| 9 | Michigan | 417 | 0 | 16-4 | 11 |
| 10 | Denver | 382 | 0 | 16-4 | 8 |
| 11 | Loyola | 359 | 0 | 16-5 | 10 |
| 12 | Penn | 329 | 0 | 12-6 | 14 |
| 13 | Stony Brook | 329 | 0 | 16-5 | 12 |
| 14 | Florida | 302 | 0 | 14-7 | 13 |
| 15 | Navy (USNA) | 256 | 0 | 16-5 | 16 |
| 16 | Southern California | 253 | 0 | 16-4 | 17 |
| 17 | James Madison | 238 | 0 | 16-4 | 15 |
| 18 | Colorado | 167 | 0 | 11-8 | 19 |
| 19 | Georgetown | 165 | 0 | 12-9 | 18 |
| 20 | Stanford | 146 | 0 | 13-6 | 23 |
| 21 | Duke | 128 | 0 | 11-8 | 21 |
| 22 | Dartmouth | 115 | 0 | 11-6 | 20 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 93 | 0 | 8-10 | 25 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 91 | 0 | 10-8 | 22 |
| 25 | High Point | 55 | 0 | 15-5 | 24 |
This first weekly IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll of the 2020 season will be published on February 17, 2020.
Preseason preparations are well underway for the Hokies who open the 2020 campaign at home at the Beamer-Lawson Indoor Practice Facility on Saturday, February 8 at 2 p.m. The Hokies' complete spring slate can be found here.