Following two full weeks of Division I regular season action, the Week #1 Coaches Poll has been released by the NFHCA. The defending national champions Syracuse University are the new #1, taking over for North Carolina who lost 1-0 to Michigan in the opening game of the ACC/Big-Ten Challenge last weekend. Penn State is one of the big movers, jumping up 13 spots to #5 after a 4-0 start and defeating three Top 20 ranked teams in Old Dominion (Score: 6-2), Virginia (Score: 3-0), and Albany (Score: 3-1). Iowa and Maine are the newcomers to the Top 20, with James Madison and Liberty dropping out.
| WEEK #1 Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll Tuesday, September 6, 2016 |
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| Rank | School Name | Points (1st Votes) |
Preseason Rank | Change |
| 1 | Syracuse | 788 (25) | 2 | +1 |
| 2 | Duke | 712 (1) | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 707 (7) | 1 | -2 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 697 | 3 | -1 |
| 5 | Penn State | 590 (8) | 18 | +13 |
| 6 | Michigan | 501 | 10 | +4 |
| 7 | Maryland | 465 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Louisville | 438 | 12 | +4 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 436 | 7 | -2 |
| 10 | Delaware | 401 | 14 | +4 |
| 11 | Virginia | 362 | 5 | -6 |
| 12 | Albany | 338 | 9 | -3 |
| 13 | Boston University | 298 | 17 | +4 |
| 14 | Stanford | 265 | 11 | -3 |
| 15 | Old Dominion | 242 | 20 | +5 |
| 16 | Princeton | 205 | 15 | -1 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 200 | 16 | -1 |
| 18 | Boston College | 192 | 8 | -10 |
| 19 | Iowa | 159 | NR | + |
| 20 | Maine | 156 | NR | + |
