Courtesy of Inside Lacrosse

Baltimore, Md.- Inside Lacrosse has released the Face-Off Yearbook Top 25 preseason rankings for the 2008 men's Division I college lacrosse season, and three ECAC teams have earned a spot inside the Top 20. Georgetown was picked No. 4, while Loyola was tabbed at No. 16, and UMass was picked at No. 20.

Defending national champion Johns Hopkins, earned the top spot, followed by national runner-up Duke.

Face-Off Yearbook, the most referenced preview guide for men's college lacrosse, will be released Dec. 13 at the IMCLA Clinic in Philadelphia. Face-Off Yearbook features previews of every NCAA and NJCAA men's lacrosse team, spanning all DI, DII, DIII and JuCo squads. The publication contains rankings, pre-season All-Americans, All-Conference selections, strength of schedule analysis, stats and more.

2008 Face-Off Yearbook Top 25

Rk		Team	2007 Record
1		Johns Hopkins	13-4
2		Duke	17-3
3		Virginia	12-4
4		Georgetown	12-3
5		North Carolina	10-6
6		Maryland	10-6
7		Cornell	15-1
8		Princeton	10-4
9		Navy	11-4
10		Notre Dame	11-4
11		Syracuse	5-8
12		Albany	15-3
13		Towson	9-7
14		Delaware	13-6
15		UMBC	11-6
16		Loyola	7-6
17		Bucknell	11-4
18		Drexel	11-5
19		Hofstra	6-8
20		UMass	7-7
21		Colgate	11-5
22		Ohio State	9-5
23		Army	6-9
24		Dartmouth	5-10
25		Denver	6-8