NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament

The NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament is an annual tournament organized by the NCAA to determine the national champion of men's collegiate field lacrosse among its Division I members in the United States. It has been held every year since [1971 National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA NCAA Division I|Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship|1971], except 2020.
From 1936 through 1970, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy annually to the collegiate champion based on regular season records.
Syracuse has been the most successful program since 1970 with 10 national titles, followed by Johns Hopkins with 9 national titles in the NCAA era.
Cornell is the reigning national champion, winning the school's fourth title in 2025.

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History

The first Division I Championship tournament held in 1971 replaced the USILA and Wingate Memorial Trophy national title awards. As of 2023, 52 NCAA tournaments have been played. In that span, 12 teams — Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Princeton, North Carolina, Virginia, Cornell, Duke, Maryland, Loyola University (Maryland), Denver, Yale and Notre Dame — have won the national title with Syracuse leading with ten titles. In all, 41 teams have participated in the NCAA tournament since its inception. Only seven unseeded teams — the 1988 Cornell Big Red, the 1991 Towson Tigers, the 2006 Massachusetts Minutemen, the 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the 2011 and 2012 Maryland Terrapins and the 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels — have made it to the championship game, and only ten unseeded teams have made it to the tournament semi-finals, the most recent being North Carolina in 2016. Johns Hopkins has appeared in every tournament but three. The Number One seed in the tournament has won the title 22 times and there have been 13 undefeated National Champions. North Carolina in 2016 was the first unseeded team to win the national title.
Originally consisting of eight teams, the size of the tournament field has changed over the years, increasing to 10 in 1986, 12 in 1987, 16 in 2003, 18 in 2014, and down to 17 in 2017. Since 2021, the size has varied almost annually: 16 in 2021, 17 in 2023 and 2024, and 18 in 2022 and 2025. The two semifinal games and the final have been played on the same weekend at the same stadium since 1986. All three matches have always been scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, with the semifinals doubleheader on Saturday afternoon and the final held on the holiday itself.
The sport has historically been focused in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, with the sport's U.S. heartland today extending from New England to North Carolina. Only eight schools from outside the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic have played in the NCAA tournament—Air Force, Butler, Denver, Marquette, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan and Utah. No team west of the Eastern Time Zone won an NCAA championship until Denver in 2015.
21 coaches have won Division I titles: Richie Moran, Glenn Thiel, Bud Beardmore, Bob Scott, Henry Ciccarone, Willie Scroggs, Jr., Roy Simmons, Jr., Dave Klarmann, Don Zimmerman, Bill Tierney, Dom Starsia, John Desko, Dave Pietramala, John Danowski, Charley Toomey, John Tillman, Joe Breschi, Andy Shay, Lars Tiffany, Kevin Corrigan and Connor Buczek. Tierney is the only one to have won at two different schools.

NCAA team titles

Below is a list of championships awarded by the NCAA. A vacated title is not included in the total.

Team	Titles	Years won
'	10	1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009
[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays\|]	9	1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2007
[Virginia Cavaliers\|]	7	1972, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2019, 2021
'	6	1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
'	5	1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 2016
[Cornell Big Red\|]	4	1971, 1976, 1977, 2025
[Maryland Terrapins\|]	4	1973, 1975, 2017, 2022
[Duke Blue Devils\|]	3	2010, 2013, 2014
'	2	2023, 2024
	1	2012
[Denver Pioneers\|]	1	2015
[Yale Bulldogs\|]	1	2018

Results by School and Year

Key

National Champion
National Runner-up
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
First Round
Play-In Round ; Opening Round
Syracuse national championship vacated in 1990.

Each tournament has seeded the top 8 seeds. The top seed is shown with, the teams seeded between No. 2 and No. 4 are shown with, and the teams seeded between No. 5 and No. 8 are shown with.

School	Conference	#	QF	SF	CG	CH	[1971 NCAA lacrosse tournament\|]	[1972 NCAA lacrosse tournament\|]	[1973 NCAA lacrosse tournament\|]	[1974 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1975 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1976 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1977 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1978 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1979 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1980 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1981 NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament\|]	[1982 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1983 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1984 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1985 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1986 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1987 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1988 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1989 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1990 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1991 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1992 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1993 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1994 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1995 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1996 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1997 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1998 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[1999 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2000 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2001 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2002 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2003 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2004 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2005 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2006 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2007 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2008 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2009 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2010 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2011 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2012 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2013 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2014 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2015 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2016 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2017 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2018 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2019 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2021 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2022 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2023 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2024 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]	[2025 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament\|]
School	Conference
'	ACC	41	34	27	16	10													'					'	'	'			'		'					'		'		'				'	'
[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse\|]	Big Ten	49	44	29	18	9				'				'	'	'				'	'		'																		'		'
[Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse\|]	ACC	43	36	26	11	7		'																											'				'			'					'								'	'
'	Ivy League	24	18	11	8	6																						'		'		'	'	'			'
'	ACC	34	26	14	6	5											'	'				'					'																									'
[Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse\|]	Big Ten	47	42	30	18	4			'		'																																										'				'
[Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	31	23	15	9	4	'					'	'																																															'
[Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse\|]	ACC	27	21	14	7	3																																								'			'	'
'	ACC	28	17	7	4	2																																																				'	'
'	Patriot	25	16	4	2	1																																										'
[Yale Bulldogs men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	12	6	3	2	1																																																'
[Denver Pioneers men's lacrosse\|]	Big East	13	8	6	1	1																																													'
'	Patriot	27	20	8	2	-
'	CAA	17	7	3	1	-
[UMass Minutemen lacrosse\|]	Atlantic 10	20	11	1	1	-
[Ohio State Buckeyes men's lacrosse\|]	Big Ten	8	4	1	1	-
'	D3	8'	8	3	-	-
[Penn State Nittany Lions men's lacrosse\|]	Big Ten	8	3	3	-	-
'	Patriot	18	12	2	-	-
[Brown Bears men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	15	10	2	-	-
'	Big East	18	13	1	-	-
[Penn Quakers men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	14	9	1	-	-
[Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's lacrosse\|]	Big Ten	11	8	1	-	-
'	America East	12	5	1	-	-
'	CAA	8	4	1	-	-
[Cortland Red Dragons\|]	D3	1	1	1	-	-
'	CAA	17	9	-	-	-
'	D2	4'	4	-	-	-
[Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	8	3	-	-	-
'	America East	7	1	-	-	-
'	ASUN	6	1	-	-	-
'	America East	6	1	-	-	-
[Richmond Spiders men's lacrosse\|]	Atlantic 10	6	1	-	-	-
[Colgate Raiders men's lacrosse\|]	Patriot	4	1	-	-	-
[Stony Brook Seawolves men's lacrosse\|]	CAA	3	1	-	-	-
'	CAA	2	1	-	-	-
'	Big Ten	2	1	-	-	-
[NC State Wolfpack men's lacrosse\|]	defunct	1	1	-	-	-
[Hobart Statesmen men's lacrosse\|]	Atlantic 10	5	-	-	-	-
[Marist Red Foxes men's lacrosse\|]	MAAC	4	-	-	-	-
[Siena Saints men's lacrosse\|]	MAAC	4	-	-	-	-
[Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's lacrosse\|]	Patriot	4	-	-	-	-
[Robert Morris Colonials men's lacrosse\|]	NEC	4	-	-	-	-
[Michigan State Spartans men's lacrosse\|]	defunct	3	-	-	-	-
'	Big East	3	-	-	-	-
'	MAAC	3	-	-	-	-
'	Big East	3	-	-	-	-
[Bucknell Bison men's lacrosse\|]	Patriot	2	-	-	-	-
[Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse\|]	CAA	2	-	-	-	-
[Manhattan Jaspers lacrosse\|]	MAAC	2	-	-	-	-
[Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's lacrosse\|]	MAAC	2	-	-	-	-
[Hartford Hawks men's lacrosse\|]	D3	2	-	-	-	-
[High Point Panthers men's lacrosse\|]	Atlantic 10	2	-	-	-	-
'	Big East	2	-	-	-	-
'	CAA	2	-	-	-	-
'	America East	2	-	-	-	-
[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's lacrosse\|]	Atlantic 10	2	-	-	-	-
[Utah Utes men's lacrosse\|]	ASUN	2	-	-	-	-
[LIU Sharks\|]	NEC	1	-	-	-	-
'	defunct	1'	-	-	-	-
[Butler Bulldogs men's lacrosse\|]	defunct''	1	-	-	-	-
[Dartmouth Big Green men's lacrosse\|]	Ivy League	1	-	-	-	-
[Detroit Mercy Titans men's lacrosse\|]	NEC	1	-	-	-	-
'	MAAC	1	-	-	-	-
[Boston University Terriers men's lacrosse\|]	Patriot	1	-	-	-	-
[Sacred Heart Pioneers men's lacrosee\|]	MAAC	1	-	-	-	-

Championships 1881–present

Below is a list of team championship titles, inclusive of those awarded prior to the formation of the NCAA Division I Championship. These include the ILA champions, the USIULL and ILA champions, the USILL champions, the USILA champions, and the Wingate Memorial Trophy recipients. Of note several schools have claimed their Northern and Southern Division titles won during the USILL years as national championships, while others have not. Still others were acclaimed in their time as unofficial title winners based on being leading teams in the collegiate ranks in particular years. Furthermore, the USILL was a closed membership organization. Some strong teams of the era, such as Army and Navy, were never members, so that in some years, the USILL champion was not necessarily the best team in the United States.