The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) released it’s NCAA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll today. The top of the list contains many of the same dominant programs that fans voted for on MAX Field Hockey’s Preseason Division I Favorites Poll. The University of North Carolina Tarheels claimed the top spot and all seven ACC school’s fell in twelve of the Top 20 spots.
| 2016 Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll Rank, School Points (First-Place Votes) |
| 1) North Carolina 915 (16) |
| 2) Syracuse 898 (25) |
| 3) Connecticut 818 (3) |
| 4) Duke 758 |
| 5) Virginia 746 (2) |
| 6) Maryland 688 (2) |
| 7) Wake Forest 579 |
| 8) Boston College 521 |
| 9) Albany 503 |
| 10) Michigan 491 |
| 11) Stanford 448 |
| 12) Louisville 404 |
| 13) Liberty 306 |
| 14) Delaware 297 |
| 15) Princeton 282 |
| 16) Northwestern 242 |
| 17) Boston University 219 |
| 18) Penn State 199 |
| 19) James Madison 175 |
| 20) Old Dominion 130 |
Others Receiving Votes:
Maine (93), Iowa (70), Massachusetts (69), Pacific (42), Michigan State (33), American (24), Penn (20), New Hampshire (17), Cornell (15), Miami (OH) (15), Indiana (12), Ohio State (12), Ball State (8), California (8), Temple (6), Richmond (4), William & Mary (4), Hofstra (3), Providence (3), Drexel (2), Rutgers (1)
